Contents
Foreword...................................................................................................................................................
i
Summary ...................................................................................................................................................
1
1.
Putting the Zimbabwe Transitional Justice Discourse into Perspective ..........................................
4
Background.......................................................................................................................................
4
2.
Methodology ....................................................................................................................................
9
3.
The context of violence and impunity in Zimbabwe .........................................................................
11
4.
The concept of transitional justice....................................................................................................
16
5.
Taking transitional justice to the people programme ......................................................................
20
6.
Truth seeking and Truth Commission for Zimbabwe........................................................................
21
Truth for amnesty..............................................................................................................................
24
Reparations.......................................................................................................................................
25
Prosecutions .....................................................................................................................................
27
Institutional reforms.........................................................................................................................
28
7.
Timing of the Transitional Justice Process ........................................................................................
30
8.
Recommendations ...........................................................................................................................
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