Magister Legum - LLM (Criminal Justice and Procedure) / Transitional justice mechanisms have become commonplace as a tool for recovery for societies
emerging from conflict and repressive regimes. The extent to which women's rights concerning
development and long-term economic advancement in the arena of transitional justice is dealt
with is almost negligible.
The significance of including development as a means of protecting marginalised groups such as
women has been mostly disregarded in the transitional justice context. Currently, the discourse
on gender justice has placed civil and political rights as well as sexual crimes against women at
the centre stage. Transitional justice mechanisms have failed to give effect to long-term
sustainable and substantive change in women's lives following conflict and periods of repressive
rule.
The core aims of transitional justice are prosecution of offenders, reconciliation and reparations
for the victims of gross human rights abuses. Reparations are usually used as a medium through
which restitution and compensation for the harm suffered by victims are made possible.
Reparations are also deemed as an essential element for the healing and recovery of the
individual victim and the society affected by egregious human rights violations.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:uwc/oai:etd.uwc.ac.za:11394/6349 |
| Date | January 2017 |
| Creators | Tizeba, Hilda Charles |
| Contributors | Fernandez, Lovell |
| Publisher | University of the Western Cape |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Rights | University of the Western Cape |
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