The Modes and Implications of Strategic (Non)communication In, and By, Transitional Justice

Abstract

This panel brings together empirical and conceptual papers that identify and examine gaps in strategic communication within transitional justice practices. Drawing from a range of cases and methodological approaches, the papers unpack why and how actors and transitional justice institutions interact with their wider post-conflict contexts, through strategic modes of communication, including silence. Across institutional and group levels, the panel explores gaps in current knowledge and practices around how transitional justice mechanisms communicate their work, the motivations underlying (non)participation in these processes and unpacks the implications of such modes of strategic communication and (non)participation on the wider processes of justice, reconciliation, reparation and peacebuilding. Together, these papers nuance our understandings of how strategic (non)communication within and by formal transitional justice spaces both shape, and are shaped by, enduring legacies of violence and power.

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Strategic Communication and Stakeholder Engagement in Colombia's Special Jurisdiction for Peace	View Paper Details
The Place of Apology in Post-Conflict Societies: Violent Non-State Actors and Transitional Justice	View Paper Details
Strategic Silence and Performative Demands: A Typology of Claimants in Postcolonial Reparations Politics	View Paper Details
How to Communicate the Past: The Colombian Truth Commission’s Communication Strategy	View Paper Details