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Dealing with the past in post-conflict societies : ten years after the peace accords in Guatemala and Bosnia-Herzegovina ; swisspeace Annual Conference 2006

Title: Dealing with the past in post-conflict societies : ten years after the peace accords in Guatemala and Bosnia-Herzegovina ; swisspeace Annual Conference 2006 / Jonathan Sisson (Ed.) ; Bernardo Arévalo de León...[et al.].
Publication: Bern : Swisspeace, 2007.

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68 p. : ill.; 30 cm.

Summary

Dealing with a legacy of human rights violations is one of the most difficult challenges facing any society in the aftermath of violent conflict. A decade after internationally mediated peace agreements ended wars in Guatemala and Bosnia and Herzegovina, both countries continue to struggle with a culture of impunity and violence. What lessons can be learned about the effectiveness of transitional justice mechanisms in dealing with the past? Why set up truth commissions in one context and tribunals in another? How does a society learn to live with the memory of genocide and crimes against humanity? And how can external actors contribute to the process of reconciliation? These are some of the questions which Guatemalan, Bosnian, and Swiss experts addressed at the swisspeace annual conference 2006.

Series Statement

Conference paper / Swisspeace, Schweizerische Friedensstiftung ; 1/2007

Uniform Title

Conference paper (Schweizerische Friedensstiftung) ; 1/2007.

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Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references.

Language (note)

Abstract in English, German, and French.

Contents

1. Introduction - Guatemala, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and a conceptual framework for dealing with the past / Jonathan Sisson -- 2. The changing nature of the debate on peace vs. justice / Pierro Hazan -- 3. A twisted path to reconciliation? The Historical Clarification Commission in Guatemala / Bernardo Arévalo de León -- 4. 'Dealing with the past' in Bosnia - obstacles and challenges for 'reconciliation' in the region of former Yugoslavia / Martina Fischer -- 5. The legacy of genocide in Guatemala: memory and psychosocial recovery in affected communities / Carlos Martin Beristain -- 6. Psychosocial recovery in Bosnia-Herzegovina in the aftermath of violence / Irfanka Pasagic -- 7. The role of external actors: Guatemala - a case study / Mo Bleeker -- 8. Dealing with the past in Bosnia-Herzegovina: challenges for the future and the role of external actors / Nena Skopljanac.

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JFF 09-55

ISBN

9783908230687
3908230683

OCLC

212383726

Title

Dealing with the past in post-conflict societies : ten years after the peace accords in Guatemala and Bosnia-Herzegovina ; swisspeace Annual Conference 2006 / Jonathan Sisson (Ed.) ; Bernardo Arévalo de León...[et al.].

Imprint

Bern : Swisspeace, 2007.

Series

Conference paper / Swisspeace, Schweizerische Friedensstiftung ; 1/2007

Conference paper (Schweizerische Friedensstiftung) ; 1/2007.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references.

Language

Abstract in English, German, and French.

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http://purl.fcla.edu/UF/lib/CP_Jahreskonferenz_2007__1_.pdf

Added Author

Sisson, Jonathan.

Arévalo de León, Bernardo.

swisspeace (Organization)

Schweizerische Friedensstiftung.

Research Call Number

JFF 09-55

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