Post-conflict transition and development in Sierra Leone: a case for the transformative-justice model

The focus of this mini-dissertation is the Sierra Leone post-conflict transitional and development process. The civil war in Sierra Leone lasted some eight years before finally ending with the signing of the Lòme Peace Accord on 7 July 1999. This Accord outlined the post-conflict transitional instruments to be employed in Sierra Leone, namely an investigative truth commission and a legal tribunal referred to as the Special Court. After the completion of the mandates of these two instruments, many developmental gaps still existed in post-conflict Sierra Leonean society. This particularly applied to women who continued to suffer from widespread inequalities and discrimination. This thesis suggests that a model of transformative justice, which advocates an integrated approach to postconflict transitions and the development process in general, would better have served the needs of women in Sierra Leone.

Grantor dc:publisher.institution

Department of Public Law

Year dc:date.issued

2011

Author dc:creator

• Connolly, Lesley Frances

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Rousseau, Nicky

Language dc:language.iso

eng

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12205

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/12205