Research Catalog

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.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Filter by

1 Item

StatusFormatAccessCall NumberItem Location
Request for On-site UseRequest Scan
Not available - Please for assistance.
TextUse in library F1466.7 .D43 2007qOff-site

Details

Additional Authors
  • Arévalo de León, Bernardo.
  • Schweizerische Friedensstiftung. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n90714707
  • Sisson, Jonathan.
  • swisspeace (Organization) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr2005029913
Description
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.
Subjects
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.
ISBN
  • 9783908230687
  • 3908230683
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library