Transitional Justice and Socio-Economic Rights in Zimbabwe

This book addresses the issue of corruption as a socio-economic rights concern at a national level. Zimbabwe’s widespread corruption inhibited its development in all aspects. It weakened institutions, especially those called upon to arbitrate political an

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Volume 24

Transitional Justice and Socio-Economic Rights in Zimbabwe

Prosper Maguchu

International Criminal Justice Series Volume 24

Series Editors Gerhard Werle, Berlin, Germany Moritz Vormbaum, Münster, Germany

Series Information The International Criminal Justice Series aims to create a platform for publications covering the entire field of international criminal justice. It, therefore, deals with issues relating, among others, to: – the work of international criminal courts and tribunals; – transitional justice approaches in different countries; – international anti-corruption and anti-money laundering initiatives; – the history of international criminal law. It is peer-reviewed and seeks to publish high-quality works emanating from excellent scholars.

Editorial Office Prof. Dr. Gerhard Werle Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin Faculty of Law Unter den Linden 6, 10099 Berlin, Germany [email protected] [email protected]

More information about this series at http://www.springer.com/series/13470

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Prosper Maguchu Centre for the Politics of Transnational Law Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Amsterdam, The Netherlands

ISSN 2352-6718 ISSN 2352-6726 (electronic) International Criminal Justice Series ISBN 978-94-6265-322-1 ISBN 978-94-6265-323-8 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6265-323-8 Published by T.M.C. ASSER PRESS, The Hague, The Netherlands www.asserpress.nl Produced and distributed for T.M.C. ASSER PRESS by Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg © T.M.C. ASSER PRESS and the author 2019 No part of this work may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, microfilming, recording or otherwise, without written permission from the Publisher, with the exception of any material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. 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. This T.M.C. ASSER PRESS imprint is published by the registered company Springer-Verlag GmbH, DE part of Springer Nature. The registered company address is: Heidelberger Platz 3, 14197 Berlin, Germany

Preface

The parameters of transitional justice, as an interdisciplinary field, are expanding. For instance, while it started off conservatively by focusing on judicial and non-judicial measures implemented in order to redress legacies of physical human rights abuses, it has evolved to address socio-economic violations and related issues such as large-scale corruption. Despite this widened remit, which continues to expand, it remains problematic to locate, let alone address, corruption within transitional justice as originally conceived. This is largely d