Transitional Justice Mechanisms and Their Role in Human Rights

Abstract

Transitional justice is a set of mechanisms adopted by society and the state with the aim of addressing human rights violations caused by previous dictatorial governments. To understand the role of transitional justice in promoting human rights, it is necessary to know its concept and its jurisprudential definitions found in some local laws, as well as to identify its most important mechanisms and how to apply them to work to correct the painful past by clarifying the truth of violations, identifying their perpetrators and punishing them. Therefore, it is necessary to repair the damages and compensate the victims as a result of the violations they were subjected to, and to reform the institutions that caused those violations, including the constitution, unjust laws and the judicial structure, with an emphasis on immortalizing the memory of violations in a way that enhances the role of justice.