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

本研究项目探讨1967 - 1970年尼日利亚-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，增加了各种冲突的叙述，以及这些因素对已经分裂的“尼日利亚”民族认同的影响。在记忆和创伤的主题下，它还考虑了冲突中各种被边缘化的经历，特别是在分离的“比夫拉”地区的妇女和少数民族的经历，以描绘出暴力程度和迫害主张的复杂图景。这样做暴露了叙述结构的便捷性，特别是比夫拉一方，提出种族灭绝的主张。本文的核心是实施国家过渡时期司法方案的政策性建议。该项目以不满的社区和地区的经历为中心，提出了需要采取的措施，以验证受害者的经历，并开始国家愈合的过程。这些建议也是基于对其他和解和过渡时期司法方法的分析。因此，本文提出了过渡正义，作为一种三管齐下的方法，由“理解、接受和纪念”组成，特别关注以艺术为基础的民族愈合方法。

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.