@book{WeissVerlaanVasquezCarruthersetal.2022,
  author    = {Weiß, Norman and Verlaan, Stephanie and Vasquez Carruthers, Juan Francisco and Mair, Theresa and Conner, Sean and Maaser, Lucas and R{\"o}thlisberger, Livia},
  title     = {Transitional Justice},
  series = {Potsdamer Studien zu Staat, Recht und Politik},
  journal   = {Potsdamer Studien zu Staat, Recht und Politik},
  number    = {7},
  editor    = {Weiß, Norman},
  publisher = {Universit{\"a}tsverlag Potsdam},
  address   = {Potsdam},
  isbn      = {978-3-86956-473-9},
  issn      = {1869-2443},
  doi       = {10.25932/publishup-43171},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-431711},
  publisher      = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam},
  pages     = {194},
  year      = {2022},
  abstract  = {This publication deals with the topic of transitional justice. In six case studies, the authors link theoretical and practical implications in order to develop some innovative approaches. Their proposals might help to deal more effectively with the transition of societies, legal orders and political systems. Young academics from various backgrounds provide fresh insights and demonstrate the relevance of the topic. The chapters analyse transitions and conflicts in Sierra Leone, Argentina, Nicaragua, Nepal, and South Sudan as well as Germany's colonial genocide in Namibia. Thus, the book provides the reader with new insights and contributes to the ongoing debate about transitional justice.},
  language  = {en}
}
@techreport{VasquezCarruthers2018,
  type      = {Working Paper},
  author    = {Vasquez Carruthers, Juan Francisco},
  title     = {UNHCR and the European refugee crisis},
  series = {Staat, Recht und Politik - Forschungs- und Diskussionspapiere},
  journal   = {Staat, Recht und Politik - Forschungs- und Diskussionspapiere},
  number    = {5},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-410429},
  pages     = {16},
  year      = {2018},
  abstract  = {Since 2015, the European Union has struggled to deal with the influx of refugees coming into its territories. The number of institutions involved in designing a competent response approach, com-bined with the unilateral and uncoordinated state reactions, have left unclear where to look for when searching for answers and new alternatives. Can the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) take a leading role in solving this and future crises? After a brief recapitulation of the crisis, an analysis of UNHCR's statue, relationship to international law, and doctrine will put this question to the test while exploring options that are not only available but also feasible in a system where politics trump both legality and morality. If UNHCR is to play an active role in fu-ture refugee policies and become the lead agency it once was, a new daring and innovative approach has to emerge in order to readapt to the power relations that prevail in the twenty-first century.},
  subject      = {V{\"o}lkerrecht},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{FranciscoVasquezCarruthers2022,
  author    = {Francisco V{\´a}squez Carruthers, Juan},
  title     = {Transitional Justice and Political Opportunism},
  series = {Transitional Justice : Theoretical and Practical Approaches (Potsdamer Studien zu Staat, Recht und Politik ; 7)},
  journal   = {Transitional Justice : Theoretical and Practical Approaches (Potsdamer Studien zu Staat, Recht und Politik ; 7)},
  number    = {7},
  publisher = {Universit{\"a}tsverlag Potsdam},
  address   = {Potsdam},
  isbn      = {978-3-86956-473-9},
  issn      = {1869-2443},
  doi       = {10.25932/publishup-57015},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-570153},
  pages     = {39 -- 71},
  year      = {2022},
  abstract  = {This paper aims to contribute a different approach to transitional justice, one in which political decisions are rocketed to the forefront of the research. Theory asserts that, after a transition to democracy, it is the constituency who defines the direction a country will take. Therefore, pleasing them should be at the fore of the responses taken by those in power. However, reality distances itself from theory. History provides us with many examples of the contrary, which indicates that the politicization of transitional justice is an ever-present event. The first section will outline current definitions and obstacles faced by transitional justice, focusing on the implicit ties between them and the aforementioned politicization. An original categorization of Transitional Justice as a method of analysis will also be introduced, which I denominate Political Opportunism. The case of Argentina, a country that is usually described as a model to export but that after 35 years is still dealing with the consequences brought by the contradictions of using several methods of justice, will then be reinterpreted through this perspective. At the end of the paper, the inevitable question will be posed: can this new angle be exported and implemented in every transition?},
  language  = {en}
}