Understanding Transitional Justice: A Struggle for Peace, Reconciliation, and Rebuilding

1. Introduction: Building Justice in the Wake of Atrocities2. A Fight for Inclusion: The Transforming Role of Victims in Transitional Justice Processes3. Truth: Chasing an Illusion?4. Reconciliation: A Journey "From Madness to Hope"5. Amnesties: Juggling Tensions within the Transitional Justice Discourse6. The Origins of International Criminal Accountability: The Nuremberg and Tokyo Tribunals7. International Criminal Justice Revisited: The Ad-Hoc Tribunals for the Former Yugoslavia and Rwanda8. The Hybrid Experiment: Assessing the Special Court for Sierra Leone9. Healing a Wounded Nation: The Reconciliatory Paradigm of Truth Commissions10. Adapting the Perspective: The Role of Bottom-Up Initiatives11. "No Hay Paz Sin Trabajo": Incorporating Indigenous Perspectives in the Struggle for a More Meaningful Justicechapter 12. Conclusions: Justice beyond Rhetoric