Meanings of transitional justice in English

It would be complemented by a transitional justice law which parliament could pass this month.

But the most contentious issues - transitional justice and decommissioning -have yet to be discussed.

Anticipating a peace deal with the Farc, the government has established an outline of a transitional justice process.

Like everything else that takes place in a country midway through a transition to democracy, transitional justice is messy.

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's cabinet approved draft anti-terrorism and election laws on Wednesday, the transitional justice minister said.

Inevitably, perhaps, the transitional justice agreement, with punishments for former guerrillas ranging from community sentences to 20-year jail terms, is controversial.

Those details will presumably be part of the final agreement but the formula of transitional justice that will be agreed is still uncertain.

The presiding judge was appointed under Mubarak and so were most of the current judiciary, a factor that has complicated transitional justice in Egypt.

The options for " transitional justice" are endless: South African-style truth and reconciliation, a prosecutorial tribunal, such as that handling former Yugoslavia, or something in between.

This November, Offaly poet Connie Roberts read her poem My People at the Boston College Conference, Towards Transitional Justice.

Transitional justice typically involves leniency for those who admit guilt, truth commissions to investigate atrocities and the granting of reparations for some victims.

This week's conference at Boston College on 'Towards Transitional Justice: Recognition, Truth-telling, and Institutional Abuse In Ireland' will grapple with highly topical and important questions.