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6 - Transitional Justice and Liberal International Peacebuilding

from Part II - Building a Better Foundation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 February 2018

Dustin N. Sharp
Affiliation:
University of San Diego
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In Chapter Six, I outline the parallels between transitional justice and what has become known as “liberal international peacebuilding.” I observe that the growing sense of shared space between transitional justice and post-conflict peacebuilding initiatives has sparked new interest in sounding out potential connections between both fields. However, while the pursuit of synergies is a worthwhile goal, I argue that in developing these connections we must also be attentive to mutual shortcomings. Transitional justice and post-conflict peacebuilding have historically proceeded on separate tracks, yet there has been a remarkable similarity in the critiques and concerns that have been leveled against both fields. Considered together, there is reason to worry that better integration and coordination between peacebuilding and transitional justice might exacerbate some of the tendencies that have given rise to these parallel critiques rather than alleviate them. I therefore argue that to the extent that we seek to promote coordination or even synthesis, we should seek synergies with thorough cognizance of the historic concerns and critiques leveled against both fields, and this may in turn serve as one technique of resistance to the tendencies that gave rise to the critiques in the first place
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Rethinking Transitional Justice for the Twenty-First Century
Beyond the End of History
, pp. 115 - 136
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2018

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