In post-war periods and in the aftermath of serious, systematic human rights violations, gender-based forms of violence are usually forgotten during the processing of the past and reconciliation phase. Yet, only when they are paid due regard can lasting peace processes be established. Given this, it is important to subject transitional justice institutions and approaches to a detailed review. The results: until now, transitional justice has, in many places, failed to address the gender dimensions but increasingly so the issues of inequality, hierarchies and violence patterns.
This study details these problems and presents the resulting challenges facing politicians and society.
Publication series of the Gunda Werner Institute, Volume 10:
Transitional Justice
Gender-political perspectives for societies in transition
A study by Rita Schäfer
Ed. by the Heinrich Böll Foundation
Berlin, April 2014, 60 pages
ISBN 978-3-86928-123-0
The publication will be available from 10 April onwards.
Order from:
Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung, Schumannstr. 8, 10117 Berlin
Tel. 030-285340
Fax: 030-28534109
E-mail: info@boell.de
Internet: www.boell.de, www.gunda-werner-institut.de