Africa - Continent - 2019 -

Transitional Justice Policy

Africa, African Union

This policy identifies the traditional justice mechanisms to address justice, peace, accountability, social cohesion, reconciliation and healing. It hopes to support and respect community-based accoutability mechanisms that seek to foster integration and reconcilation; and to promote communal dispute settlement institutions at appropriate levels for relevant cases, provided a person does not undergo any harmful traditional ritual.

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January 2022

This policy identifies the traditional justice mechanisms to address justice, peace, accountability, social cohesion, reconciliation and healing. It hopes to support and respect community-based accoutability mechanisms that seek to foster integration and reconcilation; and to promote communal dispute settlement institutions at appropriate levels for relevant cases, provided a person does not undergo any harmful traditional ritual.

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