Transitional justice and today’s challenges – interview with Sabine Michalowski

“Transition from what to what?” Sabine Michalowski, Professor at the University of Essex and head of the Essex Transitional Justice Network (ETJN) is an international leading expert on Transitional Justice. But not an unreserved advocate. Instead she sees the difficulties and challenges in the transitional concept.

In this short interview Sabine Michalowski discusses the concept and the scope of Transitional Justice and the challenges that the so called Transitional Justice mechanisms are facing today.

 

STJN-groupThis interview was made at the kick off meeting of the Swedish Transitional Justice Network (STJN) on 24 February where representatives from some 20 Swedish CSO’s and academic institutions met to discuss different dimensions to the concept of Transitional Justice and potential synergies in the way
forward.