Recommended Readings – Law and Peace
Below is a short selection of publications that we recommend as useful sources of analysis on Law and Peace, one of IFIT’s three main issue areas. To see samples of IFIT’s own major publications on these issue areas, please see our Publications page.

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1. "The Belfast Guidelines on Amnesty and Accountability."Transitional Justice Institute at the University of Ulster, 2013.
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2. Bell, Christine. On the Law of Peace: Peace Agreements and the Lex Pacificatoria.Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008.
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3. Clark, Philip. The Gacaca Courts, Post-genocide Justice and Reconciliation in Rwanda: Justice without Lawyers.Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011.
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4. Conciliation Resources. Legitimacy and Peace Processes: From Coercion to Consent.Vol. 25. Accord. Conciliation Resources, 2014.
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5. Dziedzic, Michael J. Criminalized Power Structures: The Overlooked Enemies of Peace.Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield, 2016.
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6. Freeman, Mark. Necessary Evils: Amnesties and the Search for Justice.New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 2010.
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7. Hazan, Pierre. La Paix Contre La Justice?: Comment Reconstruire Un État Avec Des Criminels De Guerre.Bruxelles: GRIP, 2010.
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8. Huyse, Lucien, and Mark Salter. Traditional Justice and Reconciliation after Violent Conflict: Learning from African Experiences.Stockholm: International IDEA, 2008.
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9. Kritz, Neil J., ed. Transitional Justice: How Emerging Democracies Reckon with Former Regimes.Washington, D.C.: United States Institute of Peace Press, 1995.
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10. Lederach, John Paul. Building Peace: Sustainable Reconciliation in Divided Societies.Washington, D.C.: United States Institute of Peace Press, 2002.
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11. Mallinder, Louise. Amnesty, Human Rights and Political Transitions Bridging the Peace and Justice Divide.Oxford: Hart, 2008.
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12. Nino, Carlos Santiago. Radical Evil on Trial.New Haven: Yale University Press, 1996.
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13. Olsen, Tricia D., Leigh A. Payne, and Andrew G. Reiter. Transitional Justice in Balance: Comparing Processes, Weighing Efficacy.Washington, D.C.: U.S. Institute of Peace Press, 2010.
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14. Philpott, Daniel. Just and Unjust Peace: An Ethic of Political Reconciliation.New York: Oxford UP, 2012.
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15. Seibert-Fohr, Anja. Prosecuting Serious Human Rights Violations.Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009.
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16. Snyder, Jack, and Leslie Vinjamuri. “Trials and Errors: Principle and Pragmatism in Strategies of International Justice.”International Security 28, no. 3 (Winter 2003/04).
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17. Stover, Eric, and Harvey M. Weinstein. My Neighbor, My Enemy: Justice and Community in the Aftermath of Mass Atrocity.Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2004.
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18. UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights “Rule of Law Tools for Post-Conflict States”series (various).
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19. Van Schaack, Beth. "The Building Blocks of Hybrid Justice."SSRN Electronic Journal, March 22, 2016.
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20. Wolff, Stefan. "From Paper to Peace: The Role of Guarantees in Peace Agreements."World Politics Review. December 16, 2013.