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SUMMARY:PSRP Researcher Presenting: The Transitional Justice Toolkit Approach in Burundi
DESCRIPTION:Astrid Jamar\, PSRP member\, will present as part of the panel ‘We Need to Talk about “Transitional Justice”: Idealism or Imperialism? Towards A Neo-Colonial Critique of Post-Conflict Trendy Ideology’ on Thursday 2nd June\, at the Law and Society Annual Meeting in New Orleans. \nAs part the global dissemination of transitional justice (TJ) practice\, a range of technical documents and lobbying activities have influenced the TJ policy framework in various contexts around the world (Lefranc 2010; Subotić 2012). These have been depicted in academic literature as a ‘toolkit approach’ followed globally by TJ practitioners and in local contexts. It involves a set of aims (peace\, reconciliation\, strengthening of the rule of law\, democracy and accountability) achieved through a set of mechanisms (truth-seeking\, judicial\, reparations\, reform of institutions and vetting). \nDespite being widely used in critical scholarship on TJ\, the term TJ toolkit still lacks a clear definition and empirical scrutiny. My contribution aims to define what the toolkit approach is\, how it has been implemented and its effects in a specific local context\, Burundi. The chapter addresses the following questions: \n\nHow was the TJ toolkit consolidated?\nHow can the TJ’s entanglement in aid structures be analysed?\nWhy such approach can be perceived as a limitation of the Burundian TJ process?\n\nConsidering TJ as a collection of aid-dependent practices\, my research is positioned in a critical perspective and gives an emphasis on the technocratisation of TJ. Drawing on critical development studies (Escobar 2011; Ferguson 1990; Mosse 2005; Duffield and Hewitt 2013)\, this leads me to argue that the current implementation of TJ is taking place through patronising practices ‒ focusing on technocratic efforts using western concepts and institutionalised mechanisms\, while giving limited attention to the local political and micro-social dynamics inevitable to an implementation within fragile contexts. \nOverall the presentation aims to unpack the consolidation of the ‘TJ toolkit’ and its implementation within a localised context – Burundi. I first present the Burundian TJ agenda. In the second section\, I highlight the ideological\, institutional and pragmatic dimensions of such toolkit approach. To do so\, I underline how (i) TJ ideology and (ii) the resulting policy framework\, were framed globally and brought into the Burundian context. I put these theoretical and empirical discussions in perspective with critical TJ and development literature. With the aim to draw attention to micro-politics of TJ implementation\, the third section presents an ethnographic vignette of a TJ training organised by various local and international organisations in Burundi for local practitioners. \nFull panel programme \nPhoto credit: ICTJ/Esdras Ndikumana/AFP/Getty Images \n
URL:https://psrpdev.law.ed.ac.uk/psrpx/event/the-transitional-justice-toolkit-approach-in-burundi-practitioners-implementing-a-fruitless-agenda/
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