Dealing with the Past in Security Sector Reform

Security sector reform (SSR) and transitional justice processes often occur alongside each other in societies emerging from conflict or authoritarian rule, involve many of the same actors, are supported by some of the same partner countries and impact on each other. Yet the relationship between SSR...

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description Security sector reform (SSR) and transitional justice processes often occur alongside each other in societies emerging from conflict or authoritarian rule, involve many of the same actors, are supported by some of the same partner countries and impact on each other. Yet the relationship between SSR and transitional justice, or â dealing with the pastâ (DwP) as it is also called, remains underexplored and is often marked by ignorance and resistance. While SSR and transitional justice processes can get into each otherâ s way, this paper argues that SSR and DwP are intrinsically linked and can complement each other. SSR can make for better transitional justice and vice versa. Transitional justice needs SSR to prevent a recurrence of abuses, an essential element of justice. SSR can learn from transitional justice not only that it is better to deal with rather than ignore an abusive past but also how to address an abusive legacy in the security sector. The validity of these assumptions is tested in two case studies: the police reform process in Bosnia and Herzegovina after 1995 and the SSR process in Nepal after 2006.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-380822025-02-02T09:58:41Z Dealing with the Past in Security Sector Reform Mayer-Rieckh, Alexander security sector reform good governance  transitional justice human rights post-conflict transition thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JW Warfare and defence Security sector reform (SSR) and transitional justice processes often occur alongside each other in societies emerging from conflict or authoritarian rule, involve many of the same actors, are supported by some of the same partner countries and impact on each other. Yet the relationship between SSR and transitional justice, or â dealing with the pastâ (DwP) as it is also called, remains underexplored and is often marked by ignorance and resistance. While SSR and transitional justice processes can get into each otherâ s way, this paper argues that SSR and DwP are intrinsically linked and can complement each other. SSR can make for better transitional justice and vice versa. Transitional justice needs SSR to prevent a recurrence of abuses, an essential element of justice. SSR can learn from transitional justice not only that it is better to deal with rather than ignore an abusive past but also how to address an abusive legacy in the security sector. The validity of these assumptions is tested in two case studies: the police reform process in Bosnia and Herzegovina after 1995 and the SSR process in Nepal after 2006. 2021-02-10T12:58:18Z 2019-03-04 10:10:28 2020-04-01T10:51:02Z 2013 book 1004245 OCN: 1066130903 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/25841 9781911529378 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/38082 eng SSR Papers open access image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/25841/1/dealing-with-the-past-in-security-sector-reform.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/25841/1/dealing-with-the-past-in-security-sector-reform.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/25841/1/dealing-with-the-past-in-security-sector-reform.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/25841/1/dealing-with-the-past-in-security-sector-reform.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/25841/1/dealing-with-the-past-in-security-sector-reform.pdf Ubiquity Press 10.5334/bbu 10.5334/bbu c23860c2-a2ee-4bf2-9f6d-4dc8a3814448 9781911529378 79 London open access
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Dealing with the Past in Security Sector Reform
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good governance
 transitional justice
human rights
post-conflict
transition
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