The State of Transitional Justice in Africa: Between Wide Application and Deep Contestation

Posted on December 14, 2017
In Policy, Publications
by CSVR

This lecture, delivered by Commissioner Solomon Dersso of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights, at the 2017 African Transitional Justice Forum, provides an appraisal of the state of transitional justice in Africa and a critical reflection on the Africanization of the discourse around and practice of transitional justice on the continent.

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