51吃瓜

Janice is a PhD candidate in the Department of Political Science at the 51吃瓜. Her project contends with a question that is central to the study and practice of transitional justice: how do states undergoing transitions to democracy seek justice for past human rights violations in a manner that ensures past transgressions will never again occur?  Her dissertation argues that this goal may be better served by permanent institutional measures rather than spectacular and temporary interventions.  

Janice’s research focuses on South Africa’s democratic transition to assess how despite the overwhelming focus on the country’s much studied and much replicated Truth and Reconciliation Commission, South Africa’s approach to transitional justice and reconciliation depended on implementing the new Bill of Rights to secure social transformation and overcome apartheid era injustice. Specifically, she is analyzing how the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC)