Courts, Judicial Behaviour & Transitional Justice
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Publications
Comisiones de la Verdad de Chile: Verdad y Reparaciones como Política de Estado
December 3, 2018
This CMI report (2018:14) was written by Sol Hourcade, Federico Ghelfi, Luz Palmás Zaldua, Marcela Perelman for the research project entitled “Beyond Words: Implementing Latin …
Comisión del Esclarecimiento Histórico: Guatemala, entre la memoria del silencio y el silencio de la memoria
December 3, 2018
This CMI report (2018:13) was written by Héctor Centeno Martín for the research project entitled “Beyond Words: Implementing Latin American Truth Commission Recommendations”. The research …
La Comisión de la Verdad para El Salvador: Manteniendo la paz a cambio de justicia
December 3, 2018
This CMI report (2018:12) was written by Elena Martínez-Barahona, Sonia Rubio-Padilla, Héctor Centeno Martín, Martha Gutiérrez-Salazar for the research project entitled “Beyond Words: Implementing Latin …
Assessing the Long-Term Impact of Truth Commissions: The Chilean Truth and Reconciliation Commission in Historical Perspective
November 29, 2018
Elin Skaar has written a book review of Anita Ferrara (2015) Assessing the long-term impact of truth commissions: The Chilean truth and reconciliation commission in historical perspective …
Building a better world by establishing a Truth Commission: Incomplete healing in El Salvador
November 26, 2018
This CMI working paper (2018:7) was written by Stener Ekern for the research project entitled “Beyond Words: Implementing Latin American Truth Commission Recommendations”. The research project …
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 …
Women on the Bench: The Role of Female Judges in Fragile States
November 6, 2017
Project team: Project leader: Elin Skaar Pilar Domingo, Siri Gloppen, Ruth Rubio-Marín, Rachel Sieder, Aslak Jangård Orre, Antonio De Lauri, Torunn Wimpelmann, Ana Braconnier, Margareth Nangacovie, Marianne Tøraasen Project …
Political Fragmentation and Judicial Independence: An empirical study of Unconstitutional Actions in Paraguay 1995-2015
November 23, 2016
Congratulations to Andrea Castagnola, Anibal Perez Linan and “Desarrollo, Instituto de Capacitacion y Estudios” for the awarded a two-years research fund to study judicial voting …
The Mexican Supreme Court and the Transition to Democracy
March 31, 2016
After more than 70 years of uninterrupted authoritarian government headed by the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), in 2000 the country formally began the transition to …
News
The Council of Europe: from 1949 to 2019
May 24, 2019
May 2019 marks the 70th anniversary of the Council of Europe. It was founded in 1949 as a response to the fundamental violations of human …
Tilbakeslag for rettsstaten og håp for 2019
January 11, 2019
Globalt ble 2018 et dårlig år for rettsstaten. I sin åpningstale som ny FN-kommisjoner for menneskerettigheter, uttrykte Michelle Bachelet i september 2018 fortvilelse over de …
Events
Selection methods of judges – Master’s Week 2021
March 5, 2021
Date: 11 March 2021 Time: 16:00-17:00 Venue: Zoom #Master’s Week 2021 Courts have many roles in a democratic society. Three of the main roles of courts …
Women on the Bench – The role of women judges in fragile states
March 3, 2021
Date: 8 March 2021 Time: 8:30-9:30 Venue: Zoom Women are entering courts as judges in increasing numbers all over the world. This is also true …