August 4, 2016

By: Henry Redwood Image Credit: Shuttershock   In 1992 Ruti Teitel coined the phrase “Transitional Justice” (TJ) to capture a new project sweeping through Latin America, where mechanisms like Truth Commissions were being used to usher in peaceful democracies after decades of violence.[1] The 1990s saw a proliferation of these types of responses to mass … Continue reading “Transitional justice: Reflections on the state of the field”