Gendered Justice Gaps in Bosnia-Herzegovina

Annika Björkdahl; Johanna Mannergren Selimovic

doi:10.1007/s12142-013-0286-y

Gendered Justice Gaps in Bosnia-Herzegovina

Annika Björkdahl, Johanna Mannergren Selimovic^*

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Centre for Resolution of International Conflicts

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Abstract

A gendered reading of the liberal peacebuilding and transitional justice project in Bosnia-Herzegovina raises critical questions concerning the quality of the peace one hopes to achieve in transitional societies. By focusing on three-gendered justice gaps-the accountability, acknowledgement, and reparations gaps-this article examines structural constraints for women to engage in shaping and implementing transitional justice, and unmasks transitional justice as a site for the long-term construction of the gendered post-conflict order. Thus, the gendered dynamics of peacebuilding and transitional justice have produced a post-conflict order characterized by gendered peace and justice gaps. Yet, we conclude that women are doing justice within the Bosnian-Herzegovina transitional justice project, and that their presence and participation is complex, multilayered, and constrained yet critical.

Originalsprog	Engelsk
Tidsskrift	Human Rights Review
Vol/bind	15
Udgave nummer	2
Sider (fra-til)	201-218
Antal sider	18
ISSN	1524-8879
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1007/s12142-013-0286-y
Status	Udgivet - 2014

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