Gender and Transitional Justice : The Women of East Timor


Susan. Harris Rimmer
Bok Engelsk 2010 · Electronic books.
Annen tittel
Utgitt
Hoboken : : Taylor and Francis, , 2010.
Omfang
1 online resource (254 p.)
Opplysninger
Description based upon print version of record.. - Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; 1 Introduction: A luta continua! (The fight continues!); 2 Sexing the subject of transitional justice; 3 Cecelia Soares recalls: East Timor as case study; 4 Beloved madam: The Indonesian ad hoc Human Rights Court; 5 Wearing his jacket: The serious crimes process; 6 Women cut in half: The Commission for Reception, Truth-seeking and Reconciliation and the limits of restorative justice; 7 Conclusion: 'Operation Love'; Notes; Bibliography; Index. - Gender and Transitional Justice provides the first comprehensive feminist analysis of the role of international law in formal transitional justice mechanisms. Using East Timor as a case study, it offers reflections on transitional justice administered by a UN transitional administration. Often presented as a UN success story, the author demonstrates that, in spite of women and children's rights programmes of the UN and other donors, justice for women has deteriorated in post-conflict Timor, and violence has remained a constant in their lives.This book provides a gendered ana
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Geografisk emneord
Øst-Timor : (NO-TrBIB)HUME13394
Dewey
ISBN
0415561183. - 9780415561181. - 9780415626224

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