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Of wolves and men: Postwar reconciliation and the gender of inter-national encounters.

This article confronts the grammar of liberal reconciliation discourses with the gendered practices of post-war encounters. After violence that is considered national, meetings between people of different nationalities, and the reconciliation of which they are seen to be a vanguard, tend to be considered as morally good in and of themselves. This article subjects such liberal reconciliation … Continue reading Of wolves and men: Postwar reconciliation and the gender of inter-national encounters.

Displacement, transitional justice and reconciliation: Assumptions, challenges and lessons

 This policy briefing explores the links between reconciliation, forced migration and transitional justice, bringing into focus the ways in which displaced persons figure in transitional justice processes, and the potential implications of this involvement for reconciliation. The briefing addresses the interlinked conceptual and practical challenges associated with trying to advance reconciliation in post-conflict societies affected … Continue reading Displacement, transitional justice and reconciliation: Assumptions, challenges and lessons

Tradition in Transition: Drawing on the Old to Develop a new Jurisprudence for dealing with Uganda’s Legacy of Violence

  On Thursday 10th July 2009, a Working Paper, Tradition in Transition: Drawing on the Old to Develop a new Jurisprudence for dealing with Uganda’s Legacy of Violence, was launched by Principle Judge, Hon. Justice James O. Ogoola. The Paper is a result of extensive field studies conducted in the districts of Moroto, Abim, Kotido, … Continue reading Tradition in Transition: Drawing on the Old to Develop a new Jurisprudence for dealing with Uganda’s Legacy of Violence