Justice Dimension

Books and Reports


·         Ames, Rolando Amex and Felix Reátegui, ‘Toward Systemic Social Transformation: Truth Commissions and Development’, in Transitional Justice and Development: Making Connections, ed. by Pablo de Greiff and Roger Duthie (New York: Social Science Research Council, 2009), pp. 142-169

·         Barsalou, Judy and Victoria Baxter, ‘The Urge to Remember: The Role of Memorials in Social Reconstruction and Transitional Justice’, in Stabilization and Reconstruction Series, 5 (2007)

·         Bickford, Louis, ‘Memoryscapes’ in The Art of Truth-Telling after Authoritarian Rule, ed. by Ksenija Bilbija and others (Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 2005)

·         Cassel, Douglas, ‘The Inter-American Court of Human Rights’ in Victims Unsilenced: The Inter-American Human Rights System and Transitional Justice in Latin America (Washington: Due Process of Law Foundation, 2007), pp. 151-166.

·         Cruvellier, Thierry, From the Taylor Trial to a Lasting Legacy: Putting the Special Court Model to the Test (New York: International Center for Transitional Justice and Sierra Leone Court Monitoring Programme, 2009)

·         Dexter, Tracy and Philippe Ntahombaye, The Role of Informal Justice Systems in Fostering the Rule of Law in Post-Conflict Situations: The Case of Burundi (Geneva and New York: Human Dialogue Report, 2005)

·         Drumbl, Mark A., Atrocity, Punishment and International Law (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2007)

·         Freeman, Michael, Truth Commissions and Procedural Fairness (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006)

·         Hall, Cristopher, ‘New Uses for an Old Tool’ in Justice for Crimes against Humanity, ed. by Mark Lattimer and Philippe Sands  (London: Hart, 2003), pp. 47-71

·         Hayner, Priscilla. Negotiating Peace in Sierra Leone: Confronting the Justice Challenge  (Geneva and New York: Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue and the International Center for Transitional Justice, 2007)

·         Kritz, Neil, Where We Are and How We Got Here: An Overview of Developments in the Search for Justice and Reconciliation’ in The Legacy of Abuse ed. by Alice H. Henkin  (New York: the Aspen Institute, 2002)

·         Mallinder, Louis, Amnesty, Human Rights and Political Transitions: Bridging the Peace and Justice Divide (Oxford: Hart, 2008)

·         Moon, Claire, Narrating Political Reconciliation: South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission (US: Lexington Books, 2009)

·         Naidu, Ereshnee, The Ties That Bind: Strengthening the Links Between Memorialisation and Transitional Justice (Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation, 2006) <http://www.csvr.org.za/docs/livingmemory/tiesthatbind.pdf>

·         Nalepa, Monika, Skeletons in the Closet: Transitional Justice in Post-Communist Europe (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2010)

·         Nino, Carlos Santiago. ‘Punishment as a Response to Human Rights Violation: A Global Perspective’, in Radical Evil on Trial (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1996), pp. 3-41

·         Peskin, Victor, International Justice in Rwanda and the Balkans: Virtual Trials and the Struggle for State Cooperation (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008)

·         Posel, Dborah and Graeme Simpson, “The Power of Truth: South Africa’s TRC in Context” in Commissioning the Past: Understanding South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission. (Johannesburg, Witwatersrand University Press, 2002)

·         Post-conflict justice,  ed. by Mahmoud Cherif Bassiouni (New York: Transnational Publishers, 2002)

·         Reparations for Victims of Genocide, War Crimes and Crimes against Humanity: Systems in Place and Systems in the Making, ed. by Carla Ferstman, Mariana Goetz and Alan Stephens (The Netherlands: Brill, 2009)

·         Sandoval, Clara, Ruth Rubio-Marin and Catalina Diaz, “Repairing Family Members: Gross Human Rights Violations and Communities of Harm” in The Gender of Reparations, ed. by Ruth Rubio-Marin (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009), pp. 215-290.

·         Sandoval, Clara, The Concepts of ‘Injured Party’ and ‘Victim’ of Gross Human Rights Violations in the Jurisprudence of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights: A Commentary on their Implications for Reparations" in Reparations for Victims of Genocide, Crimes against Humanity and War Crimes: Systems in Place and Systems in the Making, ed. by Carla Ferstman, A Stephens, and Mariana Goetz and  Alan Stephens (The Netherlands: Brill, 2009)

·         Scharf, Michael P. and Nigel Rodley, “International Law Principles on Accountability” in Post-Conflict Justice, International and Comparative Criminal Law Series, ed. by M Cheriff Bassiouni (Ardsley: Transnational Publishers, 2001), pp. 89-96.

·         Shelton, Diane, Remedies in International Human Rights Law (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005)

·         Transitional Justice in the Twenty-First Century: Beyond Truth versus Justice, ed. by Roht-Arriaza, Naomi, and Javier Mariezcurrena (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2006)

·         Truth and Reconciliation in South Africa: Did the TRC deliver?, ed. by Audrey R. Chapman and Hugo Van der Merwe (US, University of Pennsylvania Press, 2008)

Articles


·         Akhavan, Payam, ‘Are International Criminal Tribunals a Disincentive to Peace?: Reconciling Judicial Romanticism with Political Realism’, Human Rights Quarterly, 31.3 (2009), 624-654

·         Bickford, Louis, ‘Unofficial Truth Projects’, Human Rights Quarterly, 29.4 (2007), 994–1035

·         Dickinson, Laura, ‘The Promise of Hybrid Courts’, American Journal of International Law, 97 (2003), 295-310

·         Evans, Rebecca, ‘Pinochet in London – Pinochet in Chile: International and Domestic Politics in Human Rights Policy’, Human Rights Quarterly, 28.1 (2006), 207-244.

·         Magarrell, Lisa, ‘Reparations in Theory and Practice’, Reparative Justice Series, (2007)

·         Magarell, Lisa and Suliman Baldo, ‘Reparations and the Darfur Peace Process: Ensuring Victims' Rights’, Reparative Justice Series, (2007) <http://www.ictj.org/images/content/8/8/886.pdf>

·         Mendez, Juan E., ‘Accountability for Past Abuses’, Human Rights Quarterly, 19.2 (1997), 255-282

·         Nalepa, Monika, ‘Punish All Perpetrators or Protect the Innocent? Comparing Systems of Transitional Justice’, Journal of Theoretical Politics, 20.2 (2008), 221-245

·         O’Keefe, Roger, ‘Universal Jurisdiction: Clarifying the Basic Concept’, Journal of International Criminal Justice, 2.3 (2004), 735-760

·         Oko, Okechukwu, ‘The Challenges of International Criminal Prosecutions in Africa’, Fordham International Law Journal, 31.2 (2007 – 2008), 343-414

·         Orentlicher, Diane F., ‘Settling Accounts: The Duty to Prosecute Human Rights Violations of a Prior Regime’, Yale Law Journal, 100.8 (1991), 2537-2615

·         Orentlicher, Diane F., ‘Whose Justice?  Reconciling Universal Jurisdiction with Democratic Principles’, Geo. L.J., 92.6 (2003), 1057-1134

·         Rodman, Keneth A., ‘Is Peace in the Interests of Justice? The Case for Broad Prosecutorial Discretion at the International Criminal Court?’ Leiden Journal of International Law, 22 (2009), 99-126

·         Sandoval, Clara, ‘The Challenge of Impunity in Peru: The Significance of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights’, Essex Human Rights Review, 5.1 (2008), 1-18

·         Stromseth, Jane, ‘Justice on the Ground: Can International Criminal Courts Strengthen Domestic Rule of Law in Post-Conflict Societies?’, Hague Journal on the Rule of Law, 1 (2009), p. 87-97  

·         Waldorf, Lars, ‘Mass Justice for Mass Atrocities: Rethinking Local Justice as Transitional Justice’, Temple Law Review, 79.1 (2006), 1-87

·         Wilson, Richard. ‘The Pinochet Effect: Transnational Justice in the Age of Human Rights (review)’, Human Rights Quarterly, 28.2 (2006), 528-542

·         Wouters, Jean. ‘The Obligation to Prosecute International Law Crimes', Collegium, 32 (2005), 17-32

Conference Papers and Presentations


·         ICTJ Prosecutions Program, in Conference on Building a Future on Peace and Justice "Pursuing Justice in Ongoing Conflict: A discussion of Current Practice", June 25-27, 2007, Nuremberg.

International Organisations Documents and Legal Instruments


·         African Union. High Level Panel on Darfur. Report of the African Union on Darfur, The Quest for Peace, Justice and Reconciliation. Adis Ababa: African Union, 2009.

·         European Union. Council of the European Union. EU Comprehensive Approach to the European Union Implementation of UN Security Council Resolutions 1325 & 1820 on Women, Peace & Security. Brussels: European Union, 2008.   

·         European Union. Council of European Union. The AU-EU Expert Report on the Principle of Universal Jurisdiction. Brussels: European Union, 2009.

·         Inter American System of Human Rights. Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, Principal Guidelines for a Comprehensive Reparations Policy, OEA/Serv/L/V/II.131.Doc1, Washington: Inter-American Commission, 19 February 2008.

·         Inter American System of Human Rights. Inter American Commission of Human Rights.  Report 28/92, Hugo Leonardo de los Santos et. al. v. Uruguay,  Washington: Inter-American Commission, 2 October 1992.

·         Inter American System of Human Rights. Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, Statement by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights on the Applications and Scope of the Justice and Peace Law in Colombia, Washington: Inter-American Commission, 8 January 2006.

·         International Meeting on Women’s and Girls’ Right to a Remedy and Reparation. Nairobi Declaration on Women's and Girls' Right to a Remedy and Reparation. Signed 19-21 March 2007.

·         OECD. The Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness and the Accra Agenda for Action, 2005 & 2008. 

·         United Nations. Diane Orentlicher, Commission on Human Rights. Impunity:  Report of the Independent Expert to Update the Set of Principles to Combat Impunity. E/CN.4/2005/102. Geneva: Economic and Social Council, 18 February 2005.

·         United Nations. Diane Orentlicher, Commission on Human Rights. Impunity:  Report of the Independent Expert to Update the Set of Principles to Combat Impunity:  Addendum. E/CN.4/2005/102/Add.1. Geneva: Economic and Social Council, 8 February 2005.

·         United Nations. General Assembly, Basic Principles and Guidelines on the Right to a Remedy and Reparation for Victims of Gross Violations of International Human Rights Law and Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law. Resolution A/RES/60/147,16. New York: United Nations, December 2005. 

·         United Nations.  Mr. Joinet, Commission on Human Rights.  Question of the Impunity of Perpetrators of Human Rights Violations (Civil and Political). E/CN.4/Sub.2/1997/20. Economic and Social Council, 2 October 1997.

·         United Nations, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Right to the Truth:  Human Rights Resolution 2005/66, E/CN.4/RES/2005/66. Geneva: Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, 20 April 2005.

·         United Nations. Security Council. The Rule of Law and Transitional Justice in Conflict and Post-Conflict Societies: Report of the Secretary General, S/2004/616. New York: United Nations, 23 August 2004.

·         United Nations. UN COnvention for the Protection of all Persons from Enforced Disappearances. Signed 6 Frebruary 2007.