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Transitional justice and the transition to democracy: looking at the past to gain a better perspective for the future
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Professor Dr Ulrich Karpen, Law faculty, University of Hamburg examines approaches to the problems of transitional justice which follow from major social and constitutional changes in a country. He considers aspects such as criminal justice, truth and reconcilation, access to information and rule of law understandings and tolerance with reference to situations in Germany and Africa