Negotiating Transitional Justice

Firsthand Lessons from Colombia and Beyond

• Author(s): Mark Freeman, Iván Orozco,
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Pages: 267
• ISBN_10: 1316947270
  ISBN_13: 9781316947272
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Law / Criminal Law / General , Political Science / Peace , History / Military / General , Political Science / Human Rights , Law / International , Law / Civil Rights , Social Science / Criminology , History / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies) , Social Science / Ethnic Studies / General ,

Description:... The recent Colombian peace negotiations took the art and science of negotiating transitional justice to unprecedented levels of complexity. For decades, the Colombian government fought a bitter insurgency war against FARC guerrilla forces. After protracted negotiations, the two parties reached a peace deal that took account of the rights of victims. As first-hand participants in the talks, and principal advisers to the Colombia government, Mark Freeman and Iván Orozco offer a unique account of the mechanics through which accountability issues were addressed. Drawing from this case study and other global experiences, Freeman and Orozco offer a comprehensive theoretical and practical conception of what makes the 'devil's dilemma' of negotiating peace with justice implausible but feasible.