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The Limits of Punishment: Transitional Justice and Violent Extremism
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This publication is the result of a collaboration between IFIT and the United Nations University’s Centre for Policy Research.
The collaboration encompassed fieldwork that examined in-country legal and judicial responses to jihadist groups in three cases: Somalia (focused on al Shabaab), Nigeria (focused on Boko Haram), and Iraq (focused on the Islamic State).
Based on these case studies, IFIT’s Law and Peace Practice Group identified a number of common challenges and devised a framework and choice architecture to help policymakers consider more effective uses of amnesty and other transitional justice measures in their response to individuals accused of jihadist association.
This publication is the result of a collaboration between IFIT and the United Nations University’s Centre for Policy Research.
The collaboration encompassed fieldwork that examined in-country legal and judicial responses to jihadist groups in three cases: Somalia (focused on al Shabaab), Nigeria (focused on Boko Haram), and Iraq (focused on the Islamic State).
Based on these case studies, IFIT’s Law and Peace Practice Group identified a number of common challenges and devised a framework and choice architecture to help policymakers consider more effective uses of amnesty and other transitional justice measures in their response to individuals accused of jihadist association.