Category Archives: Historical Justice

On the far-reaching relevance of Holá’s and Drumbl’s Study of Informers from Cold War Czechoslovakia

Posted on October 10, 2024 by Mark Kersten

The following is a contribution from Novak Vučo and Vladimir Petrović to JiC’s ongoing symposium on Mark Drumbl and Barbora Holá’s new book, Informers up Close. Vladimir is a Research Professor at Institute for Contemporary History Belgrade and a researcher … Continue reading →

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Victims who Victimize – Understanding Informers

Posted on October 10, 2024 by Mark Kersten

The following is Irit Dekel‘s contribution to JiC’s ongoing symposium on Mark Drumbl and Barbora Holá’s new book, Informers Up Close. Irit is an Assistant Professor of Germanic Studies and Assistant Professor of Jewish Studies at Indiana University, Bloomington. To … Continue reading →

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The Politics of Ambivalence: Revisiting the Communist Past with Drumbl and Holá

Posted on October 9, 2024 by Mark Kersten

The following contribution to JiC’s ongoing symposium on Informers Up Close comes from Patryk I. Labuda. Patryk is an assistant professor of international law and international relations at Central European University in Vienna and a researcher on the ‘Memocracy’ project at the Polish … Continue reading →

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Rethinking Informers in transitional justice in liberal times

Posted on October 9, 2024 by Mark Kersten

The following is a contribution by Jean Chrysostome K. Kiyala to JiC’s ongoing symposium on Mark Drumbl and Barbora Holá’s new book, Informers Up Close. Dr. Kiyala is a Senior Lecturer at the International Centre of Nonviolence, in the Faculty … Continue reading →

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As the past repeats we see the ‘other’ in us all – A review of Informers Up Close

Posted on October 8, 2024 by Mark Kersten

The following contribution to Justice in Conflict’s ongoing symposium was written by Emma J Breeze, Assistant Professor in international criminal law and international humanitarian law at the University of Birmingham. For all of the other submissions, please see here. Mark … Continue reading →

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Disguise, Blur, Purr, and Nakedness: Mark Drumbl and Barbora Holá on Informers Up Close: Stories from Communist Prague

Posted on October 7, 2024 by Mark Kersten

The following introductory post was written by Mark Drumbl and Barbora Holá, authors of the book Informers Up Close, the subject of JiC’s ongoing symposium. For all other contributions, please see here. You can’t hide your lyin’ eyes And your … Continue reading →

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Introduction – A JiC Symposium on Mark Drumbl and Barbora Holá’s Informers Up Close

Posted on October 7, 2024 by Mark Kersten

In a course that I run on responses to international crimes, I paint my students the following scenario: Canada is taken over by a brutal dictatorship that suppresses human rights. The regime lasts for twenty years before democracy is restored. … Continue reading →

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An Important Past: Since Hitler, Heads of State have No Immunity 

Posted on September 26, 2024 by Mark Kersten

The following guest post was written by Dan Plesch, Professor of Diplomacy and Strategy at SOAS University of London and a Door Tenant at the Chambers of Stephen Kay KC at 9 Bedford Row. His books include, ‘Human Rights After … Continue reading →

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Symposium: Doing Justice to Truth in International Criminal Courts and Tribunals

Posted on July 3, 2017 by Barrie Sander

Today marks the launch of a symposium that I have convened with Jakob Holtermann on Humanity’s blog platform. Entitled Doing Justice to Truth in International Criminal Courts and Tribunals, the symposium should be of interest to readers of Justice in Conflict. Below … Continue reading →

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From Justice Delayed to Justice Denied: Katyń in Strasbourg

Posted on October 31, 2013 by Mark Kersten

In April 1940, the Soviet secret police initiated a secret massacre of some 20,000 Polish officials and officers. The struggle to establish the truth of what happened in the Katyń forests came to dominate much of contemporary Polish political life … Continue reading →

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