Truth, Justice and Reconciliation in Colombia: Transitioning from Violence (Europa Perspectives in Transitional Justice) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0367591065 ISBN 13: 9780367591069

Publisher: Routledge, 2020

Synopsis

The signing of the peace agreements between the FARC-EP and the Colombian Government in late November 2016 has generated new prospects for peace in Colombia, opening the possibility of redressing the harm inflicted on Colombians by Colombians.

Talking about peace and transitional justice requires us to think about how to operationalize peace agreements to promote justice and coexistence for peace. This volume brings together reflections by Colombian academics and practitioners alongside pieces provided by researchers and practitioners in other countries where transitional justice initiatives have taken place (Bosnia and Herzegovina, South Africa, Sri Lanka and Peru). This volume has been written in the south, by the south, for the south.

The book engages with the challenges ahead for the coming generations of Colombians. Rivers of ink have dealt with the end goals of transitional justice, but victims require us to take the quest for human rights beyond the normative realm of theorizing justice and into the practical realm of engaging how to implement justice initiatives.

The tension between theory―the legislative frameworks guaranteeing human rights―and practice―the realization of these ideas―will frame Colombia’s success (or failure) in consolidating the implementation of the peace agreements with the FARC-EP.

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About the Author

Fabio Andrés Díaz Pabón is a Colombian political scientist. He is a Research Associate at the Department of Political and International Studies at Rhodes University in South Africa and a Researcher at the International Institute of Social Studies in the Netherlands. Fabio works at the intersection between theory and practice, and his research interests are related to state strength, civil war, conflict and protests in the midst of globalization. In addition to his academic publications, his analysis has been published by Al Jazeera, Time, The Conversation, Los Angeles Times, and Warscapes, among others.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0367591065
• ISBN 13: 9780367591069
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 284
• Editor: Diaz Pabon Fabio Andres