Transitions from Civil Conflict Reconstruction, Rehabilitation and the Role of Justice in Creating Sustainable Peace

Date of Award

2010

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Bachelors

Department

Social Sciences

First Advisor

Coe, Richard

Keywords

Conflict, Economic Development

Area of Concentration

Economics

Abstract

Transitional judicial mechanisms have the capacity to address underlying causes of tension and conflict during periods of instability. When used appropriately, and allowed to carry out their designated functions, transitional justice is able to facilitate not only a reassurance that there is a �rule of law,� but also enables the realization of economic recovery and reconciliation. Transitional justice is also particularly suited to handle questions involving patterns of exclusion and entrenched inequality, where conflict may be repetitive and there may be limited commitments to sustainable peace, transparency or accountability. By exploring theoretical background on deprivation, inequity, conflict dynamics and conventional post-conflict policies, we are then able to apply the same ideas to a specific case study (Rwanda), where different transitional outcomes have been witnessed with similar reconstructive and rehabilitative goals.

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