Transitional Justice

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Transitional Justice

	Truth Commissions Truths commissions are official groups endowed with the authority to extensively investigate the human rights abuses and war crimes committed in a specific country or region during a specified time period.
	International War Crimes Tribunals These are tribunals designed to prosecute war crimes such as genocide, torture, and rape. Such tribunals are becoming increasingly common and are used instead of or in conjunction with truth commissions to try to move beyond the violence of many ethnic conflicts and allow the society to build peace.
	Lustration The term "lustration" derives from the Latin for "purification." In this essay, it refers to a means by which some countries deal with a legacy of human rights abuses.
	Power Sharing If parties in intractable conflicts reach a stalemate but are unwilling to give up their power, they may choose a power sharing agreement, which would allow all major parties to retain their power. Power sharing is also sometimes implemented during transitions between authoratarian and democratic rule.
	Land and Property Rights in the Peace Process Land and property rights disputes can be very difficult to resolve, especially in transitional societies where land ownership is murky. Often two (or more people) say they own a particular piece of land, and all the evidence of ownership has been destroyed in the conflict. This essay describes the problem and possible approaches to solution.

Aye, fight! But not your neighbor. Fight rather all the things that cause you and your neighbor to fight. -- Mikhail Naim

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Organizations Making Noteworthy Contributions to Efforts to Promote More Constructive Conflict

National Peace Foundation

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A User's Guide for Third Siders
The Third Side concept was developed by William Ury. Third Siders are people who try to see both sides of a conflict and encourage cooperative solutions, fair fights, and decision making that advocates solutions which meet everyone's interests and needs as much as possible.

Nobel Peace Prize Winners

International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL)
1997 Nobel Peace Laureate

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