ForewordIntroduction Researching Transitional Justice: The Highs, the Lows and the Expansion of the FieldPart I: The Concept(s) of Transitional Justice1. The Development of Transitional Justice 2. The Time and Space of Transitional Justice3. Transitional Justice and Critique4. Transitional Justice’s Impact on Rule of Law: Symbol or Substance? 5. Transitional Justice and Human Rights6. Transitional Justice and Gender 7. Transitional Justice and ‘Local’ Justice 8. Transitional Justice and Development Part II: The Actors of Transitional Justice9. The United Nations and Transitional Justice 10. The Role of International NGOs in the Emergence of Transitional Justice: A case study of the International Center for Transitional Justice11. The Role of Local Civil Society in Transitional Justice 12. Transitional Justice and the ‘Plight’ of Victimhood13. Art and Transitional Justice: The 'Infinite Incompleteness' of Transition14. Media and Transitional Justice: A Dream of Symbiosis in a Troubled Relationship Part III: The Mechanisms of Transitional Justice15. The International Criminal Court: In the Interests of Transitional Justice? 16. Transitional Justice and the End of Impunity: Hybrid tribunals17. Transitional Justice and Truth Commissions18. Transitional Justice and Amnesties19. Transitional Justice and Reparations: Remedying the Past?20. Contributions of International Commissions of Inquiry to Transitional Justice 21. Transitional Justice: Vetting and Lustration Part IV: The Practice of Transitional Justice22. Guatemala: Lessons for Transitional Justice23. Pursuing Retributive and Reparative Justice within Cambodia 24. Transitional Justice and the Case of Palestine25. Transitional Justice in Central and Eastern EuropeIndex