Νέα ερευνητική διάκριση για το Τμήμα Κοινωνικών και Πολιτικών Επιστημών

Νέα ερευνητική διάκριση για το Τμήμα Κοινωνικών και Πολιτικών Επιστημών

Το άρθρο του Αναπληρωτή Καθηγητή Πολιτικής Επιστήμης Ιωσήφ Κόβρα με τίτλο ‘Technologies of Justice: Accountability after Atrocity’, βραβεύτηκε ως το καλύτερο άρθρο στην κατηγορία Routledge Best Paper Prize – Innovative Approach του Διεθνούς συνεδρίου ‘Questions of Accountability’. (https://www.psa.ac.uk/events/conference-questions-accountability)

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Technologies of Justice: Accountability After Atrocity

Iosif Kovras

Abstract:

Despite growing attention to normative and institutional influences promoting international accountability, limited scholarly attention has been paid to the transformative role of forensic technologies in reshaping how societies deal with their violent past. The paper contributes to transitional justice debates by revealing the growing, yet undertheorized, role of technologies of justice in advancing victims’ struggle for truth, accountability, and human rights. The application of forensic tools has enabled the identification of human remains for humanitarian purposes, while incriminatory evidence from exhumations is deemed critical to secure the conviction of perpetrators of gross human rights violations. Drawing on interviews with judges, prosecutors, forensic experts, and policymakers, the paper traces the specific pathways through which these tools affect accountability in post-conflict settings. It sheds light on the relationship between the availability of forensic tools to investigate human rights violations and the evolution of transitional justice.