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Customary Justice and the Rule of Law in War-Torn Societies presents seven in-depth case studies that take a broad interdisciplinary approach to the study of the justice system. Moving beyond the narrow lens of legal analysis, the cases—Mozambique, Guatemala, East Timor, Afghanistan, Liberia, Iraq, Sudan—examine the larger historical, political, and social factors that shape the character and role of customary justice systems and their place in the overall justice sector. Countries: Afghanistan, Guatemala, Iraq, Liberia, Mozambique, South Sudan, Sudan, The Two Sudans, Timor Leste
| Issue Areas: Economics and Conflict, Rule of Law, Security Sector Reform/Governance
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The United States Institute of Peace’s Truth Commissions Digital Collection is part of the Margarita S. Studemeister Digital Library in International Conflict Management. The collection contains profiles of truth commissions and substantive bodies of inquiry from nations worldwide - offering general background information on the composition of each body, links to the official legislative texts establishing such commissions, and each commission's final reports and findings. Countries: Africa, Algeria, Asia, Brazil, Burundi, Chad, Congo, Republic of the, El Salvador, Europe, Germany, Ghana, Haiti, Kenya, Liberia, Montenegro, Morocco, Nepal, Nigeria, Panama, Paraguay, Rwanda, Serbia, Sierra Leone, South Africa, South America, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Timor Leste, Uganda, Uruguay
| Issue Areas: Conflict Analysis and Prevention, Human Rights, Post-Conflict and Peacekeeping Activities, Rule of Law
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Analyzing nineteen cases, Framing the State in Times of Transition offers the first in-depth, practical perspective on the implications of constitution-making procedure, and explores emerging international legal norms. Countries: Afghanistan, Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Brazil, Cambodia, Colombia, Eritrea, Fiji, Hungary, Iraq, Namibia, Nicaragua, Poland, South Africa, Spain, Timor Leste, Uganda, Venezuela, Zimbabwe
| Issue Areas: Post-Conflict and Peacekeeping Activities, Rule of Law
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Confronting the Truth shows how countries, which have experienced massive human rights violations, have created official, independent bodies known as truth commissions. |
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In Constructing Justice and Security after War, the distinguished contributors—including scholars, criminal justice practitioners, and former senior officials of international missions—examine the experiences of countries that have recently undergone transitions from conflict with significant international involvement. The volume offers generalizations based on careful comparisons of justice and security reforms in some of the most prominent and successful cases of transitions from war of the 1990s drawn from Central America, Africa, the Balkans, and East Timor. Countries: Africa, Bosnia-Herzegovina, El Salvador, Guatemala, Timor Leste
| Issue Areas: Post-Conflict and Peacekeeping Activities, Rule of Law, Security Sector Reform/Governance
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Faced with its worst crisis since gaining independence in 1999, the new nation of Timor-Leste is once again the subject of upcoming UN Security Council resolutions that call for the reintroduction of peacekeeping forces and international police. Countries: Timor Leste
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Truth Commission: Commission for Reception, Truth, and Reconciliation |
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Countries: Timor Leste
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