This course explores issues inherent to regions facing the aftermath of large-scale events of social violence, including war, genocide, and authoritarian rule, with an emphasis on questions of justice and post-conflict reconstruction. Students will examine specific cases of recent attempts to establish just responses to conflict within affected communities.

Antirequisite(s): Political Science 3001F/G.

Prerequisite(s): One of Transitional Justice 2001F/G, Political Science 2203F/G, Political Science 2231E, Political Science 2245E, Political Science 2531F/G or Political Science 2545F/G or permission of the Director of Studies of the Centre for Transitional Justice and Post-Conflict Reconstruction.

Extra Information: 3 lecture hours.