Transitional Justice in Practice

Conflict, Justice, and Reconciliation in the Solomon Islands

Renée Jeffery

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Year: 2017
• Print ISBN:
  9781137596949
• eBook ISBN:
  9781137596956
• Topic: Politics & International Relations
• Subtopic: Historiography
• Index: Politics & International Relations

This book examines the practice of transitional justice in the Solomon Islands from the period of the 'The Tensions' to the present. In late 1998, the Solomon Islands were plunged into a period of violent civil conflict precipitated by a complex web of grievances, injustices, ethnic tensions, and economic insecurities. This conflict dragged on until the middle of 2003, leaving an estimated 200 people dead and more than 20 000 displaced from their homes. In the time that has elapsed since the end of The Tensions, numerous—at times incompatible—approaches to transitional justice have been implemented in the Solomon Islands. The contributors to this volume examine how key global trends and debates about transitional justice were played out in the Solomon Islands, how its key mechanisms were adapted to meet the specific demands of post-conflict justice in this local context, and how well its practices and processes fulfilled their perceived functions.

Table of contents

• Acknowledgements
• Contents
• Notes on Contributors
• List of Figures
• Chapter 1: Transitional Justice and the Tensions
• Chapter 2: Subjectivities of Suffering: Human Rights in the Solomon Islands Truth and Reconciliation Commission
• Chapter 3: Kastom in Dispute Resolution: Transitional Justice and Customary Law in the Solomon Islands
• Chapter 4: Peering into the ‘Black Box’ of TRC Success: Exploring Local Perceptions of Reconciliation in the Solomon Islands TRC
• Chapter 5: The Solomon Islands Truth and Reconciliation Commission Report: Forgiving the Perpetrators, Forgetting the Victims?
• Chapter 6: Documenting Women’s Experiences of Conflict and Sexual Violence: On the Ground with the Solomon Islands Truth and Reconciliation Commission
• Chapter 7: Youth Engagement in the Solomon Islands TRC Process
• Chapter 8: Development Aid for Reparations in the Solomon Islands
• Chapter 9: Conclusions
• References
• Index