CIAO DATE: 05/2011
March 2011
United States Institute of Peace
Post-conflict justice mechanisms such as truth commissions, war crimes tribunals and reparations programs have emerged as a fundamental building block of durable peace settlements in Latin America, Africa and Asia. They are relatively rare, however, in Muslim countries recovering from conflict-despite the fact that social and criminal justice is a fundamental principle of Islamic law.
Resource link: Analyzing Post-Conflict Justice and Islamic Law [PDF] - 320K