Where Law Meets Reality: Forging African Transitional Justice

This book is unique in exploring from an African perspective the dilemmas and complexities involved in addressing past human rights violations to enable a society move to a more peaceful future. While challenging current transitional justice narratives, which have inadequately addressed the concerns of post-conflict societies in Africa, it also emphasises the need to avoid representing African issues as 'exotic' and 'exceptional'. The authors consider...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0857490931
• ISBN13: 9780857490933
• Release Date: July 2012
• Publisher: Pambazuka Press
• Length: 260 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.1" x 7.8"