Transitional Justice and the Arab Spring

Kirsten Fisher, Robert Stewart, Kirsten J. Fisher, Robert Stewart, Kirsten Fisher, Kirsten J. Fisher, Robert Stewart

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2015
• Print ISBN: 9781138644809
• eBook ISBN: 9781135984953
• Topic: Derecho
• Subtopic: Derecho penal

This book presents a varied and critical picture of how the Arab Spring demands a re-examination and re-conceptualization of issues of transitional justice. It demonstrates how unique features of this wave of revolutions and popular protests that have swept the Arab world since December 2010 give rise to distinctive concerns and problems relative to transitional justice. The contributors explore how these issues in turn add fresh perspective and nuance to the field more generally. In so doing, it explores fundamental questions of social justice, reconstruction and healing in the context of the Arab Spring.

Including the perspectives of academics and practitioners, Transitional Justice and the Arab Spring will be of considerable interest to those working on the politics of the Middle East, normative political theory, transitional justice, international law, international relations and human rights.

Transitional Justice

Series Editor: Kieran McEvoy

Queen’s University Belfast

The study of justice in transition has emerged as one of the most diverse and intellectually exciting developments in the social sciences. From its origins in human rights activism and comparative political science, the field is increasingly characterised by its geographic and disciplinary breadth. This series aims to publish the most innovative scholarship from a range of disciplines working on transitional justice related topics, including law, sociology, criminology, psychology, anthropology, political science, development studies and international relations.

Titles in this series:

Transitional Justice, Judicial Accountability and the Rule of Law

Hakeem O. Yusuf (2010)

The Era of Transitional Justice: The Aftermath of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in South Africa and Beyond

Paul Gready (2010)

The Dynamics of Transitional Justice

Lia Kent (2012)

Gender Politics in Transitional Justice

Catherine O’Rourke (2013)

Identity, Reconciliation and Transitional Justice

Nevin T. Aiken (2013)

Corporate Accountability in the Context of Transitional Justice

Sabine Michalowski (2013)

Families of the Missing

Simon Robins (2013)

Transitional Justice Theories

Edited by Susanne Buckley Zistel, Teresa Koloma Beck, Christian Braun, Friederike Mieth (2014)

Truth, Denial and Transition: The Contested Past in Northern Ireland

Cheryl Lawther (2014)

Transitional Justice and the Arab Spring

Edited by Kirsten Fisher and Robert Stewart (2014)

Forthcoming titles in the series:

The Concept of the Civilian

Claire Garbett

The Judiciary and the Politics of Transition: Saviours, Scoundrels, Scapegoats

Marny Requa

The Art of Post-Dictatorship: Ethics and Aesthetics in Transitional Argentina

Vikki Bell

International Trials and Reconciliation

Janine Clark

The Trouble with Truth: Dealing with the Past in Northern Ireland

Kieran McEvoy

Transitional Justice, Peace and Democracy: Conflict Resolution in Context

Elin Skaar, Camila Gianella and Trine Eide

Transitional Justice and the Arab Spring

Edited by Kirsten J. Fisher and Robert Stewart

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Transitional justice and the Arab spring / edited by Kirsten J. Fisher, Robert Stewart.

pages cm. – (Transitional justice)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-0-415-82636-5 (hardback) – ISBN 978-0-203-43114-6 (ebk) 1. Law–Political aspects–Arab countries. 2. Transitional justice–Arab countries. 3. Arab Spring, 2010- I. Fisher, Kirsten, editor of compilation. II. Stewart, Robert, editor of compilation.

KMC70.T73 2014

340’.115–dc23

2013043458

ISBN: 978-0-415-82636-5 (hbk)

ISBN: 978-0-203-43114-6 (ebk)

DOI: 10.4324/9780203431146

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Contents

• Notes on Contributors
• Foreword ANTHONY F. LANG JR.
• After the Arab Spring: a new wave of transitional justice? KIRSTEN J. FISHER AND ROBERT STEWART
• PART ONE The context and getting Arab Spring transitional justice right
  • 1 The Arab world after the popular uprisings: a spirit restored? BASSEL F. SALLOUKH
  • 2 Building a future, exhuming the past: the struggle for accountability in the wake of regional uprisings ANNE MASSAGEE
  • 3 Transitional justice in the wake of the Arab uprisings: between complexity and standardisation HABIB NASSAR
  • 4 Difficult but ultimately rewarding: lessons from transitional justice in Latin America ANDREW G. REITER
  • 5 The costs of avoiding transitional justice: lessons from Lebanon ORA SZEKELY
  • 6 Risks and rewards: lessons from Central and Eastern Europe’s transitional justice experiences KLAUS BACHMANN, ROBERT STEWART AND KIRSTEN J. FISHER
• PART TWO Issues pertaining to Arab Spring transitional justice
  • 7 Challenges of representation and inclusion: a case study of Islamist groups in transitional justice LINE KHATIB
  • 8 Transitional justice and the Arab Spring from a gender perspective ELHAM MANEA
  • 9 Egy...

Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Half Title Page
• Frontmatter 1
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• Notes on Contributors
• Foreword—ANTHONY F. LANG JR.
• After the Arab Spring: a new wave of transitional justice?—KIRSTEN J. FISHER AND ROBERT STEWART
• PART ONE The context and getting Arab Spring transitional justice right
• PART TWO Issues pertaining to Arab Spring transitional justice
• Index