Browsing by Subject "Transitional Justice"
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Forgiveness in the age of accountability - Assessing Amnesty in northern Uganda
(NUI Galway, 2021-07-05)In the year 2000, Uganda passed the Amnesty Act – a blanket amnesty law that effectively ended a 20-year rebellion by the Lord’s Resistance Army (“LRA”), reintegrating thousands of ex-combatants back into the community. ... -
Legal remedies, truth recovery and illegal adoptions: The limits and transformative potential of human rights law and practice
(NUI Galway, 2019-11-06)This thesis seeks to address two related research questions. First, to consider and assess the Irish State’s approach and legal responses to historical practices of illegal adoption – how are such legal responses affected ... -
Transitional justice in Africa: Traditional and modern approaches to addressing genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity
(NUI Galway, 2016-11-01)The term transitional justice generally refers to a range of judicial and nonjudicial mechanisms that have been utilized by countries in order to address massive human rights abuses. Such mechanisms can include prosecutions, ...