The Geography of Justice: Assessing Local Justice in Colombia’s Post-Conflict Phase
This article combines descriptive empirical research with theoretical reflections to offer policy guidelines on what the role of local justice institutions in Colombia’s post-conflict phase should be. The article is divided into two parts. In the first, we present empirical evidence to illustrate th...
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Centre for Security Governance
2015-07-01
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| author | Mauricio García-Villegas Jose Rafael Espinosa |
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| description | This article combines descriptive empirical research with theoretical reflections to offer policy guidelines on what the role of local justice institutions in Colombia’s post-conflict phase should be. The article is divided into two parts. In the first, we present empirical evidence to illustrate the ways in which justice operates differently across the territory. In addition to illustrating these disparities, we also demonstrate the connection between these disparities and some phenomena relevant to understanding the Colombian conflict. Based on these findings, the second part of this article defines the state-building challenge confronted by the Colombian State during the post-conflict phase. Following this part, we propose a solution to this state-building challenge: the State must adopt a combination of efficacy and justice, and we provide guidelines on how a post-conflict justice system can operate to achieve that combination. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1c8fa6a72a7241d989af0d3eed10576c2022-12-22T00:47:10ZengCentre for Security GovernanceStability : International Journal of Security and Development2165-26272015-07-014110.5334/sta.gc172The Geography of Justice: Assessing Local Justice in Colombia’s Post-Conflict PhaseMauricio García-Villegas0Jose Rafael Espinosa1Professor at Universidad Nacional in Bogotá, Colombia; Fellow at Institute for Legal Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison; Founding Member of the Center for Law, Justice and Society-DejusticiaUniversity of ChicagoThis article combines descriptive empirical research with theoretical reflections to offer policy guidelines on what the role of local justice institutions in Colombia’s post-conflict phase should be. The article is divided into two parts. In the first, we present empirical evidence to illustrate the ways in which justice operates differently across the territory. In addition to illustrating these disparities, we also demonstrate the connection between these disparities and some phenomena relevant to understanding the Colombian conflict. Based on these findings, the second part of this article defines the state-building challenge confronted by the Colombian State during the post-conflict phase. Following this part, we propose a solution to this state-building challenge: the State must adopt a combination of efficacy and justice, and we provide guidelines on how a post-conflict justice system can operate to achieve that combination.http://www.stabilityjournal.org/articles/401stateinstitutionsgeographytransitional justiceColombiajudiciarypost-conflict |
| spellingShingle | Mauricio García-Villegas Jose Rafael Espinosa The Geography of Justice: Assessing Local Justice in Colombia’s Post-Conflict Phase Stability : International Journal of Security and Development state institutions geography transitional justice Colombia judiciary post-conflict |
| title | The Geography of Justice: Assessing Local Justice in Colombia’s Post-Conflict Phase |
| title_full | The Geography of Justice: Assessing Local Justice in Colombia’s Post-Conflict Phase |
| title_fullStr | The Geography of Justice: Assessing Local Justice in Colombia’s Post-Conflict Phase |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Geography of Justice: Assessing Local Justice in Colombia’s Post-Conflict Phase |
| title_short | The Geography of Justice: Assessing Local Justice in Colombia’s Post-Conflict Phase |
| title_sort | geography of justice assessing local justice in colombia s post conflict phase |
| topic | state institutions geography transitional justice Colombia judiciary post-conflict |
| url | http://www.stabilityjournal.org/articles/401 |
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