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Transitional Justice in Practice: The Importance of Context in Confronting Legacies of Mass Abuse

Abstract

In the aftermath of war, violent upheaval, and repression, domestic justice systems are unable to address the large-scale violations of criminal law and human rights law that might have been perpetrated. In many cases those crimes have been overlooked and relegated to footnotes in some history books.