Justice, wellbeing and peace building: Definitions, practice and critique from a post-war border

Abstract

The relationship of justice to wellbeing claims a long history of ideas in philosophy, jurisprudence, and diverse cultural thought and practice. It is a correlation particularly emphasized in transitional justice in which recognition of war time harms and justice (accountability, reparation) for these hurts are positioned as pre-requisites for healing, reconciliation and the emergence of 'a new political subject, no longer in fight from interiority' (Rose, 2019).