Contents
Acknowledgements
Notes on contributors
Part I – Introduction
1 Challenging restorative justice – State-based conflict, mass victimisation and the changing nature of warfare, Holger-C. Rohne, Jana Arsovska and Ivo Aertsen
2 Dealing with violent conflicts and mass victimisation. A human dignity approach, Finn Tschudi
Part II – Case studies
Section 1 The Kosovo conflict
3 Prologue to the Kosovo drama: origin, causes and consequences of a violent ethno-political conflict, Jana Arsovska, Marta Valiñas and Borbala Fellegi
4 Criminal judicial qualification and prosecution in the Racak case according to national and international legislation - Albanian perspective, Haki Demolli
5 Criminological views and informal responses to the Racak massacre according to the Albanian customary law and principles of international law - Albanian perspective, Rexhep Gashi
6 Potential for the use of informal mechanisms and responses to the Kosovo conflict - Serbian perspective, Vesna Nikolic-Ristanovic
7 A restorative approach for dealing with the aftermath of the Kosovo conflict – Opportunities and Limits, Marta Valiñas and Jana Arsovska
Section 2 – The Israeli-Palestinian conflict
8 The Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the second intifada – A cycle of violence, Holger-C. Rohne
9 Courting the Intifada: discussing legal perspectives, Khalid Ghanayim
10 Israeli-Jewish cultural aspects of an event of violence: between biblical codes and Zionist ideology - Israeli perspective, Michal Alberstein
11 Cultural aspects in responding to violence in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict - Palestinian perspective, George Irani
12 Opportunities and limits for applying restorative justice in the context of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Holger-C. Rohne
Section 3 – The conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo
13 The conflict in the DRC: a story of failed transitions and interlocking conflicts, Tyrone Savage and Kris Vanspauwen
14 Decayed, decimated, usurped and inadequate: the challenge of finding justice through formal mechanisms in the Congo, Tyrone Savage and Olivier Kambala
15 Between peace and justice: informal mechanisms in the DRC, Theodore Kamwimbi
16 Restorative justice and truth-seeking in the DRC. Much closing for peace, little opening for justice, Kris Vanspauwen and Tyrone Savage
Part III – Conclusion
17 Racak, Mahane Yehuda and Nyabyondo: restorative justice between the formal and the informal, Ivo Aertsen
18 From micro to macro, from individual to state: restorative justice and multi-level diplomacy in divided societies, Jana Arsovska, Marta Valiñas and Kris Vanspauwen
Index