Close relatives and friends are dead or missing. Homes lie in ruins. Property has been destroyed. With everybody experiencing trouble, severe privations and physical suffering, it is still something altogether different whether one retains a home and household goods or has been ruined by bombs; whether he sustained his suffering and losses in combat at the front, at home, or in a concentration camp; whether he was a hunted.., victim or one of those who, even though in fear, profited by the regime .... Men have come to the limits of humanity and returned home, unable to forget what really was .... The suffering differs in kind, and most people have sense only for their

Legal process is invoked by supporters of transitional justice as necessary if not a precondition for societies affected by mass violence to transition into a new period of peace and stability. In this paper, we question the presumption that trials and/or truth commissions should be an early response to initiating a transitional justice process. We conducted a multi-factorial, qualitative analysis of seven case studies in countries impacted by mass violence and repression—Argentina, Cambodia, Guatemala, Timor-Leste, Northern Ireland, Sierra Leone, and South Africa. What emerges is a fuller appreciation of the dynamic system in which transitional justice interventions occur. Each system component may influence the outcome of these interventions. We offer principles that can guide institutional development, scholarship, and policy prescriptions in the area of transitional justice.

inteRnAtiOnAl HuMAn RigHtS lAW CliniC bOAlt HAll SCHOOl Of lAW uniVeRSitY Of CAlifORniA, beRKeleY the international Human Rights law Clinic (iHRlC) designs and implements innovative human rights projects to advance the struggle for justice on behalf of individuals and marginalized communities through advocacy, research, and policy development. the iHRlC employs an interdisciplinary model that leverages the intellectual capital of the university to provide innovative solutions to emerging human rights issues. the iHRlC develops collaborative partnerships with researchers, scholars, and human rights activists worldwide. Students are integral to all phases of the iHRlC's work and acquire unparalleled experience generating knowledge and employing strategies to address the most urgent human rights issues of our day. the iHRlC works closely with the uC berkeley Human Rights Center.HuMAn RigHtS CenteR uniVeRSitY Of CAlifORniA, beRKeleY founded in 1994 with the assistance of the Sandler family Supporting foundation, the Human Rights Center (HRC) is a unique interdisciplinary research and teaching enterprise that reaches across academic disciplines and professions to conduct research on emerging issues in international human rights and humanitarian law. the HRC complements and supports the work of nongovernmental human rights organizations by drawing upon the creativity and expertise of researchers from several diverse university programs and departments including anthropology, demography, environmental sciences, geography, journalism, law, political science, and public health. the HRC collaborates closely with the international Human Rights law Clinic and the berkeley War Crimes Study Center at the university of California, berkeley and the Payson Center for international development and technology transfer at tulane university.PAYSOn CenteR fOR inteRnAtiOnAl deVelOPMent And teCHnOlOgY tRAnSfeR tulAne uniVeRSitY established in 1997, the Payson Center is founded on the belief that sustainable development means improving the quality of people's lives and expanding their ability to shape their own future. the Payson Center has a strong commitment to global policy program development, implementation and training/capacity building in developing countries. Most notably, the Payson Center has developed program initiatives related to Disaster and Conflict Prevention, Mitigation, and Reconstruction; HIV/AIDS reduction; education; and broad-based responses to service delivery and care. In addition, faculty members of the Payson Center have been involved in the development of public health schools throughout the world, including the Kinshasa School of Public Health in the democratic Republic of Congo, the Hanoi School of Public Health, the School of Public Health at the national university of Rwanda and the institute of Public Health at Makerere university in uganda.Photographs by gilles Peress. the telephone number on billboard photo has been altered for privacy protection. R e b u i l d i n g A f t e r K a t r i n a : A P o p u...

This unique, interdisciplinary study utilises demographic data as well as interviews to identify patterns of the forced migration and experiences of Haitians and Dominicans ofHaitian descent who left the Dominican Republic and entered Haiti between August 1999 and July 2000. While forced migration of Haitians from the Dominican Republic is the subject of reports and international legal proceedings, there has been little quantitative data on this sensitive issue. This study offers the first statistical analysis of migration flows through a demographic assessment of this vulnerable population. We present several key findings regarding the patterns in the outflow, the characteristics of the population, and the treatment of those expelled by Dominican government officials. Our research indicates that those leaving the country are not afforded due process and frequently suffer abuses at the hands of government officials. These findings challenge many prevailing assumptions about the profile and treatment of this population. The study proposes measures to improve the migration system between the two countries so as to reduce the vulnerability to human rights deprivations of Haitians in the Dominican Republic.

This article examines transitional justice scholarship published in academic periodicals over a six-year period, 2003-2008, to identify the disciplines that contributed to the literature and the nature of scholarly questions they posed during a period of burgeoning scholarship. The article is the first to identify empirically which disciplines contributed to the scholarship and which were most influential among the social sciences and humanities. Law, political science, and sociology are the disciplines that dominated the field as reflected in academic journals. The most influential transitional justice articles in the social sciences and law suggested that readers were drawn to scholarly treatments that theorized the field or were analytical in nature. Scholars were wrestling with basic questions with regard to what transitional justice is and how it works. This historical perspective establishes a baseline from which to examine ongoing and future research and writing in transitional justice.