El desplazamiento forzado en los intersticios de la justicia transicional: Oportunidades y riesgos

Translated title of the contribution: Forced Displacement at the Juncture of Transitional Justice: Opportunities and Risks

Félix Eduardo Torres*

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Abstract

Currently, the field of transitional justice is applied mainly in (post)conflict settings, which is why theorists have begun to argue in favor of the adoption of policies of truth, justice, reparation and guarantees of non-repetition in matters related to forced displacement. This article critically analyzes these arguments and concludes that, when dealing with forced displacement, the existing humanitarian protection framework, inspired by a distributive rationality, must prevail over the corrective rationality that informs transitional justice. Otherwise, this can lead to discriminatory treatment among displaced persons, the absorption of resources that could be used to address the most pressing issues for that population, and the current protection framework may suffer setbacks. The challenge that arises is how to give priority to the humanitarian framework at a time when corrective measures, in the form of transitional justice, seem to have become the rule.

Translated title of the contributionForced Displacement at the Juncture of Transitional Justice: Opportunities and Risks
Original languageSpanish
Pages (from-to)28-40
Number of pages13
JournalRevista de Estudios Sociales
Volume2019
Issue number69
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jul 2019

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Keywords

  • Armed conflict
  • Forced displacement
  • IDPs
  • Transitional justice
  • Victims

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Gender Studies
  • Cultural Studies
  • History
  • Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)
  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Social Sciences(all)

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