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Transitional Justice

Transitional justice is a process through which societies address legacies of serious human rights violations during transitions from conflict or repression by implementing integrated judicial and non-judicial mechanisms to achieve accountability, truth, reconciliation, and prevent future abuses.

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The Society of Captives: A Study of a Maximum Security Prison.

S. Kirson Weinberg, Gresham M. Sykes · American Sociological Review · 1959 · 1.4K citations

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How “Transitions” Reshaped Human Rights: A Conceptual History of Transitional Justice

Paige Arthur · Human Rights Quarterly · 2009 · 704 citations

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Beyond Legalism: Towards a Thicker Understanding of Transitional Justice

Kieran McEvoy · Journal of Law and Society · 2007 · 593 citations

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Violence and Social Repair: Rethinking the Contribution of Justice to Reconciliation

Laurel E. Fletcher, Harvey M. Weinstein · Human Rights Quarterly · 2002 · 523 citations

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Transitional Justice as Global Project: critical reflections

Rosemary Nagy · Third World Quarterly · 2008 · 502 citations

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Authors

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  1. JN
    Janine Natalya Clark

    University of Birmingham, United Kingdom

    19 publications · 715 citations

    16

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  2. KM
    Kieran McEvoy

    Queen's University Belfast, United Kingdom

    14 publications · 1.5K citations

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  3. FN
    Fionnuala Ní Aoláin

    University of Ulster, United Kingdom

    12 publications · 938 citations

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  4. SP
    Simon P. Robins

    University of Aberdeen, United Kingdom

    12 publications · 1.2K citations

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  5. PM
    Pádraig McAuliffe

    University of Liverpool, United Kingdom

    12 publications · 291 citations

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Institutions

682

  1. University of Ulster

    Coleraine, United Kingdom

    27 h-index

    61 publications

    3.3K citations

  2. Queen's University Belfast

    Belfast, United Kingdom

    20 h-index

    41 publications

    2.3K citations

  3. London School of Economics and Political Science

    London, United Kingdom

    17 h-index

    21 publications

    967 citations

  4. International Center for Transitional Justice

    New York, United States

    17 h-index

    21 publications

    984 citations

  5. University of Birmingham

    Birmingham, United Kingdom

    17 h-index

    19 publications

    775 citations

  6. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    15 h-index

    21 publications

    873 citations

  7. University of British Columbia

    Vancouver, Canada

    13 h-index

    16 publications

    910 citations

  8. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    13 h-index

    27 publications

    1.4K citations

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Venues

  1. International Journal of Transitional Justice

    250 publications · 14.2K citations

    66

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  2. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 53 publications · 4.2K citations

    36

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  3. Human Rights Quarterly

    31 publications · 4K citations

    26

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  4. SSRN Electronic Journal

    Repository · 50 publications · 1.6K citations

    24

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  5. Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding

    19 publications · 791 citations

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Transitional Justice

Core Mechanisms

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