Madoka Futamura is Academic Programme Officer at the United Nations University, Japan.Nadia Bernaz is a Senior Lecturer and Programme Leader for the MA Human Rights and Business at Middlesex University, UK.

• 1. Introduction, Madoka Futamura and Nadia Bernaz 2. The Politics of the Death Penalty and Contexts of Transition: Democratization, Peacebuilding and Transitional Justice, Madoka Futamura 3. Democracy, Democratization and the Death Penalty, Christopher Hobson 4. Transitional Justice, Democratization and the Politics of the Death Penalty in Argentina, Par Engstrom 5. In Anticipation of ‘Liberal Democracy’: The Abolition of the Death Penalty in Cambodia, Nina H. B. Jørgensen 6. Death Penalty Moratorium in South Korea: Democratic Transition and Political Leadership, Sangmin Bae 7. The Death Penalty and Post-Conflict Peace-Building in the Balkans: The Case of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Nada Davi 8. The Death Penalty in Rwanda: Surrounding Politics and the ICTR’s Battle of Abolition, Aimé Muyoboke Karimunda 9. Politics of Death Penalty in Post-Conflict Sierra Leone: An Opportunity for Reform or a Missed Opportunity? Mohamed Suma 10. The Death Penalty and the Iraqi Transition: Observations on a Lost Opportunity, Michael A. Newton 11. Transitional Processes and the Death Penalty in North Africa, Amor Boubakri and Nadia Bernaz 12. Capital Punishment in a Time of Transition, William Schabas

Madoka Futamura is Academic Programme Officer at the United Nations University, Japan.Nadia Bernaz is a Senior Lecturer and Programme Leader for the MA Human Rights and Business at Middlesex University, UK.

• 1. Introduction, Madoka Futamura and Nadia Bernaz 2. The Politics of the Death Penalty and Contexts of Transition: Democratization, Peacebuilding and Transitional Justice, Madoka Futamura 3. Democracy, Democratization and the Death Penalty, Christopher Hobson 4. Transitional Justice, Democratization and the Politics of the Death Penalty in Argentina, Par Engstrom 5. In Anticipation of ‘Liberal Democracy’: The Abolition of the Death Penalty in Cambodia, Nina H. B. Jørgensen 6. Death Penalty Moratorium in South Korea: Democratic Transition and Political Leadership, Sangmin Bae 7. The Death Penalty and Post-Conflict Peace-Building in the Balkans: The Case of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Nada Davi 8. The Death Penalty in Rwanda: Surrounding Politics and the ICTR’s Battle of Abolition, Aimé Muyoboke Karimunda 9. Politics of Death Penalty in Post-Conflict Sierra Leone: An Opportunity for Reform or a Missed Opportunity? Mohamed Suma 10. The Death Penalty and the Iraqi Transition: Observations on a Lost Opportunity, Michael A. Newton 11. Transitional Processes and the Death Penalty in North Africa, Amor Boubakri and Nadia Bernaz 12. Capital Punishment in a Time of Transition, William Schabas

Madoka Futamura is Academic Programme Officer at the United Nations University, Japan.Nadia Bernaz is a Senior Lecturer and Programme Leader for the MA Human Rights and Business at Middlesex University, UK.

• 1. Introduction, Madoka Futamura and Nadia Bernaz 2. The Politics of the Death Penalty and Contexts of Transition: Democratization, Peacebuilding and Transitional Justice, Madoka Futamura 3. Democracy, Democratization and the Death Penalty, Christopher Hobson 4. Transitional Justice, Democratization and the Politics of the Death Penalty in Argentina, Par Engstrom 5. In Anticipation of ‘Liberal Democracy’: The Abolition of the Death Penalty in Cambodia, Nina H. B. Jørgensen 6. Death Penalty Moratorium in South Korea: Democratic Transition and Political Leadership, Sangmin Bae 7. The Death Penalty and Post-Conflict Peace-Building in the Balkans: The Case of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Nada Davi 8. The Death Penalty in Rwanda: Surrounding Politics and the ICTR’s Battle of Abolition, Aimé Muyoboke Karimunda 9. Politics of Death Penalty in Post-Conflict Sierra Leone: An Opportunity for Reform or a Missed Opportunity? Mohamed Suma 10. The Death Penalty and the Iraqi Transition: Observations on a Lost Opportunity, Michael A. Newton 11. Transitional Processes and the Death Penalty in North Africa, Amor Boubakri and Nadia Bernaz 12. Capital Punishment in a Time of Transition, William Schabas