For the vanquished: The case for Reconciliation and Transitional Justice in the 1967 - 1970 Nigeria-Biafra conflict

该研究项目涉及1967 - 1970年利比亚-比夫拉战争中过渡时期司法的重要性。它批判性地探讨了记忆和潜在创伤的作用，增加了对冲突的各种叙述，以及这些因素对已经分裂的“尼日利亚”民族认同的后果。在记忆和创伤的主题之后，它还考虑了冲突的各种边缘化经历，特别是在分离的“比夫拉”地区的妇女和少数民族群体，以描绘暴力程度和迫害索赔的复杂画面。在这样做的时候，它揭示了叙事结构的便利性，特别是在比夫拉方面，提出种族灭绝的指控。本文的核心是实施国家过渡司法方案的政策建议。该项目以不满的社区和地区的经验为中心，提出应采取的措施，以证实受害者的经验，并开始一个民族愈合的进程。这些建议也植根于对其他和解和过渡司法方法的分析。因此，本文提出了过渡司法，作为一个三管齐下的方法，包括“理解，接受和纪念”，并特别侧重于艺术为基础的国家愈合的方法。

This research project addresses the importance oftransitional justice in the 1967 - 1970 Nigeria-Biafra war. Itcritically explores the role of memory and latent trauma increating various narratives of the conflict and theconsequences of these factors on an already splintered'Nigerian' national identity. Following the theme of memoryand trauma, It also considers various marginalisedexperiences of the conflict, particularly those of womenand minoritised ethnic groups in the seceeding 'Biafran'region, in a bid to paint a complex picture of the extent ofviolence and the claims of persecution. In so doing, itexposes the convenience of narrative construction,particularly on the part of the Biafran side, to present aclaim of genocide.At the heart of this paper are policy-basedrecommendations for implementing a national transitionaljustice programme. Centring the experiences of disaffectedcommunities and regions, this project proposes measuresto be taken to validate the experiences of victims andcommence a process of national healing. Theserecommendations are also rooted in analyses of otherapproaches to reconciliation and transitional justice.Transitional justice is consequently presented in this paper,as a three-pronged approach, consisting of 'understanding,acceptance and memorialisation', with a particular focus onarts-based approaches to national healing.