Gender Politics in Transitional Justice

ISBN-13: 9780415826341 / Angielski / Twarda / 2013 / 296 str.

Catherine O'Rourke

Opis

Transitions from violent conflict and authoritarian rule are believed to be transformative moments for women, unique conjunctures in public and private, international law and domestic law, with the potential to transform the gender order of a society. Transitional justice processes, though principally concerned with providing limited accountability for human rights violations of the past, are increasingly injected with transformative social and political goals for the future. What then is the impact of transitional justice processes on the human rights of women in states emerging from political violence? "Gender Politics in Transitional Justice "draws on original comparative research on women s movements in Chile, Northern Ireland, and Colombia, and on legal analysis of transitional justice processes in these case studies, to answer these questions. Catherine O Rourke argues that human rights outcomes for women of transitional justice processes are negotiated and determined in the space between international law and local gender politics.

Recenzje

'a book rich in detail, with concepts deftly threaded together via the insightful and measured writing style of the author.' - Gina Heathcote, SOAS, University of London, UK for Gender & Development

Spis treści

Table of Cases;  Part One:  Introduction;  Chapter One: Between International Law and Local Gender Politics: Women’s Human Rights in Transitional Justice;  Chapter Two: Justice for What? recognizing a web of Gender-based harms against Women in Transitional Justice;  Part Two: Justice  Chapter Three: Defining ‘Justice’: Patterns in Human Rights Advocacy;  Chapter Four: Criminal Accountability and Harms against Women;  Part Three: Truth  Chapter Five: Feminist Truth Strategies: Looking Backward, Moving Forward;  Chapter Six: Global Standards, Local Truths: Harms Against Women in Truth Processes;  Part Four: Reparations  Chapter Seven: Women’s Movements Claiming Repair;  Chapter Eight: Reparations in Transitional Justice and Harms Against Women;  Part Five: Institutional Reform  Chapter Nine: Women’s Movements Seeking Institutional Reform;  Chapter Ten: Institutional Reform and Harms Against Women;  Part Six: Conclusion  Conclusion.

O autorze

Catherine O'Rourke is based at the Transitional Justice Institute at the University of Ulster