What are you looking for?

What are you looking for?

Looking back and moving forward. The nexus between development and transitional justice

15. August 2007
Transitional Justice
FriEnt
The sense of integrity and fairness must be restored in post-conflict contexts. This requires both transitional justice processes and development policies to be adapted to address the past and overcome injustice and to build the future based on inclusive justice and fairness.

The award-winning author, Frances Moore Lappe eloquently states, “Fairness is inherent to human nature. It is at the core of human values. When people are treated unfairly, this goes against the grain of their very humanness. It violates their integrity. They become willing to take up violence as a way of regaining their humanity.’’ When war ends and violence ceases, this lost sense of integrity and fairness must be restored. In the aftermath of conflict, in order for peace to be more than merely symbolic, national stakeholders and their international supporters have to tackle the social inequities that were causes of the war just as much as they have to redress the gross human rights violations and war crimes that were consequences of war, and the rule of law whose absence or manipulation permitted the recourse to violence. This requires both transitional justice processes and development policies to be adapted to address the past and overcome injustice and to build the future based on inclusive justice and fairness.

Contact
Rama Mani
Download publication
Looking back and moving forward. The nexus between development and transitional justice
Size: 147KB
File type: PDF

Related articles

FriEnt
Feminist Peacebuilding

Ein Angriff auf Gleichheitsideal und Demokratie

Einladung für Dienstag, 10. Dezember 2024, 14.00-15.15 Uhr (CET), online
FriEnt
Feminist Peacebuilding

Ein Angriff auf Gleichheitsideal und Demokratie

Einladung für Dienstag, 10. Dezember 2024, 14.00-15.15 Uhr (CET), online
prevention

What’s next for prevention strategies?

Prevention gains momentum with UN member states
FriEnt
climate change

Klimafinanzierung erreicht kaum die am stärksten Betroffenen

Was bedeutet das für die klimabasierte Friedensförderung?
FriEnt
SDG 16

SDG16+: Think and act across sectors

The United Nations’ Summit of the Future is on the horizon