Transnational Criminal Justice

Transitional justice refers to how societies respond to the legacies of massive and serious human rights violations. It asks some of the most difficult questions in law, politics, and the social sciences and grapples with innumerable dilemmas. While every context is unique, societies and individual stakeholders the world over must find answers to the same difficult questions about whether, when, and how to embark on a path toward a peaceful, just, and inclusive future where past crimes have been acknowledged and redressed and citizens and leaders agree that violence and human rights abuses can never again happen. The journey is a long and challenging one that requires the meaningful participation of victims together with all sectors of society.