This new book – co-authored and co-edited by Elin Skaar, Jemima García-Godos, and Cath Collins, addresses current developments in transitional justice in Latin America – effectively the first region to undergo concentrated transitional justice experiences in modern times. Using a comparative approach, the book examines trajectories in truth, justice, reparations, and amnesties in nine countries […]
Transitional justice mechanisms have become the norm in post-conflict & post-authoritarian settings. Whereas processes to address past gross human rights violations were largely nationally driven in the 1980s and early 1990s, international involvement has become increasingly common and the processes have evolved in several respects: International law has gained importance for how transitional justice measures […]
The transformative potential of truth commissions (TCs) arguably lies most directly in the body of recommendations put forward in the report. TC recommendations usually include reforms in the legal, political and social fields, and reparations of various kinds. The list is often extensive. The tendency over time has been towards longer list of recommendations. This […]
Breakfast seminar on Corporate Crime with Jennifer Arlen
LawTransform and the research group on Right, Democracy and Welfare welcome you to a joint seminar on the politics of researching sexual and gender minorities with Pierre Brouard, Deputy Director, The Centre for Sexualities, AIDS and Gender, at the University of Pretoria. Adopting a critical sexualities lens, Brouard will discuss his latest research, on the […]
Centre of Law & Social Transformation is pleased to invite you to participate to the seminar under Child Rights Unit with John Fluke. Date: 15.05.2017 Adress: Christiesgate 17, seminarrom 3 etg. Time: 15.15 – 17.00 John Fluke is associate Director at the Kempe Center for the Prevention of Treatment of Child Abuse and Neglect in the Department of […]
Tuesday, 2nd of May, 08:30-10:00 In early April, popular Ugandan academic Dr. Stella Nyanzi was arrested and charged by the Ugandan state. Stella is also a colleague and Research Affiliate of the Centre on Law & Social Transformation. Her formal charge of was of ‘computer misuse’ and ‘cyber harassment’ because she among other things has […]
Time: 08:30-09:30 How can Donald J. Trump’s presidency potentially impact on global economics in terms of integrity, crime and corruption? Dr. Nikos Passas is Professor of criminology and criminal justice at and Co-Director of the Institute for Security and Public Policy at the Northeastern University. He specializes in the study of corruption, illicit financial/trade flows, […]
India faces serious challenges in creating development processes that generate economic growth while being socially inclusive, ecologically sustainable, politically feasible, and in accordance with the Rule of Law. This conference presents findings from the LawTransform project on “Land Rights and Inclusive Sustainable Development in India”, which analyses the political economy of land rights in areas where the adivasis (indigenous population) has a special constitutional protection.
Is the ICC targeting Africa inappropriately or are there sound reasons and justifications for why most of the situations under investigation, and all prosecutions, happens to be in Africa? Can the anti-ICC rhetoric in Africa be explained by other political mechanisms on the continent, such as the creation of an African Criminal Court granting immunity […]
Roundtable: Transitional Justice in Latin America – Book Launch
