Innovative ways to counter terrorism: the role of transitional justice

• Date: 27 March
• label.tijd 09:45 - 17:15
• Location: Asser Institute

The conference will address whether and how transitional justice (TJ) can be used as an innovative way to counter terrorism by analysing the Northern Ireland and Colombian cases. TJ is defined by the United Nations as “the full range of processes and mechanisms associated with a society’s attempts to come to terms with a legacy of large-scale past abuses, in order to ensure accountability, serve justice and achieve reconciliation.” It is based on four pillars: justice, truth, reparation and guarantees of non-recurrence, which should be implemented holistically to redress human rights abuses. TJ approaches are victim-centred and aim to foster memory and reconciliation within a society.

The objective of this conference is to generate a better understanding of TJ's potential relevance within a counter-terrorism context and raise awareness amongst practitioners, academics, and policymakers on its possible uses in a countering terrorism context. Focusing on the examples of Northern Ireland and Colombia, it aims to analyse what and how TJ mechanisms can contribute to reducing the terrorist threat in the long term, fostering national security, transforming victims and survivors into active counter-terrorism actors, and promoting reconciliation.

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