• Latin American Civil-Military Relationships in a Historical Perspective 

      Skaar, Elin (Conference object, 2013-01-01)
      Civil-military relationships constitute a crucial element in the transition to substantive democracy all over the world. During periods of authoritarianism or civil war, the military in Latin America has historically ...
    • No er ikkje tida for arbeidsro 

      Skaar, Elin (Others, 2022-05-01)
      GRANSKING: Her er ei oppmoding til sannings- og forsoningskommisjonen: Skap debatt, skap forventningar og involver majoritetsbefolkinga. Få oss til å venta på sluttrapporten med entusiasme!
    • Norwegian Research on Human Rights and Justice in Latin America 

      Skaar, Elin; Garcia-Godos, Jemima (Norwegian Social Thought on Latin America, Chapter, 2016-08-01)
    • Profitt eller moral? Ein diskusjon om næringslivsinteresser og menneskerettar 

      Skaar, Elin (CMI Working paper, Working paper, 1998)
      Koplinga mellom menneskerettar og næringslivsinteresser har for alvor vorten satt på dagsorden dei siste par åra. I stadig sterkare grad vert det stilt krav til bedriftane om at dei ikkje kan forhalda seg passivt til brot ...
    • "Prosecute and Punish" 

      Skaar, Elin (Encyclopedia of Transitional Justice (Second Edition), Chapter, 2023-08-01)
      The Encyclopedia of Transitional Justice remains the premier reference tool that presents the state of the art in the field of reckoning with the legacy of past gross human rights abuses. Almost 200 scholars and practitioners ...
    • Reconceptualising Transitional Justice: The Latin American Experience 

      Skaar, Elin (Conference object, 2012-06-01)
      Transitional justice (TJ) is now a crowded field. Two things are clear: Impact is key and social-science insights are indispensable. Latin America pioneered the old TJ repertoire; truth-telling and amnesty. Today the region ...
    • ROUNDTABLE: Prospects for reconciliation? Norway’s Truth Commission in an age of Sámi mobilization  

      Skaar, Elin (Conference object, 2023-08-01)
      The Norwegian Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) has recently concluded its investigation of the historical wrongs committed against the indigenous Sámi and three national minority groups in Norway (the Kven, ...
    • ROUNDTABLE: Truth Commissions and Sexual Violence 

      Skaar, Elin (Conference object, 2023-08-01)
      Sexual violence — like mass rape — is used as a weapon of war in almost all (internal) armed conflicts. This roundtable investigates how Latin American and African truth commission have evolved since the early ...
    • ROUNDTABLE: Women on the Bench 

      Skaar, Elin (Conference object, 2023-08-01)
      In long-established western democracies, women have made inroads as judges only during the past few decades. In post-conflict and transitional developing countries, however, women constitute an increasingly larger proportion ...
    • Sandhedskommission: Hele Norge har tabt 

      Skaar, Elin (Others, 2023-06-01)
      Årtiers forsøg på at udviske minoriteters sprog og kultur har stadig konsekvenser den dag i dag. I går så ”et mørkt kapitel i Norges historie” dagens lys.
    • Sanningskommisjonen går folk hus forbi 

      Skaar, Elin (Others, 2021-12-01)
      FORSONING: Har du høyrt om den norske sannings- og forsoningskommisjonen? Ikkje det? Då er du i godt selskap. Tre fjerdedelar av alle nordmenn har aldri høyrt om han. Det er urovekkande.
    • See you in court! Holding the military to account in Latin America 

      Skaar, Elin (CMI Insight 2016:2, Report, 2016-02-01)
      The courtroom has become an increasingly common meeting place for retired military officials, and victims and their families who have suffered various forms of abuse at the hands of the military: torture, rape, forced ...