Intimate Enemies. Violence and Reconciliation in Peru
Kimberly Theidon illuminates both the horrific and beautiful complexities of post-conflict reconstruction and transitional justice as it unfolds on the […]
Chronicle of a Satisfaction Foretold
When I was 18 I went to study economics. But I didn’t last long, mainly because I didn’t find what
Gruesome Spectacles. Botched Executions and America’s Death Penalty
There is a very fine line between describing the United States of America’s gruesome spectacles of botched executions in enough
Cyber Shadows: Interview with Carolyn Nordstrom & Lisa Carlson
We are immersed in cyber worlds. Such a dominant, human-made feature of contemporaneity plays a fundamental role not simply in
Legal Pluralism and Governance: Interview with Livia Holden
We have asked ourselves questions like the following: Where and how do social actors initiate their claims? Do the theorizations
When Camps Become Home: Legal implications of the long-term encampment in Zaatari
Over the past five years, Syria is going through an unprecedented internal crisis and a civil war generating extreme violence
On Harm and History
I want to begin with Julia´s history, an indigenous woman from the South of Colombia who currently lives in one
The Limits of Truth Telling: Victim-Centrism in Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission on Indian Residential Schools
Truth commissions can be seen, not only as venues for addressing the worst abuses of states in a search for
Judicial means and political ends: Transitional justice and political trials
There are fascinating parallels and connections between political trials and transitional justice. Both are seen to serve other ends than
In the name of ‘rule of law’…
After South Sudan declared its independence from the Republic of the Sudan in 2011, one could read in the international