Offers fresh insights on the so-called 'justice versus peace' dilemma, examining the challenges and prospects for promoting both peace and accountability, specifically in African countries affected by conflict or political violence.

WINNER: 2011 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title Award

The chapters in this volume consider a wide range of approaches to accountability and peacebuilding. These include not only domestic courts and tribunals, hybrid tribunals, or the International Criminal Court, but also truth commissions and informal or non-state justice and conflict resolution processes. Taken together, they demonstrate the wealth of experiences and experimentation in transitional justice processes on the continent.

CHANDRA LEKHA SRIRAM is Professor of Human Rights at the School of Law, University of East London, United Kingdom. She is also the Chair of the International Studies Association Human Rights Section and consults on issues of governance and conflict prevention for the United Nations Development Programme.
SUREN PILLAY is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Political Studies at the University of the Western Cape, South Africa, and a Senior Research Specialistin the Democracy and Governance programme of the Human Sciences Research Council.

Southern Africa (South Africa, Botswana, Lesotho, Swaziland, Botswana & Namibia): University of KwaZulu-Natal Press

Contributions by: Abdul Rahman Lamin, Abdul Tejan-Cole, Alex Boraine, Chandra Lekha Sriram, Charles Villa-Vicencio, Dumisa Ntsebeza, Helen Scanlon, John Hirsch, Kenneth Ageymang Attafuah, Kingsley Chiedu Moghalu, Mathew Kukah, Mireille Affa'a Mindzie, Nompumelelo Motlafi, Sheila Meintjes, Suren Pillay, Thelma Ekiyor, Victor Igreja, Wambui Mwangi, Yasmin Sooka