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dc.contributor.authorJeffery, Renee
dc.date.accessioned2017-09-11T12:30:30Z
dc.date.available2017-09-11T12:30:30Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.identifier.issn0951-2748
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/09512748.2012.759261
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/116596
dc.description.abstractFrom 1998 to 2003, the Solomon Islands found itself in the grip of 'the Tensions', a violent civil conflict that left some 200 people dead, more than 20,000 displaced, and countless others subjected to torture, rape, fear and intimidation. In the aftermath of the conflict, two dominant approaches to post-conflict justice emerged. The first, implemented by the Regional Assistance Mission to the Solomon Islands (RAMSI), favoured a 'rule of law' approach according to which large numbers of militants on both sides were arrested and processed through the criminal justice system resulting, in many cases, in the imposition of lengthy period of imprisonment. The second, 'reconciliation' approach, favoured local, grassroots, traditional and indigenous justice processes and were routinely implements by community groups, women's organisations and the churches. This article demonstrates that in the absence of a formally planned transitional justice process, these two approaches to post-conflict justice have come into serious tension with proponents of each accusing the other of hampering their justice efforts. It examines those tensions and analyses the extent to which the Solomon Islands' Truth and Reconciliation Commission, designed in part to provide a bridge between the rule of law and reconciliation approaches, has been able to quell this new set of tensions.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherRoutledge
dc.publisher.placeUnited Kingdom
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom153
dc.relation.ispartofpageto175
dc.relation.ispartofissue2
dc.relation.ispartofjournalPacific Review
dc.relation.ispartofvolume26
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPolicy and administration
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPolitical science
dc.subject.fieldofresearchGovernment and politics of Asia and the Pacific
dc.subject.fieldofresearchCommunication and media studies
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4407
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4408
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode440807
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4701
dc.titleEnduring Tensions: Transitional Justice in the Solomon Islands
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorJeffery, Renee


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