The dramatic uprisings that ousted the long-standing leaders of several countries in the Arab region set in motion an unprecedented period of social, political, and legal transformation. The prosecution of political leaders took center stage in the pursuit of transitional justice following the 'Arab Spring.' Through a comparative case study of Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, and Yemen, this book argues that transitional justice in the Arab region presents the strongest challenge yet to the transitional justice paradigm. This paradigm is built on the underlying assumption that transitions constitute a...
The dramatic uprisings that ousted the long-standing leaders of several countries in the Arab region set in motion an unprecedented period of social, ...