RT Article
T1 Gendering Tunisia’s transition: transformative gender justice outcomes in times of transitional justice turmoil?
JF International journal of transitional justice
VO 12
IS 3
SP 407
OP 426
A1 Ketelaars, Elise
LA English
YR 2018
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1844125106
AB In the summer of 2017 Tunisia achieved some notable victories in the field of women’s rights, while at the same time it witnessed the further backtracking of its already fragile transitional justice process. Though various analyses in local and international media have touched upon the current regime’s use of gender-friendly policies to cover up its otherwise illiberal agenda, few have considered what the consequences of these developments are for the advancement of gender justice in Tunisia. This article looks into this question, focusing specifically on the transformative potential of the activities of Tunisia’s Truth and Dignity Commission. It uses these insights to feed into the feminist academic debate on ‘transformative justice.’ The Tunisian case study shows that reliance on technical innovations within traditional transitional justice mechanisms does not necessarily guarantee the pursuance of transformative justice outcomes which cross political divides.
K1 Tunisia
K1 Transformative Justice
K1 Gender justice
K1 women’s rights
K1 Feminism
DO 10.1093/ijtj/ijy016