1st Edition

Reconceiving Civil Society and Transitional Justice Lessons from Asia and the Pacific

Edited By Joanne Wallis, Lia Kent Copyright 2020
124 Pages
by Routledge

124 Pages
by Routledge

124 Pages
by Routledge

Reconceiving Civil Society and Transitional Justice examines the role of civil society in transitional justice, exploring the forms of civil society that are enabled or disabled by transitional justice processes and the forms of transitional justice activity that are enabled and disabled by civil society actors. Although civil society organisations play an integral role in the pursuit of... Read more

Introduction: Special issue on ‘reconceiving civil society and transitional justice: lessons from Asia and the Pacific’

Joanne Wallis and Lia Kent

1. Reconciliations (Melanesian style) and transitional justice

Volker Boege

2. The role of ‘uncivil’ society in transitional justice: evidence from Bougainville and Timor-Leste

Joanne Wallis

3. Transitional justice and the spaces of memory activism in Timor-Leste and Aceh

Lia Kent

4. From transitional to performative justice: peace activism in the aftermath of communal violence

Birgit Bräuchler

5. Exploring the link between mine action and transitional justice in Cambodia

Dahlia Simangan and Rebecca Gidley

Biography

Joanne Wallis is an Associate Professor in the Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs in the College of Asia and the Pacific at the Australian National University. Her research focuses on peacebuilding and security in the Pacific Islands.



Lia Kent is a Visiting Fellow in the School of Regulation and Global Governance (RegNet) in the College of Asia and the Pacific at the Australian National University. Her research focuses on transitional justice and the politics of memory in Southeast Asia.