Restorative Justice, Reconciliation, and Peacebuilding

Restorative Justice, Reconciliation, and Peacebuilding
ISBN-10
0199364885
ISBN-13
9780199364886
Category
Political Science
Pages
272
Language
English
Published
2014-04-17
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Authors
Daniel Philpott, Jennifer J. Llewellyn

Description

All over the world, the practice of peacebuilding is beset with common dilemmas: peace versus justice, religious versus secular approaches, individual versus structural justice, reconciliation versus retribution, and the harmonization of the sheer number of practices involved in repairing past harms. Progress towards resolving these dilemmas requires reforming institutions and practices but also clear thinking about basic questions: What is justice? And how is it related to the building of peace? The twin concepts of reconciliation and restorative justice, both involving the holistic restoration of right relationship, contain not only a compelling logic of justice but also great promise for resolving peacebuilding's tensions and for constructing and assessing its institutions and practices. This book furthers this potential by developing not only the core content of these concepts but also their implications for accountability, forgiveness, reparations, traditional practices, human rights, and international law.

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