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About CGS
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November 5th, 2004 4:00 PM
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336 Lincoln Hall
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Description:
This paper claims that there is a new (though fragile) moral sensibility concerning the need to remember and respond to historical injustices committed against individuals or groups, evident in the emergence of human rights tribunals, truth commissions, calls for official apologies, demands for land restitution, etc. This sensibility has implications at the level of symbolic politics, criminal justice, and restitution/compensation. The aim of the paper is to assess two attempts to articulate the implications of this new sensibility for our understanding of the role of justice in the context of regime transitions: the "transitional justice" model and the "restorative justice" account of truth commissions. Against these views, Allen argues that truth commissions need to be seen as "principled compromises" between justice and social unity, and as complements to a commitment to prosecution rather than as alternatives to it.
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Full-Text of Paper (pdf)
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Speakers:
Jonathan Allen, Political Science UIUC
Discussant Belden Fields, Political Science UIUC
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Biography:
Jonathan Allen was born in South Africa and studied philosophy at the University of Stellenbosch. He received an MA in Political Science from McGill University and a PhD from Princeton University. He has completed a book manuscript on contemporary theories of social criticism and has published several articles on the TRC. He is currently working on a book tentatively entitled "Liberal Memory: Remedies for Past Injustices in Political Transitions".
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Co-Sponsors:
Sociology, Geography, Political Science, Regional and Urban Planning, Center for Global Studies
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Related Links
Biography on UIUC Website
Transnational Seminar Schedule
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