Transitional Justice in Practice

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiii

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2. Transitional Justice and the Tensions

   • Renée Jeffery

   Pages 1-36

3. Subjectivities of Suffering: Human Rights in the Solomon Islands Truth and Reconciliation Commission

   • Claire Cronin

   Pages 37-62

4. Kastom in Dispute Resolution: Transitional Justice and Customary Law in the Solomon Islands

   • Joanna R. Quinn

   Pages 63-84

5. Peering into the ‘Black Box’ of TRC Success: Exploring Local Perceptions of Reconciliation in the Solomon Islands TRC

   • Holly L. Guthrey, Karen Brounéus

   Pages 85-111

6. The Solomon Islands Truth and Reconciliation Commission Report: Forgiving the Perpetrators, Forgetting the Victims?

   • Renée Jeffery

   Pages 113-139

7. Documenting Women’s Experiences of Conflict and Sexual Violence: On the Ground with the Solomon Islands Truth and Reconciliation Commission

   • Louise Vella

   Pages 141-169

8. Youth Engagement in the Solomon Islands TRC Process

   • Caitlin Mollica

   Pages 171-201

9. Development Aid for Reparations in the Solomon Islands

   • Nicole Dicker

   Pages 203-228

10. Conclusions

    • Renée Jeffery

    Pages 229-234

11. Back Matter

    Pages 235-274

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This book examines the practice of transitional justice in the Solomon Islands from the period of the ‘The Tensions’ to the present. In late 1998, the Solomon Islands were plunged into a period of violent civil conflict precipitated by a complex web of grievances, injustices, ethnic tensions, and economic insecurities. This conflict dragged on until the middle of 2003, leaving an estimated 200 people dead and more than 20 000 displaced from their homes. In the time that has elapsed since the end of The Tensions, numerous—at times incompatible—approaches to transitional justice have been implemented in the Solomon Islands. The contributors to this volume examine how key global trends and debates about transitional justice were played out in the Solomon Islands, how its key mechanisms were adapted to meet the specific demands of post-conflict justice in this local context, and how well its practices and processes fulfilled their perceived functions.

• Transnational
• Transnational justice
• Conflict
• Justice
• Reconciliation
• Solomon Islands
• The Tensions
• Economic insecurity
• Ethnic tension

• Griffith University, Nathan, Australia

  Renée Jeffery

Renée Jeffery is Professor of International Relations in the School of Government and International Relations at Griffith University, Australia, where she holds joint appointments to the Centre for Governance and Public Policy and the Griffith Asia Institute. She is the author of Amnesties, Accountability and Human Rights and editor of Transitional Justice in the Asia-Pacific (with Hun Joon Kim).

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