Successes and failures of transitional justice in Sierra Leone

What is it about?

This is a book about how we can judge the success (or failure) of transitional justice programmes - the collections of mechanisms such as tribunals, truth and reconciliation commissions, amnesties and reparations programmes which states implement to recover and re-legitimise themselves after conflict or authoritarianism. Sierra Leone is the example used throughout.

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Why is it important?

More and more transitional justice programmes are being established, and grand claims are made about their ability to transform societies. It is important to be able to judge the extent to which these claims are true, and what the pitfalls of transitional justice programmes might be, in order to design effective programmes in the future.