Historical Injuries, Temporality and the Law: Articulations of a Violent Past in Two Transitional Scenarios

Cuéllar, Alejandro Castillejo

doi:10.1007/s10978-013-9127-z

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“…Transitional processes are not 'ruptures' but 'continuities' that demand 'a critical focus on particular cultural contexts … '. 109 Based on her experience in Uganda, Baines 110 argues that processes involving spirit-induced misfortune are central to transitional justice. I agree with the strong warning given by Baines, who cites the work of Huyse and Salter, 111 that 'local-level mechanisms should not be analysed too swiftly through a Western-centric lens, holding them up against norms established by purportedly universal laws' and says that the cultural realm, including local cosmologies, is tricky for transitional justice scholars and practitioners who may want to proceed with the rule of law.…”

Section: A 'Bespoke' Transitional Justicementioning

confidence: 99%

The cloak of impunity in Cambodia II: justice

Eisenbruch

2018

The International Journal of Human Rights

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This article discusses the underpinnings of impunity and justice in Cambodia as the former Khmer Rouge leaders face trial in the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC). The extent to which the ECCC achieves its goal can only be assessed by understanding the concept of impunity from a Cambodian cultural perspective. In this ethnographic study, the cultural construction of justice is thus examined. The ECCC defendants and those who commit violence today seem to use a similar cultural framework to explain their crimes and expiate them from accountability. Any discussion of accountability, which is the Janus-face of impunitywhether at the ECCC trials or in the public arena todaywill show how perpetrators conform to certain embedded Cambodian beliefs while failing to conform to others. The findings add to our understanding of the cultural footprint of evil and impunity and have implications for attempts to respond to the call for a 'bespoke' form of transitional justice and for a culturally responsive approach to health and human rights.

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Section: A 'Bespoke' Transitional Justicementioning

confidence: 99%

The cloak of impunity in Cambodia II: justice

Eisenbruch

2018

The International Journal of Human Rights

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“…Moreover, the complex and intersecting timelines that come with compound and ongoing victimisation affect victims' resilience and readiness to participate in the transitional justice process. The restricted time horizon of many transitional justice mechanisms results in excluding those who are not yet ready to deal with the past or who have not developed a sense of agency in the initial transitional justice period (Arthur, 2009;Clamp, 2019).…”

Section: The Experience Of Victimisationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Using restorative justice to rethink the temporality of transition in Chile

Haan¹,

Destrooper²

2021

The International Journal of Restorative Justice

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Assumptions of linear progress and a clean break with the past have long characterised transitional justice interventions. This notion of temporality has increasingly been problematised in transitional justice scholarship and practice. Scholars have argued that a more complex understanding of temporalities is needed that better accommodates the temporal messiness and complexity of transitions, including their ongoingness, multilayeredness and multidirectionality. Existing critiques, however, have not yet resulted in a new conceptual framework for thinking about transitional temporalities. This article builds on insights from the field of restorative justice to develop such a framework. This framework foregrounds longer timelines, multilayered temporalities and temporal ecologies to better reflect reality on the ground and victims' lived experiences. We argue that restorative justice is a useful starting point to develop such a temporal framework because of its actor-oriented, flexible and interactive nature and proximity to the field of transitional justice. Throughout this article we use the case of Chile to illustrate some of the complex temporal dynamics of transition and to illustrate what a more context-sensitive temporal lens could mean for such cases of unfinished transition.

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“…9 La ciudadanía emerge como un vehículo para la participación política y como un referente de pertenencia a esa comunidad política. 10 Visto de esta manera, Isin y Turner (2007) plantean que en la vida diaria emergen características de la ciudadanía a través de pequeños "actos de ciudadanía", que construyen espacios ciudadanos (Isin y Turner 2007, 16).…”

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Reproduciendo diferencias: la negociación de identidades ciudadanas en el marco de la justicia transicional

Botero

2017

Rev.estud.soc.

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A partir de 1991 se han introducido en Colombia derechos diferenciales para comunidades étnicas, generando mayores rupturas y diferenciaciones entre grupos que tienen en común una relación con la tierra. Este artículo señala que en el actual proceso de justicia transicional se reproducen diferencias equiparables, esta vez a través del concepto víctima como sujeto de reparación colectiva. Utilizando los espacios de la ley como herramienta metodológica para observar el derecho en la vida cotidiana, este artículo hace un análisis a partir del caso de una comunidad en el norte de Colombia, donde, dada su ilegibilidad como comunidad campesina, se debaten nuevas identidades ciudadanas.PA L A B R A S C L AV E | Ciudadanía, víctimas, campesinos (Thesaurus); espacios de la ley, justicia transicional, reparaciones colectivas (Autor). Reproducing Differences: The Negotiation of Citizen Identities in the Context of Transitional JusticeA B S T R AC T | Ever since differential rights for ethnic communities were introduced in the Colombian Constitution of 1991, there have been major disruptions and differentiations among groups that share a relationship with the land. This article points out that the current process of transitional justice reproduces comparable differences, in this case through the concept of victim as a subject of collective redress. Using the concept of space of law as a methodological tool with which to observe law in everyday life, the article presents an analysis done through a case of a community in northern Colombia, the negotiation of new citizenship identities, as the category of peasant is not enough for being legible before the state. Reproduzindo diferenças: a negociação de identidades cidadãs no âmbito da justiça de transição R E S U M O | A partir de 1991, foram introduzidos, na Colômbia, direitos diferenciais para comunidades étnicas, o que gerou maiores rupturas e diferenciações entre grupos que têm em comum uma relação com a terra. Este artigo aponta que, no atual processo de justiça de transição, se reproduzem diferenças equiparáveis, desta vez por meio do conceito vítima como sujeito de reparação coletiva. Utilizando espaços da lei como ferramenta metodológica para observar o direito na vida cotidiana, este artigo faz uma análise a partir do caso de uma comunidade no norte da Colômbia, onde, tendo em vista sua ilegibilidade como comunidade camponesa, novas identidades cidadãs são debatidas.PA L AV R A S -C H AV E | Camponeses, cidadania, vítimas (Thesaurus); espaços da lei, justiça de transição, reparações coletivas (Autor).

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Historical Injuries, Temporality and the Law: Articulations of a Violent Past in Two Transitional Scenarios

Cited by 16 publications

References 17 publications

The cloak of impunity in Cambodia II: justice

The cloak of impunity in Cambodia II: justice

Using restorative justice to rethink the temporality of transition in Chile

Reproduciendo diferencias: la negociación de identidades ciudadanas en el marco de la justicia transicional

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