Transitional Justice, Institutions and Temporality: Towards a Dynamic Understanding



McAuliffe, Pádraig ORCID: 0000-0002-7712-5472
(2021) Transitional Justice, Institutions and Temporality: Towards a Dynamic Understanding. International Criminal Law Review, 21 (5). pp. 817-847.

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Abstract

<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title> <jats:p>This article examines the impact of institutionalisation of governance, bureaucracy and rule of law on the timeframes employed for transitional justice. It argues that the urgency of transitional justice has consistently given way to temporally extended justice projects as state strength permits revision of initial leniency in terms of truth, criminal accountability and vetting, while state weaknesses compel the delay of projects pending institutional development or consolidation through long-term peacebuilding missions. Furthermore, a more recent focus on transformative social change that looks at economic root causes of conflict would require states and policy-makers to use a longer, multigenerational timeframe for action. In the absence of theoretical work on how these multi-generational commitments might be realised, this article draws on literature in the field of development to outline a plausible model for how transitional justice, peacebuilding and development are dynamically realised over time. It argues that for transitional justice to be even minimally transformative, it must be embedded in top-down developmental institutions of government sufficiently robust to implement recommendations. It must also be embedded in bottom-up developmental coalitions whose everyday political contests can shape the structure and effects of these institutions over time.</jats:p>

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
Divisions: Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences > School of Law and Social Justice
Depositing User: Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited: 03 Mar 2022 08:51
Last Modified: 15 Mar 2024 14:36
DOI: 10.1163/15718123-bja10060
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URI: https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3149977

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