There is a growing body of comparative research that seeks to produce empirical evidence
and, thereby, contribute to policy debates on the relative merits of truth commissions …

This article presents a new dataset of transitional justice mechanisms utilized worldwide
from 1970—2007. These data complement the growing body of quantitative and …

No systematic study has examined the effect of post-conflict justice on the duration of peace
on a global basis. This paper attempts to fill that void by building on a newly constructed …

Justice in domestic courts is one of the most prominent aims of victims seeking to obtain
accountability for human rights violations. It is, however, also one of the most difficult to …

The last two decades have witnessed a remarkable proliferation of “transitional justice”(TJ)
processes in post-conflict and post-authoritarian societies. TJ mechanisms include trials and …

Compared to the vast literature on the relationship between political regime and the
probability of civil war, relatively little research has addressed the relationship between …

This article examines the tangible consequences of ongoing armed violence for the
implementation of Colombia's innovative transitional court, the Special Jurisdiction for Peace …

It is the certainty of being punished and not the horrifying spectacle of public punishment that
must discourage crime.(Foucault, 1977: 9) The intersection between punishment and society …

A multitude of research shows that natural resources are associated with internal armed
conflict. Primary commodities are, among other things, financing rebellion and increasing …

There is a growing concern among scholars on how the battlefield of conflict/wars have
shifted to civilian populated areas causing huge pain and loss, previous studies have shown …