Transitional Justice and Legal Empowerment
People
Publications
The Nordic Truth and Reconciliation Commissions: A new TRC model for resolving historic and ongoing violations of indigenous rights
December 4, 2024
A book chapter by Elin Skaar, a Senior Researcher at the Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI), where she heads the research cluster on Rights and Legal …
Judicial activism in Paraguay: a reactive form of compensatory justice
November 22, 2024
A publication by Andrea Castagnola and her colleagues. The article examines the role of constitutional justice in countries with low judicial independence, focusing on Paraguay …
Projects
Truth Commissions and Sexual Violence: African and Latin American Experiences
November 10, 2022
Sexual violence committed during war or internal armed conflict is a major global challenge. It has mostly remained under-addressed during transitions from conflict and repressive …
Truth and Reconciliation in a Democratic Welfare State: The Indigenous Sami and the Kven/Norwegian Finns Minority in Norway (TRUCOM)
February 5, 2020
This project will study how Norway – a well-established democratic welfare state – attempts to settle the negative effects of long-lasting policies of assimilation and …