Transitional Justice and the 'Disappeared' of Northern Ireland: Silence, Memory, and the Construction of the Past

ISBN-13: 9780367727956 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 279 str.

Lauren Dempster

Opis

This book employs a transitional justice lens to address the ‘disappearances’ that occurred during the Northern Ireland conflict and the post-conflict response. Despite an extensive literature around ‘dealing with the past’ in Northern Ireland, as well as a substantial body of scholarship on ‘disappearances’ in other national contexts

Spis treści

Preface

Acknowledgements

Abbreviations

Introduction

1   ‘Disappearing’ in International Context: Memory, Silence, and the Law

2   The Victims: Mobilisation, the Politics of Victimhood, and Constructing the ‘Disappeared’

3   The Republican Movement: Rationalising, Leadership, and Resolving the ‘Disappeared.’

4   The Community: Rumour, Whispers, and ‘Bystander Complicity’

5   ‘Quiet’ Transitional Justice and ‘Disappearing’

6   Acknowledgement, Truth, and the Collective Memory of the ‘Disappeared’

Conclusion: ‘Disappearing’ and Transitional Justice – Lessons from Northern Ireland

List of Interviewees

Bibliography

Index

O autorze

Dr Lauren Dempster is a Lecturer in the School of Law, Queen’s University Belfast.