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Transitional Justice and Development
Armed conflicts and authoritarian regimes in which massive human rights abuses are committed can have an immensely negative socioeconomic impact on countries. As a result, transitional justice is often pursued in a context of
In this context, decision makers face difficult dilemmas about where to allocate available resources. In 2007, the ICTJ Research Unit launched a new project, funded by the governments of Germany and Switzerland, to address some of those dilemmas by examining the relationship between transitional justice and development. Building on the premise that transitional justice shares many of the same long-term goals and concerns as development, such as respect for human rights, the rule of law, and democratic and trustworthy institutions, the project thinks constructively about maximizing the return on the investment that is made in both justice and development initiatives. It will identify and analyze specific synergies, both actual and potential, between justice and development, as well as articulate how the two types of initiatives ought to be designed and implemented in order to contribute to or reinforce each other's goals. The results of the project will be useful for both justice and development practitioners as well as academics in a number of fields. The project began with a meeting of its advisory group of experts in Berlin, Germany, on October 25, 2007. A set of papers has been commissioned examining the following topics:
A meeting of authors and experts took place in June 2008 in Bonn, Germany. (Updated July 2008) |
