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Introduction: Gender in Transitional Justice

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Gender in Transitional Justice

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‘I cannot even kill a chicken. If there is a person who says that a woman — a mother — killed, then I’ll confront that person’ (Pauline Nyiramasuhuko, cited in Landesman, 2002). These are the words of Pauline Nyiramasuhuko, who currently stands trial before the UN International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), which has been established to prosecute crimes committed during the 1994 genocide. Together with her son, she is accused of genocide, crimes against humanity, and rape. Nyiramasuhuko is the first women to be tried by the ICTR.

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  1. Susanne Buckley-Zistel
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  1. Center for Conflict Studies, Philipps University Marburg, Germany

    Susanne Buckley-Zistel (Professor of Peace and Conflict Studies) & Ruth Stanley (Research Associate) (Professor of Peace and Conflict Studies) &  (Research Associate)

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Buckley-Zistel, S., Zolkos, M. (2012). Introduction: Gender in Transitional Justice. In: Buckley-Zistel, S., Stanley, R. (eds) Gender in Transitional Justice. Governance and Limited Statehood Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230348615_1

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