The Greenland Reconciliation Commission:Moving Away from a Legal Framework

This article aims to show to what extent ideas and models from the fields of restorative and transitional justice informed the work of the Greenland Reconciliation Commission. The article demonstrates that the idea of processing the past by articulating experiences of both colonialism and neocolonia...

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Published in:The Yearbook of Polar Law Online
Main Author: Andersen, Astrid Nonbo
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 2020
Subjects:
Law
Online Access:https://pure.au.dk/portal/da/publications/the-greenland-reconciliation-commission(ae3598cc-92cf-4132-b9a8-37387c960438).html
https://doi.org/10.1163/22116427_011010012
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Summary:This article aims to show to what extent ideas and models from the fields of restorative and transitional justice informed the work of the Greenland Reconciliation Commission. The article demonstrates that the idea of processing the past by articulating experiences of both colonialism and neocolonialism dominated the approach taken, and that consequently the legal aspects were only occasionally touched upon. This sets the Greenland Reconciliation Commission somewhat apart from previous truth and reconciliation commissions.