Can traditional justice mechanisms improve responses to conflict-related sexual violence?
This thesis is a socio-legal analysis of whether traditional justice mechanisms can improve responses to conflict-related sexual violence. Combining an in-depth analysis of the role and function of traditional justice mechanisms in relation to conflict-related sexual violence with original qualitati...
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Thesis (University of Nottingham only) |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
2022
|
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/70633/ |
| _version_ | 1848800626934284288 |
|---|---|
| author | Sheffield, Emma |
| author_facet | Sheffield, Emma |
| author_sort | Sheffield, Emma |
| building | Nottingham Research Data Repository |
| collection | Online Access |
| description | This thesis is a socio-legal analysis of whether traditional justice mechanisms can improve responses to conflict-related sexual violence. Combining an in-depth analysis of the role and function of traditional justice mechanisms in relation to conflict-related sexual violence with original qualitative empirical data collected during fieldwork in Liberia, the thesis explores the necessity of using traditional justice to increase the capacity to deliver justice, alongside practical concerns around meeting the needs of victims. In reality, resource restrictions combined with crimes committed on a mass scale mean that no one form of mechanism can deliver justice by itself. The findings suggest that traditional justice can both assist efforts to provide justice as well as meet victims’ needs, and thus can improve responses. The thesis concludes with recommendations for policy makers on the use of traditional justice in relation to conflict-related sexual violence both within and beyond Liberia. |
| first_indexed | 2025-11-14T20:54:34Z |
| format | Thesis (University of Nottingham only) |
| id | nottingham-70633 |
| institution | University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus |
| institution_category | Local University |
| language | English |
| last_indexed | 2025-11-14T20:54:34Z |
| publishDate | 2022 |
| recordtype | eprints |
| repository_type | Digital Repository |
| spelling | nottingham-706332025-01-15T10:46:34Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/70633/ Can traditional justice mechanisms improve responses to conflict-related sexual violence? Sheffield, Emma This thesis is a socio-legal analysis of whether traditional justice mechanisms can improve responses to conflict-related sexual violence. Combining an in-depth analysis of the role and function of traditional justice mechanisms in relation to conflict-related sexual violence with original qualitative empirical data collected during fieldwork in Liberia, the thesis explores the necessity of using traditional justice to increase the capacity to deliver justice, alongside practical concerns around meeting the needs of victims. In reality, resource restrictions combined with crimes committed on a mass scale mean that no one form of mechanism can deliver justice by itself. The findings suggest that traditional justice can both assist efforts to provide justice as well as meet victims’ needs, and thus can improve responses. The thesis concludes with recommendations for policy makers on the use of traditional justice in relation to conflict-related sexual violence both within and beyond Liberia. 2022-10-15 Thesis (University of Nottingham only) NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en cc_by https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/70633/1/Law%20PhD%20Thesis%20E.Sheffield%204273497.pdf Sheffield, Emma (2022) Can traditional justice mechanisms improve responses to conflict-related sexual violence? PhD thesis, University of Nottingham. justice conflict-related sexual violence Liberia |
| spellingShingle | justice conflict-related sexual violence Liberia Sheffield, Emma Can traditional justice mechanisms improve responses to conflict-related sexual violence? |
| title | Can traditional justice mechanisms improve responses to conflict-related sexual violence? |
| title_full | Can traditional justice mechanisms improve responses to conflict-related sexual violence? |
| title_fullStr | Can traditional justice mechanisms improve responses to conflict-related sexual violence? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Can traditional justice mechanisms improve responses to conflict-related sexual violence? |
| title_short | Can traditional justice mechanisms improve responses to conflict-related sexual violence? |
| title_sort | can traditional justice mechanisms improve responses to conflict-related sexual violence? |
| topic | justice conflict-related sexual violence Liberia |
| url | https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/70633/ |