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Justice, Reconciliation, And The Masculinist Way: What Role For Women In Truth And Reconciliation Commissions?, Penelope Andrews Jan 2016

Justice, Reconciliation, And The Masculinist Way: What Role For Women In Truth And Reconciliation Commissions?, Penelope Andrews

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During periods of armed conflict, women and girls are frequently subjected to violence because of their gender. National governments have attempted to address this issue through transitional justice mechanisms like truth and reconciliation commissions. The record of women’s input and participation in these processes, however, is rather poor. In this article, I highlight the role of South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission (SATRC) and the opportunity the SATRC missed in failing to comprehensively confront andexamine the systemic nature of violence against women under apartheid. Many transitional justice mechanisms, the SATRC being one of the more vivid examples, have adopted a …


Dialogues Of Transitional Justice: Keynote Speech, Ruti Teitel Jan 2014

Dialogues Of Transitional Justice: Keynote Speech, Ruti Teitel

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Introduction (Symposium: Perspectives On Post-Conflict Constitutionalism), Ruti G. Teitel Jan 2007

Introduction (Symposium: Perspectives On Post-Conflict Constitutionalism), Ruti G. Teitel

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Transitional Justice: Postwar Legacies (Symposium: The Nuremberg Trials: A Reappraisal And Their Legacy), Ruti Teitel Jan 2006

Transitional Justice: Postwar Legacies (Symposium: The Nuremberg Trials: A Reappraisal And Their Legacy), Ruti Teitel

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The Law And Politics Of Contemporary Transitional Justice, Ruti Teitel Jan 2005

The Law And Politics Of Contemporary Transitional Justice, Ruti Teitel

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Slobodan Milosevic, Saddam Hussein, Hissene Habre, Augusto Pinochet, Charles Taylor. There have never been more political leaders in the dock, or, under the shadow of its threat. Of what significance are these contemporary instances of transitional justice? This article uses the trials of Slobodan Milosevic and Saddam Hussein as an occasion for revisiting and extending my ongoing project of tracing a genealogy of transitional justice.

In prior work, I have defined "transitional justice" as that conception of justice associated with periods of political change. In an ongoing genealogy, I tie the legal developments in this area to distinct political phases …


The Constitutional Canon: The Challenge Posed By A Transitional Constitutionalism (Symposium: The Canon(S) Of Constitutional Law), Ruti Teitel Jan 2000

The Constitutional Canon: The Challenge Posed By A Transitional Constitutionalism (Symposium: The Canon(S) Of Constitutional Law), Ruti Teitel

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