{"id":3380,"date":"2025-04-29T23:12:33","date_gmt":"2025-04-29T21:12:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.external-democracy-promotion.eu\/de\/interrogating-transitional-justice-the-multiple-meanings-of-a-concept\/"},"modified":"2025-08-02T20:18:19","modified_gmt":"2025-08-02T18:18:19","slug":"interrogating-transitional-justice-the-multiple-meanings-of-a-concept","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.external-democracy-promotion.eu\/de\/interrogating-transitional-justice-the-multiple-meanings-of-a-concept\/","title":{"rendered":"Interrogating Transitional Justice: The Multiple Meanings of a Concept"},"content":{"rendered":"

In: Societies, Vol. 15, no. 5, article 123<\/em><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

\u2018Transitional justice\u2019 refers to the full range of efforts to deal with past human rights violations. Since its inception, the concept has undergone an immense expansion of interpretation as it has been applied to a wider range of scenarios in the field. This paper examines the dilemmas of transitional justice as a concept, showing how it has evolved over time and adapted to new contexts. After a brief conceptual history, the paper analyzes the two components of the concept, \u2018justice\u2019 and \u2018transition,\u2019 followed by an examination of the contemporary challenges facing the concept. We argue that the evolving and multifaceted nature of transitional justice defies a singular definition, as neither the term \u2018justice\u2019 nor \u2018transition\u2019 fully encapsulates its scope. Although conceptual ambiguities persist and debates over its boundaries continue, the conclusion argues that the term remains analytically and normatively valuable and warrants further engagement rather than abandonment.<\/p>\n

You can access the whole article here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In: Societies, Vol. 15, no. 5, article 123<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3380","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-publication","category-publication-frontpage"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nInterrogating Transitional Justice: The Multiple Meanings of a Concept - EDP Netzwerk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"In: Societies, Vol. 15, no. 5, article 123 \u2018Transitional justice\u2019 refers to the full range of efforts to deal with past human rights violations. Since its\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.external-democracy-promotion.eu\/de\/interrogating-transitional-justice-the-multiple-meanings-of-a-concept\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"de_DE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Interrogating Transitional Justice: The Multiple Meanings of a Concept - EDP Netzwerk\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In: Societies, Vol. 15, no. 5, article 123 \u2018Transitional justice\u2019 refers to the full range of efforts to deal with past human rights violations. Since its\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.external-democracy-promotion.eu\/de\/interrogating-transitional-justice-the-multiple-meanings-of-a-concept\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"EDP Network\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-04-29T21:12:33+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-08-02T18:18:19+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"redaktion\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Verfasst von\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"redaktion\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Gesch\u00e4tzte Lesezeit\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1\u00a0Minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.external-democracy-promotion.eu\\\/de\\\/interrogating-transitional-justice-the-multiple-meanings-of-a-concept\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.external-democracy-promotion.eu\\\/de\\\/interrogating-transitional-justice-the-multiple-meanings-of-a-concept\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"redaktion\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.external-democracy-promotion.eu\\\/de\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/d31e00ee83784377361c70f7f3c1d1bf\"},\"headline\":\"Interrogating Transitional Justice: The Multiple Meanings of a Concept\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-04-29T21:12:33+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-08-02T18:18:19+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.external-democracy-promotion.eu\\\/de\\\/interrogating-transitional-justice-the-multiple-meanings-of-a-concept\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":168,\"articleSection\":[\"Publication\",\"Publication Frontpage\"],\"inLanguage\":\"de\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.external-democracy-promotion.eu\\\/de\\\/interrogating-transitional-justice-the-multiple-meanings-of-a-concept\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.external-democracy-promotion.eu\\\/de\\\/interrogating-transitional-justice-the-multiple-meanings-of-a-concept\\\/\",\"name\":\"Interrogating Transitional Justice: The Multiple Meanings of a Concept - EDP Netzwerk\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.external-democracy-promotion.eu\\\/de\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2025-04-29T21:12:33+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-08-02T18:18:19+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.external-democracy-promotion.eu\\\/de\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/d31e00ee83784377361c70f7f3c1d1bf\"},\"description\":\"In: Societies, Vol. 15, no. 5, article 123 \u2018Transitional justice\u2019 refers to the full range of efforts to deal with past human rights violations. Since its\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.external-democracy-promotion.eu\\\/de\\\/interrogating-transitional-justice-the-multiple-meanings-of-a-concept\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"de\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.external-democracy-promotion.eu\\\/de\\\/interrogating-transitional-justice-the-multiple-meanings-of-a-concept\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.external-democracy-promotion.eu\\\/de\\\/interrogating-transitional-justice-the-multiple-meanings-of-a-concept\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.external-democracy-promotion.eu\\\/de\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Interrogating Transitional Justice: The Multiple Meanings of a Concept\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.external-democracy-promotion.eu\\\/de\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.external-democracy-promotion.eu\\\/de\\\/\",\"name\":\"EDP Network\",\"description\":\"Deutsche Website\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.external-democracy-promotion.eu\\\/de\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"de\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.external-democracy-promotion.eu\\\/de\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/d31e00ee83784377361c70f7f3c1d1bf\",\"name\":\"redaktion\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.external-democracy-promotion.eu\\\/de\\\/author\\\/redaktion\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Interrogating Transitional Justice: The Multiple Meanings of a Concept - EDP Netzwerk","description":"In: Societies, Vol. 15, no. 5, article 123 \u2018Transitional justice\u2019 refers to the full range of efforts to deal with past human rights violations. Since its","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.external-democracy-promotion.eu\/de\/interrogating-transitional-justice-the-multiple-meanings-of-a-concept\/","og_locale":"de_DE","og_type":"article","og_title":"Interrogating Transitional Justice: The Multiple Meanings of a Concept - EDP Netzwerk","og_description":"In: Societies, Vol. 15, no. 5, article 123 \u2018Transitional justice\u2019 refers to the full range of efforts to deal with past human rights violations. Since its","og_url":"https:\/\/www.external-democracy-promotion.eu\/de\/interrogating-transitional-justice-the-multiple-meanings-of-a-concept\/","og_site_name":"EDP Network","article_published_time":"2025-04-29T21:12:33+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-08-02T18:18:19+00:00","author":"redaktion","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Verfasst von":"redaktion","Gesch\u00e4tzte Lesezeit":"1\u00a0Minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.external-democracy-promotion.eu\/de\/interrogating-transitional-justice-the-multiple-meanings-of-a-concept\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.external-democracy-promotion.eu\/de\/interrogating-transitional-justice-the-multiple-meanings-of-a-concept\/"},"author":{"name":"redaktion","@id":"https:\/\/www.external-democracy-promotion.eu\/de\/#\/schema\/person\/d31e00ee83784377361c70f7f3c1d1bf"},"headline":"Interrogating Transitional Justice: The Multiple Meanings of a Concept","datePublished":"2025-04-29T21:12:33+00:00","dateModified":"2025-08-02T18:18:19+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.external-democracy-promotion.eu\/de\/interrogating-transitional-justice-the-multiple-meanings-of-a-concept\/"},"wordCount":168,"articleSection":["Publication","Publication Frontpage"],"inLanguage":"de"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.external-democracy-promotion.eu\/de\/interrogating-transitional-justice-the-multiple-meanings-of-a-concept\/","url":"https:\/\/www.external-democracy-promotion.eu\/de\/interrogating-transitional-justice-the-multiple-meanings-of-a-concept\/","name":"Interrogating Transitional Justice: The Multiple Meanings of a Concept - EDP Netzwerk","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.external-democracy-promotion.eu\/de\/#website"},"datePublished":"2025-04-29T21:12:33+00:00","dateModified":"2025-08-02T18:18:19+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.external-democracy-promotion.eu\/de\/#\/schema\/person\/d31e00ee83784377361c70f7f3c1d1bf"},"description":"In: Societies, Vol. 15, no. 5, article 123 \u2018Transitional justice\u2019 refers to the full range of efforts to deal with past human rights violations. Since its","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.external-democracy-promotion.eu\/de\/interrogating-transitional-justice-the-multiple-meanings-of-a-concept\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"de","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.external-democracy-promotion.eu\/de\/interrogating-transitional-justice-the-multiple-meanings-of-a-concept\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.external-democracy-promotion.eu\/de\/interrogating-transitional-justice-the-multiple-meanings-of-a-concept\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.external-democracy-promotion.eu\/de\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Interrogating Transitional Justice: The Multiple Meanings of a Concept"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.external-democracy-promotion.eu\/de\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.external-democracy-promotion.eu\/de\/","name":"EDP Network","description":"Deutsche Website","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.external-democracy-promotion.eu\/de\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"de"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.external-democracy-promotion.eu\/de\/#\/schema\/person\/d31e00ee83784377361c70f7f3c1d1bf","name":"redaktion","url":"https:\/\/www.external-democracy-promotion.eu\/de\/author\/redaktion\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.external-democracy-promotion.eu\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3380","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.external-democracy-promotion.eu\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.external-democracy-promotion.eu\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.external-democracy-promotion.eu\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.external-democracy-promotion.eu\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3380"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.external-democracy-promotion.eu\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3380\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3386,"href":"https:\/\/www.external-democracy-promotion.eu\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3380\/revisions\/3386"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.external-democracy-promotion.eu\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3380"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.external-democracy-promotion.eu\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3380"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.external-democracy-promotion.eu\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3380"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}