The Role of Civil Society in Transitional Justice: Transitional Justice

1. Introduction. Transitional Justice – The Missing Piece of the Puzzle in Russia’s Failed Democratisation? 2. Review of Literature and Practice – The State of the State-Run Transitional Justice Measures in Russia 3. Civil Society and Transitional Justice - Concepts, Roles, and Typologies 4. A Lone Warrior of Transitional Justice in Russia – Memorial 5. Religious Actors and Their Perception of Justice - The Church at Butovo 6. Transitional Justice and Contentious Groups 7. Conclusion - Transitional Justice Beyond the State

"Well-documented and engaging, Durdiyeva’s monograph expertly shows that civil society actors can facilitate transitional justice in countries like post-communist Russia whose governments tolerate past injustice to cover their own human rights violations. While salutary, such unofficial truth projects might adopt nationalist overtone or misinterpret historical facts." Prof. Lavinia Stan, St. Francis Xavier University, Canada
"This book makes two important contributions: it sheds light on civil society groups engaged in accountability and reckoning in an oppressive political climate often described as a "non-case," and tempers assumptions that such bottom-up mechanisms for remembering are necessarily positive forces for reform." Dr. Cynthia Horne, Western Washington University, USA

Selbi Durdiyeva is Postdoctoral Fellow at the Center for Conflict Studies, Philipps University Marburg, Germany, working on the project 'Postcolonial Hierarchies in Peace and Conflict'.