Transitional Justice in Comparative Perspective

Samar El-Masri is Adjunct Professor at both the Centre for Transitional Justice and Post-Conflict Reconstruction at The University of Western Ontario and the Faculty of Graduate Studies at Dalhousie University, Canada. Tammy Lambert is Researcher in Political Science and Transitional Justice and Post-Conflict Reconstruction at The University of Western Ontario. Joanna R. Quinn is Director of the Centre for Transitional Justice and Post-Conflict Reconstruction at The University of Western Ontario.

• 1  Changing the Context: Can conditions be created that are more conducive to transitional justice success?.- 2  Tractionless Transitional Justice in Uganda: The Potential for Thin Sympathetic Interventions as Ameliorating Factor.- 3  The Role of Democratic Uncertainty in the Interplay between Transitional Justice and Democratisation.- 4 The Importance of Modifying the Context Before Introducing Amnesty and Prosecutions: The Case of Lebanon.- 5  Victims of Language: Language as a Pre-Condition of Transitional Justice in Colombia’s Peace Agreement.- 6  Transitional Justice in the Wake of Resource Wars.- 7  “Some Reasons Are Obvious, Some Are not.” The Gambian Experience with Transitional Justice.- 8  Institutional Trustworthiness, Transformative Judicial Education and Transitional Justice: A Palestinian Experience.- 9  Moving Forward: The possibilities that obtain from ameliorating the context to create conditions for success.