ERC Consolidator Grant · 2024
Innovation and documentation: Reconstructing the paradigm of transitional justice from the ground up
Transitional justice (TJ) is the field of scholarship and practice that examines how societies deal with the consequences of massive human rights violations. A decade of critical TJ scholarship may create an impression of a field in crisis. Yet, TJ practice seems to be thriving: TJ language and initiatives are travelling to increasingly diverse contexts, which are often very different from those in which TJ emerged. Examples are TJ initiatives to address ongoing conflict or historical injustice. The manifestations of TJ in these ‘aparadigmatic’ cases are often so distinct that they challenge the foundation of the TJ paradigm. Notably the innovations, ambitions, and experimentation happening…
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