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Trying Just Enough or Promising Too Much? The Problem-Capacity-Nexus in Tunisia's Transitional Justice Process
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Abstract This article shows that for post-revolutionary Tunisia, a holistic approach to transitional justice - which aims to address a wide range of justice issues through a combination of measures - may lead to an expansion of mandates and consequently, to the overloading of transitional justice institution... view more
This article shows that for post-revolutionary Tunisia, a holistic approach to transitional justice - which aims to address a wide range of justice issues through a combination of measures - may lead to an expansion of mandates and consequently, to the overloading of transitional justice institutions. It therefore identifies a 'problem-capacity-nexus': While the expansive approach appears well-suited to relevant problems and the capacities of transitional justice professionals, it does not necessarily fit with the capacities of domestic institutions. Thus, transitional justice, while making efforts to address a broad range of relevant problems, has yet to find suitable avenues for actually doing so.... view less
Keywords
Tunisia; capacity; judiciary; political development
Classification
Political System, Constitution, Government
Judiciary
Free Keywords
mandates; socio-economic justice; transitional justice; truth commissions
Document language
English
Publication Year
2022
Journal
Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding, 16 (2022) 1
ISSN
1750-2985
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed