Cutting Edge Law

Truth and Reconciliation

Jennifer Llewellyn: Human Rights as a Relational Inquiry

Section: 
Comprehensive Law Movement
Cutting Edge Law Categories: 
Broad Overview of Multiple Categories
Cutting Edge Law Categories: 
Contemplative Practice, Reflection and Spirituality in Law
Cutting Edge Law Categories: 
Restorative Justice
Topics: 
Reflection, Spirituality, Consciousness
Topics: 
Peace and Conflict Resolution
Topics: 
Social and Political Change



Collaborative Law Pioneer Bruce Peck on the Project about Reconciliation as Healing

Cutting Edge Law Categories: 
Collaborative Law and Practice
Topics: 
Apology/Forgiveness
Topics: 
Divorce/Family Law
Audience: 
General Interest

Bruce Peck was one of the early adopters of collaborative law in Minneapolis. His last trial was in 1993. In this video, we meet Bruce and learn a bit about a new project being explored in Minneapolis: using collaborative lawyers in marriage reconciliation. He talks about reconciliation as healing and refers to Truth and Reconciliation and restorative justice as related approaches.

A Cost Benefit Analysis of Liberian Truth & Reconciliation

Cutting Edge Law Categories: 
Restorative Justice
Topics: 
Worldwide Movement

Excerpt: Truth and Reconciliation Commissions must contribute to the healing required to mend a traumatized and torn society. There is no magic formula for reconciliation; each reconciliation process needs to be designed according to a specific context. In Liberia, what we need is not a reconciliation process that is achieved through retributive justice as recommended by the TRC’s report; but restorative justice as the people themselves have started implementing through their votes.

Entire article: http://www.liberianobserver.com/node/434

Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai calls for truth and reconciliation commission

Cutting Edge Law Categories: 
Restorative Justice
Topics: 
Worldwide Movement

Excerpt: HARARE – Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has called for a truth and reconciliation commission to probe cases of human rights abuses dating as far back as the pre-independence era and touching on the highly emotive Gukurahundi massacres which claimed more than 20 000 lives.

Tsvangirai reiterated the stance by his Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) that perpetrators of the 2008 political violence had to be brought to book and that the truth about those who were behind the deadly attacks that cost the lives of more than 200 people last year.

Solomon Islands Forgiveness Bill to Set Back Truth and Reconciliation?

Cutting Edge Law Categories: 
Restorative Justice
Topics: 
Apology/Forgiveness

Concerns Solomons forgiveness law may harm relations

Updated Wed Jul 22, 2009

Link to audio program:
http://www.abc.net.au/ra/pacbeat/stories/m1767553.asx

Summary from Radio Australia:
http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/pacbeat/stories/200907/s2632756.htm