373pp., paperback Pietermaritzburg, 2009

Contributions include:

"Inclusive Justice: The limitations of trial justice & truth commissions" by Charles Villa-Vicencio

"Gender & Truth & Reconciliation Commissions: Comparative reflections" by Sheila Meintjes

"Peace versus Justice: truth & reconciliation commissions & war crimes tribunals in Africa" by Alex Boraine

"Peace & Justice: Mozambique & Sierra Leone compared" by John Hirsch

"The Politics of Peace, Justice & Healing in post-war Mozambique 'practices of rapture' by Magamba Spirits & Healers in Gorongosa" by Victor Igreja

"Indigenous Justice or Political Instrument? The modern gacaca courts of Rwanda" by Helen Scanlon.

Chandra Lekha Sriram is Professor of Human Rights at the School of Law, University of East London, Chair of the International Studies Association Human Rights Section and consults on issues of governance and conflict prevention for the UNDP.

Suren Pillay is a senior lecturer in the Department of Political Studies at the University of the Western Cape, and a Senior Research Specialist in the Democracy and Governance programme of the Human Sciences Research Council.

PEACE VERSUS JUSTICE? The dilemma of transitional justice in Africa

: Sriram (C.) & Pillay (S.) eds.

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