Advocating Transitional Justice in Africa The Role of Civil Society
This volume documents and analyses the strategies used by African civil society organisations to lobby for and enact transitional justice measures in their countries. The book offers local practitioners and African scholars space to reflect on t
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Jasmina Brankovic Hugo van der Merwe Editors
Advocating Transitional Justice in Africa The Role of Civil Society
Springer Series in Transitional Justice
Series Editor Dr. Olivera Simic Senior Lecturer with the Griffith University Law School Queensland, Australia
More information about this series at http://www.springer.com/series/11233
Jasmina Brankovic • Hugo van der Merwe Editors
Advocating Transitional Justice in Africa The Role of Civil Society
Editors Jasmina Brankovic University of Cape Town Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation Cape Town, South Africa
Hugo van der Merwe Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation Cape Town, South Africa
Springer Series in Transitional Justice ISBN 978-3-319-70415-9 ISBN 978-3-319-70417-3 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-70417-3 Library of Congress Control Number: 2017962102 © Springer International Publishing AG 2018 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Printed on acid-free paper This Springer imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Springer International Publishing AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
Foreword
The Long Arc of Transitional Justice This great volume of written work—Advocating Transitional Justice in Africa: The Role of Civil Society—does what virtually no other labour of the intellect has done heretofore. Authored by movement activists and thinkers in the fields of human rights and transitional justice, the volume wrestles with the complex place and roles of transitional justice in the project of societal reconstruction in Africa. The authors are steeped in the theory and practice of transitional justice. Many have toiled in the vineyards and the tumult of social transformation in the aftermath of conflict. They thus excavate the hopes and fears of the reformer who seeks a b
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