RT Article
T1 Justice now and later: how measures taken to address wrongdoings during armed conflict affect postconflict justice
JF International journal of transitional justice
VO 17
IS 2
SP 212
OP 232
A1 Binningsbø, Helga Malmin
A2 Drange, Bård
A2 Loyle, Cyanne E.
LA English
YR 2023
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1860042732
AB Transitional justice has become a default response when rebuilding postconflict societies. Indeed, to reconcile and move forward, it is argued that societies need to confront the violence of the past. But what factors influence when and how past violence will be addressed? We argue that judicial and quasi-judicial processes initiated while armed conflict is ongoing have a substantial impact on the judicial policies pursued once conflict has ended. Through an analysis of during- and postconflict justice in Colombia since 2000, we demonstrate that a history of addressing human rights violations makes it more likely that transitional justice will be adopted given three mechanisms: policy precedent, institutional repertories and public expectations. We analyse this relationship through global patterns of during- and postconflict justice since 1946. Our findings confirm the expectation that justice polices pursued (or not pursued) during conflict are a strong factor in understanding how the past will be addressed post conflict.
K1 Civil War
K1 Colombia
K1 During-conflict justice
K1 Peace agreement
DO 10.1093/ijtj/ijad015