Procès, fiction, document: La reconstruction de la littérature en Europe après 1945

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This paper explores the relationship between testimony and fiction in the context of transitional justice, by comparing three 1950 European literary works which use the form of interrogation, investigation, and trial.

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Date Added: 03/09/2018

Duration: 00:26:49

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Dissident Writing, Law and Transitional Justice in Tunisia

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The paper explores selected testimonies and memoirs by survivors of state repression in Tunisia, in order to discuss whether their role is to be considered reformist or revolutionary after the liberation of narrative in 2011.

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Date Added: 03/09/2018

Duration: 00:30:47

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Voices of Suffering: The Incorporation of Victim Testimony in Judgements of the ICTY

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This paper examines the use of victim testimony by the UN International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, discussing the role of ‘humanitarian narratives’ in our understanding of the wars of Yugoslav succession.

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Christian Axboe Nielsen

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Date Added: 03/09/2018

Duration: 00:23:49

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Literature and Transitional Justice After the Rwandan Genocide: Veronique Tadjo’s The Shadow of Imama

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This paper discusses the problems of literary memorialization and quest for truth in the aftermath of the Rwandan genocide as addressed by Veronique Tadjo’s The Shadow of Imana.

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Date Added: 03/09/2018

Duration: 00:29:17

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Victims’ Narratives in the Colombian Peace Process

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This paper analyses how victims’ voices were heard during the peace negotiations and in the implementation of the 2016 peace accord between the FARC guerrilla and the Colombian government.

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Date Added: 03/09/2018

Duration: 00:27:04

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The Irreverence of Bones: Reclaiming Trashed Lives in the Aftermath of Violence in Adios Ayacucho (1984) and Insensatez (2004)

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By analysing two Latin American fictional narratives, this paper explores the metaphors of humanity as waste and memory as cleansing in the context of transitional justice.

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Daniel O Mosquera

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Date Added: 03/09/2018

Duration: 00:27:41

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Alternative Account, Mourning Family and Transformation into Life: Three Contemporary Artworks related to the Event of 28 February 1947 in Taiwan

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The paper discusses three contemporary Taiwanese artworks related to the tragic events of 28 February in Taiwan, presenting their emphasis on victims as crucial in understanding the process of transitional justice.

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Date Added: 03/09/2018

Duration: 00:50:09

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Une démocratie sans justice transitionnelle: refoulement, silence et oubli dans le pacte de dénégation de l’Espagne de la transition

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This paper is a study of transitional justice in Spain after the Francoist dictatorship, a process of reconciliation based on the denial of the regime’s genocidal violence.

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Jesús Izquierdo Martín

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Date Added: 03/09/2018

Duration: 00:29:49

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Tolérance et justice dans le monde arabe, hier et aujourd’hui

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The paper discusses the concept of tolerance in Arabic philosophy, literature and religion, foregrounding this value as an important objective of transitional justice in the Arab world.

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Date Added: 03/09/2018

Duration: 00:28:41

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Literacy and Democracy: Transitional Justice in South Africa

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The paper explores the work of several intellectuals reflecting on South Africa’s transition to democracy, considering how the question of literacy precedes any discussion about literature and democracy.