This book employs a transitional justice lens to address the 'disappearances' that occurred during the Northern Ireland conflict--or 'Troubles'--and the post-conflict response to these 'disappearances.' Despite an extensive literature around 'dealing with the past&...

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1. Verfasser:	Dempster, Lauren (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Abschlussarbeit Buch
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	London Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group 2021
Ausgabe:	First issued in paperback
Schriftenreihe:	Transitional justice
Schlagworte:	Vermisster Nordirlandkonflikt Internationales Recht Disappeared persons / Northern Ireland Transitional justice / Northern Ireland Northern Ireland / History / 1968-1998 Northern Ireland / History / 1998- Disappeared persons Transitional justice Northern Ireland Since 1968 History Hochschulschrift
Zusammenfassung:	This book employs a transitional justice lens to address the 'disappearances' that occurred during the Northern Ireland conflict--or 'Troubles'--and the post-conflict response to these 'disappearances.' Despite an extensive literature around 'dealing with the past' in Northern Ireland, as well as a substantial body of scholarship on 'disappearances' in other national contexts, there has been little scholarly scrutiny of 'disappearances' in post-conflict Northern Ireland. Although the Good Friday Agreement brought relative peace to Northern Ireland, no provision was made for the establishment of some form of overarching truth and reconciliation commission aimed at comprehensively addressing the legacy of violence. Nevertheless, a mechanism to recover the remains of the 'disappeared'--the Independent Commission for the Location of Victims' Remains (ICLVR)--was established, and has in fact proven to be quite effective. As a result, the reactions of key constituencies to the 'disappearances' can be used as a prism through which to comprehensively explore issues of relevance to transitional justice scholars and practitioners. Pursuing an interdisciplinary approach, and based on extensive empirical research, this book provides a multifaceted exploration of the responses of these constituencies to the practice of 'disappearing.' It engages with transitional justice themes including silence, memory, truth, acknowledgement, and apology. Key issues examined include the mobilisation efforts of families of the 'disappeared,' efforts by a (former) non-state armed group to address its legacy of violence, the utility of a limited immunity mechanism to incentivise information provision, and the interplay between silence and memory in the shaping of a collective, societal understanding of the 'disappeared.'
Beschreibung:	First published 2019
Beschreibung:	xii, 279 Seiten
ISBN:	9780815375647 9780367727956