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ICC involvement in the Colombian peace process: the dynamics behind the search for the right to justice and peace in a transition period
(2016)
A society going through a transition process aiming to find peace encounters different political and legal clashes. This paper focuses on the difficult task of pondering the right to Justice and the right to Peace in a ...
The right to freedom of expression of the media in transitional justice process
(2016)
The achievement of peace, reconciliation and the establishment of the rule of law in transitional justice processes requires of communication means to mediate and democratize the process. The media in its roles of watchdog ...
Gender perspective in the South African and East-Timorese Truth and Reconciliation Commissions
(2015)
For this thesis it was carried out a study about gender perspective in the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission and the East-Timorese Commission for Reception, Truth and Reconciliation. It was studies individually ...
Open wounds can’t heal : challenging Spain’s Pact of Oblivion in today’s consolidated democracy
(2015)
The human rights abuses committed under Franco’s dictatorship have been silenced since time of the Spanish democratization process, in accordance with the transition agreement known as Pact of Oblivion. Nonexistent political ...
«There is no tomorrow, without yesterday» : Truth Commissions, beyond dealing with the past: can they play a preventive for torture? Case study of the Chilean Truth Commissions
(2015)
This thesis examines the linkage between torture prevention and transitional justice, more exactly, truth commissions. Even though torture is commonly prohibited by international law, its practice is still an issue states ...
Building bridges: sport as a tool for the reintegration of children affected by armed conflict. A case study of Colombia
(2015)
In a world where armed conflicts are not limited to battlefield or soldiers, children are increasingly affected by their devastating consequences. State Parties have the responsibility under Article 39 of the Convention ...
The second opportunity : education, peacebuilding and transformative justice
(2015)
Traditionally, transitional justice and children’s education have been considered as two separate fields with little crossover. Education and children’s participation in general fit uneasily with legalistic paradigms of ...
Genering the Tunisian transition : the rights of women in the context of the transitional justice system in Tunisia
(2016)
This dissertation attempts to analyse the gender inclusiveness of the transitional justice process in Tunisia, more specifically the participation and influence of women in the Tunisian transitional justice mechanisms, ...
Avoiding amnesty in the age of accountability : a comparative analysis of Colombia’s proposal for alternative sentencing and South Africa’s conditional amnesty
(2015)
One of the more conspicuous symptoms of the anti-impunity movement in transitional justice is a growing objection towards the use of amnesty. While international standards are slowly but surely building a legal barricade ...
Land restitution in conflict : obstructions to secure and effective land possession in Colombia, and formalization of property rights based in a land restitution programs and transitional justice
(2016)
The issue of land inequality was what provoked the agrarian conflict in Colombia. This in turn gave birth to the violence, guerrillas and paramilitary groups. Since the earliest fifties, the matter of land has been the ...