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African shared values in policy development: outcome of the African Union Transitional Justice Policy
Thesis (PhD (International Relations))--University of Pretoria, 2026.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/108022 African shared values in policy development: outcome of the African Union Transitional Justice Policy Wielenga, Cori u16051892@tuks.co.za Matshaka, Chenai Kabwa, Moyowavbo David UCTD Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Youth Inclusion Emancipation African Shared Values Indigenous Justice Thesis (PhD (International Relations))--University of Pretoria, 2026. Using an emancipatory critical theory perspective, this thesis explored how African shared values have influenced the development of the African Union Transitional Justice Policy (AUTJP). Central to the development of the AUTJP has been its positionality in an African context. The thesis has explored how the AUTJP is the first transitional justice policy that is rooted in an African context, which differentiates it from the European and United Nations transitional justice policies. Specifically, the African shared values encapsulated in the AUTJP include Ubuntu, community, indigenous justice, and restoration. These differ from the values of the EUTJP and the UNTJP, which forefront equality before the law, criminal accountability, and an end to impunity. This study has also shown that from an emancipatory critical theory perspective, an emancipatory agenda is required throughout the entire process to ensure that the outcome of transitional justice is emancipation for marginalised groups, such as youth, by using both formal and informal indigenous mechanisms throughout the peace process. This study defined emancipation as inclusion and used the theories of change that were postulated by Gready and Robins (2020). In particular this study considered the theory of change that spoke to focusing on empowerment and localisation in the development of policy, to emphasise that previously marginalised groups, such as youth, can be better included in transitional justice processes through the use of local indigenous mechanisms on the African continent. University of Pretoria Bursary Political Sciences PhD (International Relations) Unrestricted Faculty of Humanities SDG-04: Quality education 2026-02-10T17:07:20Z 2026-02-10T17:07:20Z 2026-05-04 2026-02-05 Thesis * A2026 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/108022 https://doi.org/10.25403/UPresearchdata.19029833.v2 en © 2024 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Youth Inclusion Emancipation African Shared Values Indigenous Justice African shared values in policy development: outcome of the African Union Transitional Justice Policy |
| title | African shared values in policy development: outcome of the African Union Transitional Justice Policy |
| title_full | African shared values in policy development: outcome of the African Union Transitional Justice Policy |
| title_fullStr | African shared values in policy development: outcome of the African Union Transitional Justice Policy |
| title_full_unstemmed | African shared values in policy development: outcome of the African Union Transitional Justice Policy |
| title_short | African shared values in policy development: outcome of the African Union Transitional Justice Policy |
| title_sort | african shared values in policy development outcome of the african union transitional justice policy |
| topic | UCTD Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Youth Inclusion Emancipation African Shared Values Indigenous Justice |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/108022 https://doi.org/10.25403/UPresearchdata.19029833.v2 |