Evaluating Transitional Justice: Accountability and Peacebuilding in Post-Conflict Sierra Leone [Hardcover]

This major study examines the successes and failures of the full transitional justice programme in Sierra Leone. It sets out the implications of the Sierra Leonean experience for other post-conflict situations and for the broader project of evaluating transitional justice.1. Transitional Justice in Sierra Leone: Theory, History and Evaluation; Kirsten Ainley, Rebekka Friedman and Chris Mahony 2. Evaluating the Legacy of the Special Court for Sierra Leone; Brenda J. Hollis 3. The Truth about the Truth: Insider Reflections on the Sierra Leonean Truth and Reconciliation Commission; Chris Mahony and Yasmin Sooka 4. Restorative Justice in Sierra Leone: Promises and Limitations; Rebekka Friedman 5. A Political Tool? The Politics of Case Selection at the Special Court for Sierra Leone; Chris Mahony 6. Comparing Fairness and Due Process in the RUF and CDF cases: Consequences for the Legacy of the Special Court for Sierra Leone; Wayne Jordash QC and Matthew R. Crowe 7. Sexual and Gender-Based Violence in Post-Conflict Sierra Leone: The Contribution of Transitional Justice Mechanisms to Domestic Law Reform; Valerie Oosterveld 8. Taylor is Guilty, is that all there is? The Collision of Justice and Politics in the Domestic Arena; David Harris and Richard Lappin 9. Harmonizing Customary Justice with the International Rule of Law? Lessons from Post-conflict Sierra Leone; Mohamed Sesay 10. Whose Justice in Sierra Leone? Power, Security and Justice in Post-Conflict Reconstruction; Paul Jackson 11. A Pragmatic Pact: Reconciliation and Reintegration in Sierra Leone; Kieran Mitton 12. Evaluating the Success of Transitional Justice in Sierra Leone and Beyond; Kirsten Ainley 13. The Potential and Politics of Transitional Justice: Interactions between the Global and the Local in Evaluations of Success; Kirsten Ainley, Rebekka Friedman and Chris Mahony

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