International Journal of Transitional Justice

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The International Journal of Transitional Justice publishes high quality, refereed articles in the rapidly growing field of transitional justice; that is the study of those strategies employed by states and international institutions to deal with a legacy of human rights abuses and to effect social reconstruction in the wake of widespread violence.

Topics covered by the journal include (but are not limited to): truth commissions, universal jurisdiction, post-conflict social reconciliation, victim and perpetrator studies, international and domestic prosecutions, institutional transformation, vetting, memorialization, reparations and ex-combatant reintegration.

Special Issues

2018 Special Issue – Call for Submissions:
Transitional Justice from the Margins: Intersections of Identities, Power and Human Rights
In recognition of the IJTJ’s 10th anniversary.
To be guest edited by Fionnuala Ní Aoláin and Eilish Rooney
Deadline for submissions: 1 July 2017
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2016 special issue 'Reconsidering Appropriate Responses to Victims of Conflict'
Guest edited by Juan E. Méndez.
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Special issue 'Transitional Justice: does it have a future?'
Guest edited by Dean Makau Mutua, whose editorial is free to read here.
To browse this special issue, click here.

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Notes from the Field

In addition to regular length articles, the IJTJ has a section entitled 'Notes from the Field.’ Visit this page for full details on this section and limited-time access to FREE Notes from the Field pieces.

One of the Notes from the Field pieces has been featured on the OUPblog! To read Reem Abou-El-Fadl's full article, "Beyond Conventional Transitional Justice: Egypt's 2011 Revolution and the Absence of Political Will" click here. To read the Blog posting, click here.

Freely available articles

Through the Looking Glass: Transitional Justice Futures through the Lens of Nationalism, Feminism and Transformative Change
Kris Brown and Fionnuala Ní Aoláin
(2015) 9 (1): 127-149

The International Criminal Court as a ‘Transitional Justice’ Mechanism in Africa: Some Critical Reflections
Obiora Chinedu Okafor and Uchechukwu Ngwaba
(2015) 9 (1): 90-108

Emancipating Transitional Justice from the Bonds of the Paradigmatic Transition
Dustin N. Sharp
(2015) 9 (1): 150-169

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OUP Blog Articles from IJTJ Authors

The latest blog post from International Journal of Transitional Justice is Victims and victimhood in Afghanistan by Huma Saeed. You can read her blog post here and her full article is also freely available to read online.

We've gathered together a list of all the OUP Blog posts written by International Journal of Transitional Justice authors. To see the list yourself and browse click here.