Gender Politics in Transitional Justice

Author: Catherine O'Rourke
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 9781138850132

Published In: April 2015
Format: Paperback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Disclaimer:
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Hardback Edition ISBN: 9780415826341

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Transitions from violent conflict and authoritarian rule are believed to be transformative moments for women, unique conjunctures in public and private, international law and domestic law, with the potential to transform the gender order of a society. Transitional justice processes, though principally concerned with providing limited accountability for human rights violations of the past, are increasingly injected with transformative social and political goals for the future. What then is the impact of transitional justice processes on the human rights of women in states emerging from political violence?

Gender Politics in Transitional Justice draws on original comparative research on women's movements in Chile, Northern Ireland, and Colombia, and on legal analysis of transitional justice processes in these case studies, to answer these questions. Catherine O'Rourke argues that human rights outcomes for women of transitional justice processes are negotiated and determined in the space between international law and local gender politics.

PART I: INTRODUCTION:

Chapter One: Between International Law and Local Gender Politics: Women's Human Rights in Transitional Justice

Chapter Two: Justice for What? Defining Women's Human Rights in Transitional Justice

PART II: JUSTICE:

Chapter Three: Women's Movements Demanding Criminal Accountability

Chapter Four: Criminal Accountability and Harms Against Women

PART III: TRUTH:

Chapter Five: Women's Movements Contesting the Truth

Chapter Six: Truth in Transitional Justice and Harms Against Women

PART IV: REPARATIONS:

Chapter Seven: Women's Movements Claiming Repair

Chapter Eight: Reparations in Transitional Justice and Harms Against Women