This book studies the role of international actors in the areas of transitional justice and justice sector aid with respect to traditional justice and legal pluralism in sub-Saharan Africa. Based on a number of case studies, the book describes the kinds of policies and interventions that are supported and financed by international actors, with special attention for the kinds of strategies that are deployed, in order to address areas of tension with human rights. The book then explores the relationship between international actors' practices and the body of knowledge that exists in these...

This collection deals with the intricacies of enhancing access to human rights in a world that is to a large extent characterised by legal pluralism, ie the co-existence and interaction of various legal orders in a same field of social relations. The point of departure is that the promotion of human rights is a desirable, yet complex undertaking, and that the insights generated within the scholarly tradition of legal pluralism and the 'universality debate' can help elucidate the issues at stake. Aware of numerous misunderstandings and of the mutual suspicion that exists between human rights...