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Not Nuremberg — Histories of Alternative Criminalization Paradigms, 1945–2021: An Introduction (2024)
Journal Article
Mark, J., & Clark, P. (in press). Not Nuremberg — Histories of Alternative Criminalization Paradigms, 1945–2021: An Introduction. Humanity: An International Journal of Human Rights, Humanitarianism, and Development, 15(1), 41-57. https://doi.org/10.1353/hum.2024.a941435

The Western myth of Nuremberg has dominated understandings of the evolution of international criminal law. Enshrining the International Military Tribunal as a critical point of origin, this paradigm has developed a narrative of post-war liberal progr... Read More about Not Nuremberg — Histories of Alternative Criminalization Paradigms, 1945–2021: An Introduction.

Interrogating Education Policymaking in the Rwandan Developmental State: The Politics of Changing the Language of Instruction and the Higher Education Merger (2022)
Thesis
Ambrozy, M. T. Interrogating Education Policymaking in the Rwandan Developmental State: The Politics of Changing the Language of Instruction and the Higher Education Merger. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

This thesis explores the extent to which Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF)-led policymaking and policy-implementation in the education sector can be accurately portrayed as successful within a wider Developmental State model. By analysing the perspective... Read More about Interrogating Education Policymaking in the Rwandan Developmental State: The Politics of Changing the Language of Instruction and the Higher Education Merger.

The International Criminal Court’s Impact on Peacebuilding in Africa (2021)
Book Chapter
Clark, P. (2021). The International Criminal Court’s Impact on Peacebuilding in Africa. In T. McNamee, & M. Muyangwa (Eds.), The State of Peacebuilding in Africa: Lessons Learned for Policymakers and Practitioners (235-256). Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-46636-7_14

This chapter examines the International Criminal Court (ICC) and its intersections with two widespread domestic conflict resolution processes in Africa: national amnesties and peace negotiations. In doing so, it connects to two overarching scholarly... Read More about The International Criminal Court’s Impact on Peacebuilding in Africa.

The International Criminal Court in Africa and the Politics of International Justice (2019)
Book Chapter
Clark, P. (2019). The International Criminal Court in Africa and the Politics of International Justice. In W. R. Thompson (Ed.), Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Politics. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780190228637.013.724

The International Criminal Court (ICC) has generated considerable controversy since it came into force in 2002, principally because of its overriding focus on African conflict situations and suspects. This has led to accusations that the ICC is a neo... Read More about The International Criminal Court in Africa and the Politics of International Justice.

Distant Justice: The Impact of the International Criminal Court on African Politics (2018)
Book
Clark, P. (2018). Distant Justice: The Impact of the International Criminal Court on African Politics. Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108576260

There are a number of controversies surrounding the International Criminal Court (ICC) in Africa. Critics have charged it with neo-colonial meddling in African affairs, accusing it of undermining national sovereignty and domestic attempts to resolve... Read More about Distant Justice: The Impact of the International Criminal Court on African Politics.

Negotiating Reconciliation in Rwanda: Popular Challenges to the Official Discourse of Post-Genocide National Unity (2014)
Journal Article
Clark, P. Negotiating Reconciliation in Rwanda: Popular Challenges to the Official Discourse of Post-Genocide National Unity. Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding, 8(4), 303-320. https://doi.org/10.1080/17502977.2014.958309

Reconciliation is among the most contested terms in current peacebuilding and transitional justice debates. Critics often view reconciliation as romantic—expecting immediate harmony after enormous harm—or imposed on victims by religious groups or gov... Read More about Negotiating Reconciliation in Rwanda: Popular Challenges to the Official Discourse of Post-Genocide National Unity.

Bringing the peasants back in, again: state power and local agency in Rwanda's Gacaca Courts (2014)
Journal Article
Clark, P. (2014). Bringing the peasants back in, again: state power and local agency in Rwanda's Gacaca Courts. Journal of Eastern African Studies, 8(2), 193-213. https://doi.org/10.1080/17531055.2014.891782

Rwanda's genocide trials through the gacaca community courts, between 2002 and 2012, have attracted substantial critique and also become a key vehicle for analysing wider political and social dynamics, including policy-making under the Rwandan Patrio... Read More about Bringing the peasants back in, again: state power and local agency in Rwanda's Gacaca Courts.

Bringing Them All Back Home: The Challenges of DDR and Transitional Justice in Contexts of Displacement in Rwanda and Uganda (2014)
Journal Article
Clark, P. (2014). Bringing Them All Back Home: The Challenges of DDR and Transitional Justice in Contexts of Displacement in Rwanda and Uganda. Journal of Refugee Studies, 27(2), 234-259. https://doi.org/10.1093/jrs/fet051

This article engages with recent attempts to bridge the apparent divide between disarmament, demobilization and reintegration (DDR) and transitional justice, and their implications for post-conflict environments characterized by large-scale displacem... Read More about Bringing Them All Back Home: The Challenges of DDR and Transitional Justice in Contexts of Displacement in Rwanda and Uganda.

Gacaca (2013)
Book Chapter
Clark, P. (2013). Gacaca. In L. Stan, & N. Nedelsky (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Transitional Justice, 3 vols. Cambridge University Press