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Transitional justice comprises the full range of mechanisms and processes that aim to strengthen the rule of law in the context of peace-keeping, conflict prevention, post-authoritarian transition, and post-conflict stabilization. The tools of transitional justice include judicial and non-judicial processes and mechanisms and are often categorized into four types of measures, or “pillars,” of transitional justice: prosecution initiatives, truth commissions, reparations, and institutional reform (UNSG 2010; UNSC 2004, pp. 3–4; UNGA 2012). During or following conflict, large-scale human rights violations or the threat of such violations seriously undermines the legitimacy of state institutions and threaten society members’ trust in government and in one another. Thus, transitional justice aims to reestablish shared norms and values based on human rights while transforming the institutions and norms that facilitated past rights violations....
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Boulet, J. (2020). Women, Gender, and Transitional Justice. In: Leal Filho, W., Azul, A.M., Brandli, L., Lange Salvia, A., Wall, T. (eds) Gender Equality. Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-70060-1_128-1
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