TY - JOUR
T1 - Anticipating the Past
T2 - Transitional Justice and Socio-Economic Wrongs
AU - Waldorf, Lars Teilhet
PY - 2012/6
Y1 - 2012/6
N2 - Even as transitional justice struggles to deliver on its original promises of truth, justice and reconciliation, more demands are being placed on it. Over the past several years, the transitional justice ‘industry’ has embraced holistic approaches that have it doing ever more. This article critically examines transitional justice’s recent attention towards historically constructed socio-economic inequalities. It begins by looking at the shift in transitional justice discourse and practice with respect to economic and social rights. Next, it discusses the arguments made for transitional justice’s engagement with those rights and looks at efforts by truth commissions and administrative reparations programmes to address them. Finally, it argues that transitional justice should avoid directly addressing past socio-economic wrongs and explores some alternate paths.
AB - Even as transitional justice struggles to deliver on its original promises of truth, justice and reconciliation, more demands are being placed on it. Over the past several years, the transitional justice ‘industry’ has embraced holistic approaches that have it doing ever more. This article critically examines transitional justice’s recent attention towards historically constructed socio-economic inequalities. It begins by looking at the shift in transitional justice discourse and practice with respect to economic and social rights. Next, it discusses the arguments made for transitional justice’s engagement with those rights and looks at efforts by truth commissions and administrative reparations programmes to address them. Finally, it argues that transitional justice should avoid directly addressing past socio-economic wrongs and explores some alternate paths.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84861939792&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/0964663911435827
DO - 10.1177/0964663911435827
M3 - Article
VL - 21
SP - 171
EP - 186
JO - Social and Legal Studies
JF - Social and Legal Studies
SN - 0964-6639
IS - 2
ER -