Bibliography: Gender & Transitional Justice

Last Updated: December 31, 2008

Askin, Kelly. "The Quest for Post-Conflict Gender Justice." Columbia Journal of Transnational Law 41 (2003): 509-521.

Bell, Christine and Catherine O'Rourke.  "Does Feminism Need a Theory of Transitional Justice? An Introductory Essay." International Journal of Transitional Justice 1, no. 1 (2007): 23-44.

Campbell, Kirsten. "The Gender of Transitional Justice: Law, Sexual Violence and the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia." International Journal of Transitional Justice 1, no. 3 (2007): 411-432.

Campbell-Nelson, Karen. "Liberia is not Just a Man Thing: Transitional Justice Lessons for Women, Peace and Security." Brussels: Initiative for Peacebuilding, 2008.

DeLaet, Debra L. "Gender Justice: A Gendered Assessment of Truth-telling Mechanisms." In Telling the Truths: Truth Telling and Peace Building in Post-Conflict Societies, ed. Tristan Ann Borer. Notre Dame, Indiana: University of Notre Dame Press, 2006. 

Goldblatt, Beth and Sheila Meintjies. "Dealing with the Aftermath - Sexual Violence and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission." Agenda 36 (1997).

Hamber, Brandon. "Masculinity and Transitional Justice: An Exploratory Essay." International Journal of Transitional Justice 1, no. 3 (2007): 375-390.

Nesiah, Vasuki. "Gender and Truth Commission Mandates." New York: International Center for Transitional Justice, 2006.

Okello, Moses Chrispus and Lucy Hovil. "Confronting the Reality of Gender-based Violence in Northern Uganda." International Journal of Transitional Justice. 1, no. 3 (2007): 433-443.

Oosterveld, Valerie. "The Definition of 'Gender' in the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court:  A Step Backwards?" Harvard Human Rights Journal 18 (Spring 2005).

Reilly, Niamh. "Seeking Gender Justice in Post-Conflict Transitions: Toward a Transformative Human Rights Approach." International Journal of Law in Context 3, no. 2 (2007): 155.

Ross, Fiona. Bearing Witness: Women and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in South Africa. London: Pluto Press, 2002

Rubio-Marin, Ruth and Pablo de Grieff. "Women and Reparations." International Journal of Transitional Justice 1, no. 3 (2007): 318-337.

Valji, Nahla. "Gender, Justice and Reconciliation." Berlin: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES), November 2007.

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