USA Africa Dialogue Series - Pambazuka News 703: Transitional justice in Africa: Knowledge, narratives and practice

Subject: Pambazuka News 703: Transitional justice in Africa: Knowledge, narratives and practice

PAMBAZUKA NEWS 703: TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE IN AFRICA: KNOWLEDGE, NARRATIVES AND PRACTICE

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Pambazuka News (English edition): ISSN 1753-6839

CONTENTS: 1. Features


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1 Features
AFRICA'S DILEMMA: TRANSITIONING FROM WHERE TO WHERE?
George Mwai

Transitional Justice seeks to enable societies to come to terms with legacies of large-scale past abuse, in order to secure accountability, serve justice and achieve reconciliation towards a future that is democratic and free from violence, but its groundings and mechanisms are fraught with multiple dilemmas.
http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/93437
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BEYOND THE TJ INDUSTRY: TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE AND CHANGING INTERNATIONAL ORDER
Adam Branch

The flashy branding of the transitional justice process as 'TJ' does more to keep oppressive systems in place than to bring real progress where it is needed. Transitional justice must be used as a catalyst to foment real, case-by-case systemic changes instead of as a one-size-fits-all neoliberal template.
http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/93440
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TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE: CHALLENGING CONTEMPORARY KNOWLEDGE, NARRATIVES AND PRACTICE
Steve Ouma

Transitional Justice has rarely taken into account all forms of oppression, economic discrimination, globalized injustice and a wider understanding of dignity and freedom. African societies need to theorize on transitional justice holistically in order to create social transformation.
http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/93441
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JURISPRUDENTIAL AND POLITICAL ECONOMIC DIMENSIONS OF TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE IN AFRICA
Odomaro Mubangizi

Sustainable and lasting peace in Africa's conflict states would be better guaranteed if transitional justice included the rule of law, separation of powers, electoral reforms, decentralization and a democratic ethos nurtured by free media and a vibrant civil society.
http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/93443
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EXPLORING TRANSITIONAL (AND OTHER KINDS OF) JUSTICE IN ZIMBABWE
Shannon Morreira

The debate around how to deal with Zimbabwe's violent past is currently dominated by the transitional justice model and the human rights discourse which accompanies it. But an analysis of the country's history as well as its present moment presents different ways of considering ideas of justice and healing - ways that may be better suited to Zimbabwe's particular circumstances.
http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/93438
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THE TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE PROCESS IN KENYA: UNFINISHED BUSINESS?
Magara Ibrahim Sakawa

Kenya's transitional justice processes have been crudely politicized to protect the interests of the powerful. The country typifies the dilemma that plagues most African countries today. While most of the regimes are beginning to acknowledge that there have been atrocities, human rights abuses and various forms of injustice, they simultanesouly appear to be perplexed by the demands for peace and justice.
http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/93439
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TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE: WHOSE JUSTICE?
Prisca Kamungi

The quest for justice for past wrongs is often hindered by restrictions on which violations to investigate and how far back to look into history. Across Africa, tjustice mechanisms tend to restrict themselves to uncontested periods and rarely probe into complex injustices.
http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/93442
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SOMALIA: LET'S JUST FORGET THE PAST?
Marco Zoppi

It will be impossible to reconstruct Somalia without addressing its complex past. Yet the current definition of transitional justice appears too narrow to be beneficial, since it limits the space for local-based procedures in favour of Western concepts like the state, rule of law and democracy.
http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/93436
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FROM THE COMFORT ZONES TO REALITY
A reflection on the Tafakari oral narrative tour
Ouko Eunice Wambui

The oral history tour took transitional justice practitioners, activists and scholars out of the comfort zone into reality: To engage directly with survivors, hear their personal stories and appreciate their lived experiences as they pursue justice and reconstruction within complex social, economic and political infrastructures.
http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/93435
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SHIFTING THE DISCOURSE FROM VICTIMHOOD TO RECONSTRUCTION
Kasande Sarah Kihika

For transitional justice to be relevant and effective it must be informed by local understandings of justice. The form of justice should be informed by local priorities as identified by victims and survivors.
http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/93444
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SITUATING TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE IN THE CONTEXT OF SOUTH SUDAN
Wani Mathias Jumi

Africa's newest nation has been engulfed in violent conflict for a year now. It is sad that the freedom struggle that lasted so long has not translated into quality life for the majority of the citizens. The root causes of this must be addressed - and they have everything to do with failed leadership.
http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/93434
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THE SITE
Wachira

A reflective poem by a Kenyan activist who visited Mukura Massacre Memorial site in Soroti region of Uganda where on July 11, 1989, the 106th battalion of the National Resistance Army (NRA) allegedly rounded up 300 men from Mukura and other surrounding areas and incarcerated some of them in a train wagon. These men were suspected of being rebel collaborators against the NRA regime, but there is little evidence to suggest that most of them were anything other than innocent civilians.
http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/93445
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