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:
Grønland
Transitional Justice
Legalism
Law
Memory Politics
Canada
Reconciliation
Greenland
Yearbook of Polar 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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spelling ftuniaarhuspubl:oai:pure.atira.dk:publications/ae3598cc-92cf-4132-b9a8-37387c960438 2023-05-15T16:23:58+02:00 The Greenland Reconciliation Commission:Moving Away from a Legal Framework Andersen, Astrid Nonbo 2020-04 https://pure.au.dk/portal/da/publications/the-greenland-reconciliation-commission(ae3598cc-92cf-4132-b9a8-37387c960438).html https://doi.org/10.1163/22116427_011010012 eng eng info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess Andersen , A N 2020 , ' The Greenland Reconciliation Commission : Moving Away from a Legal Framework ' , The Yearbook of Polar Law , vol. 11 , no. 1 , pp. 214-244 . https://doi.org/10.1163/22116427_011010012 Grønland Transitional Justice Legalism Law Memory Politics Canada Reconciliation article 2020 ftuniaarhuspubl https://doi.org/10.1163/22116427_011010012 2021-05-12T22:44:42Z 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. Article in Journal/Newspaper Greenland Grønland Yearbook of Polar Law Aarhus University: Research Canada Greenland The Yearbook of Polar Law Online 11 1 214 244
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Transitional Justice
Legalism
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Memory Politics
Canada
Reconciliation
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Memory Politics
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The Greenland Reconciliation Commission:Moving Away from a Legal Framework
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description 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.
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