The Role of Transitional Justice in Reconstruction of Relations between Parties in the Peacebuilding Process in War-Torn Societies after Civil Conflict, Riots, and Protests Leading to Violence

Abstract

Reconstruction of post-conflict relations in a post-conflict country is at the core of addressing the issue of peacebuilding and transitional justice as a means of establishing peace and preventing the recurrence of conflict in such societies. The main questions of the discussion are whether it is possible to create trust in fragmented and war-torn societies and how the reconstruction of relations between the involved parties achieved in the post-conflict period is. The current research is based on the opinion that the reconstruction of relations between the parties in the post-conflict period in war-torn societies through transitional justice tools can help consolidate peace and prevent the return of conflict. Transitional justice processes are among the influential factors that play a role in the peacebuilding process, especially in its communication dimension. The present research seeks to explain an integrated approach to the transitional justice process; an approach that involves rebuilding relationships through the elements and mechanisms of transitional justice, such as justice, truth-telling, acknowledgment, apology, forgiveness, and the like. Utilization of library data and international documents and procedures in the form of descriptive-analytical research has helped this study to prove this approach.

Keywords

• reconstruction of relations
• war-torn societies
• peacebuilding
• transitional justice
• internal conflict