Oct 28, 2009

Publication: The European Union and Transitional Justice: From Retri

'The European Union and Transitional Justice: From Retributive to Restorative Justice in the Western Balkans’ Proceedings from the February 7th 2009 Conference in Belgrade on the European Union and Transitional Justice are now available in a special bi-lingual (Serbian-Croatian- Bosnian and English) issue of Forum for Transitional Justice.

To read this special issue and to view the original conference report please see the South East Europe - Balkans publications section at the website of the Centre for the Study of Global Governance.
Link to the publications: http://www.lse.ac.uk/Depts/global/2balkanspub.htm#conference%20agendas
Link to the special issue of Forum for Transitional Justice: http://www.lse.ac.uk/Depts/global/Publications/Forum3.pdf

Contents:
Introduction - Denisa Kostovicova, Vesna Bojičić-Dželilović and Nataša Kandić

Part I
TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE STRATEGY OF THE EUROPEAN UNION: A CRITICAL ASSESSMENT

Balkan Wars, European Integration and Hague Conditionality - Denisa Kostovicova

The EU’s Transitional Justice Strategy: Gaps and Opportunities - Dick Oosting

ICTY's Contribution to the Reconciliation Process in the Balkans - Merdijana Sadović


Part II
Restorative Justice: Approaches, Preconditions and Tools

What can Restorative Justice Contribute? Lessons from beyond the Balkans - Chandra Lekha Sriram

Human Potential for Restorative Justice in the Balkans - Nebojša Petrović
Emotions and Transitional Justice: On the Restorative Potentials of Symbolic Communication in Kosovo - Stephanie Schwandner-Sievers

Part III
Coalition for RECOM: Origins, Aims and Ambitions

The RECOM Initiative: From a Non-Governmental Challenge to a State Project - Nataša Kandić
The Role of the European Union in the Advancement of Transitional Justice in the Region and the Progress of the Consultation Process within the Initiative to Create RECOM - Tea Gorjanc-Prelević

From Ad Hoc Measures to the Strategy of Facing the Past - Vesna Teršelič
The Kosovo Perspective: The Importance of Ownership - Valdete Idrizi


Part IV
EU and Restorative Justice: The Role of Civil Society

EU Support for 'Civil Society' in Serbia: Politics, Development or Neither? - Adam Fagan
European Approaches to Transitional Justice and Civil Society - Iavor Rangelov
Europe and the Necessity of Adopting a Transnational Approach to Restorative Justice in the States of Former Yugoslavia - Florence Hartmann

The European Union Position - Thomas Gnocchi

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