Dealing with the Past
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Transitional justice is concerned with the legal and social processes established to deal with the legacy of violence in post-authoritarian and post-conflict contexts. The interview — in different guises, contexts and settings — is at the... more
Niniejsza praca składa się z czterech rozdziałów. W rozdziale pierwszym przedstawiono podstawowe pojęcia tematyki rozliczeń z przeszłością oraz wskazano miejsce lustracji w katalogu narzędzi sprawiedliwości okresu tranzycji. W rozdziale... more
Source: C. P. Weber & J. Johansen, eds., Peace and conflict Studies: A reader, Abingdon: Routledge, 2012, pp. 234-246
Independent Kosovo faces uneasy task of dealing with its recent violent past, which is frequently interpreted as either traumatic and/or heroic. The latest war in Kosovo (1999) resulted in numerous victims and displaced population. These... more
South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) is an internationally-regarded-if contested-touchstone for transitional justice, but it functioned above all as exemplary theatre, bringing together thousands of disparate voices.... more
This publication is co-edited by Martina Fischer and Ljubinka Petrovic-Ziemer and presents results of the research project “Dealing with the Past and Peacebuilding in the Western Balkans. Studying the interplay of international and local... more
There has been an increasing scholarly interest in the role of history commissions and historians in the processes of truth-seeking, reconciliation, and mitigation of conflicts between groups divided by the past. Since the early 1990s,... more
Commissioned by UNICEF Albania for the purpose of identifying best practices in transformative, intercultural and peacebuilding pedagogies across the Western Balkans 6, including how peacebuilding is mainstreamed and enrooted across the... more
Transitional justice is concerned with the legal and social processes established to deal with the legacy of violence in post-conflict and post-authoritarian contexts. These processes are essentially “creatures of law” – they are... more
In: Politorbis. - Bern. - Vol. 50(2010), no 3, p. 193-206.
https://www.eda.admin.ch/dam/eda/mehrsprachig/documents/publications/Politorbis/politorbis-50_EN.pdf
https://www.eda.admin.ch/dam/eda/mehrsprachig/documents/publications/Politorbis/politorbis-50_EN.pdf
Abstract Drawing on the ‘from below’ perspective which has emerged in transitional justice scholarship and practice over the past two decades, this article critically examines the dealing with the past debate in Northern Ireland. The... more
In the commemorative year 2014, a German governmental organisation presented an exhibition to the public. Most of the exhibits were documentary photographs. For political scientists who are interested in politics of history in general and... more
Paper Trail has linked Britain’s Military Reaction Force (MRF) to multiple murders and attempted murders of civilians in Belfast in 1972. Secret British military documents prove that the MRF was indeed guilty of a catalogue of murders... more
The Srebrenica crime gained several dimensions in the last 25 years: the legal qualification of genocide, The Hague judgments and life sentences, established facts, a memorial, survivors’ testimonies. Still, except on July 11, every day... more
В статье представлен обзор регионального компонента исто-рического парка «россия-моя история» в ростове-на-Дону. в отличие от федерального компонента, региональный компонент ростовского парка представляет неидеологизированную историю... more
This paper discusses the way in which a post-conflict European Union (EU) member immediately after accession both shapes and adapts to EU memory politics as a part of its Europeanization process. I will analyze how the country responds to... more
Transitional justice in the post-communist countries of Eastern Europe concentrates on the problem of the lustration of former secret service officers and their clandestine collaborators and on the question of access to files created by... more
South Korea's past-dealing movements that I have personally involved
Mnogobrojna poslijeratna društva imaju problema s kulturom sjećanja što je uzrok mnogih sukoba u sadašnjosti i što utječe na svakodnevni život u područjima gdje su se sukobi dogodili. Cilj većine poslijeratnih društava (ili bi trebao... more
In: L’historien, l’historienne dans la cité. - Lausanne : Ed. Antipodes, 2009. - p. 153-175.
https://www.antipodes.ch/produit/lhistorien-lhistorienne-dans-la-cit/
https://www.antipodes.ch/produit/lhistorien-lhistorienne-dans-la-cit/
The Dayton Accords ended the war in Bosnia-Herzegovina in 1995. The 10th anniversary gives reason to investigate the post-war period, today's realities and future perspectives. Bosnian authors and international experts express their views... more
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The paper summarizes results of an evaluation of activities by the Centre for Nonviolent Action (Sarajevo). CNA has established a variety of training formats for nonviolent conflict transformation and cross-border networks of peace... more
This article analyses the 'struggle for memory' in Chile after the Pinochet dictatorship. Drawing on theories seeking to combine the concept of 'collective memory' with methods of oral history, the main focus will be on the 'emblematic... more
Devenue une injonction de toute société en transition vers la démocratie ou vers la paix, la justice transitionnelle est aujourd’hui au tournant de sa jeune trajectoire. Sa mobilisation systématique par des acteurs internationaux et la... more
The ICTY judgement relating to the attack on Dubrovnik by the JNA and Montenegrin forces in the autumn of 1991 made no significant impact on the way local media and political leaders presented this historical event. The main media outlets... more
The development of transitional justice measures can be fully understood only when one takes into account the values, rationales and justifications that lie at the roots of various ways of dealing with past wrongs. Seeing transitional... more
ABSTRACT: These detailed explanatory notes relate to the 'Model Implementation Bill' for the Stormont House Agreement prepared by a drafting committee led by Professor Kieran McEvoy and comprised of representatives from Queen’s University... more
English Abstract: The development of transitional justice measures can be fully understood only when one takes into account the values, rationales and justifications that lie at the roots of various ways of dealing with past wrongs.... more
Event and zoom link: https://www.facebook.com/events/335314931293942?ref=newsfeed The aim of this event is to facilitate critical approach to the topic about the children refugees from the Greek Civil War in the politics of memory in... more
in: Krondorfer, Bjorn (ed). Reconciliation in Global Context: Why it is Needed and How it Works. New York: CU NY.
Interview with peace activists from the Western Balkans (Centre for Nonviolent Action Sarajevo/Belgrade) on experiences in dealing with the past and the prospects for reconciliation in Bosnia and Herzegovina, published in Martina Fischer... more