Conceptualising transitional justice in Yemen: The interaction between the formal and the informal in the reconstruction of a justice system

也门经历了数十年反复发生的暴力武装冲突，导致地域、教派和社区受害者和怨愤，继续影响着目前的冲突。根深蒂固的结构性不平等和经济排斥长期存在。当目前的冲突最终结束时，过渡时期司法需要解决这些长期存在的不满。然而，在也门背景下，关于过渡时期司法的学术研究很少。此外，大多数关于过渡时期司法的文献采用了以西方为中心的概念，忽视了当地的背景，如非正式的司法结构。本博士项目将解决这一差距。该项目将以归纳法为基础，为也门过渡时期司法的整体和地方化概念化奠定基础。此外，它将审查也门独特的部落和非正式司法结构，这些结构与该国正式的国家领导的法律的机构相互交叉和互动。这些结构可能有助于或破坏过渡时期司法工作，因此需要认真加以理解。该项目将利用半结构化访谈，收集关于人们的冲突经历、他们的冤情、他们对正义的看法以及伸张正义的方式的数据。它将使各种受害者群体和地方领导人，如酋长参与。该研究项目不仅将解决学术差距，更重要的是将为该国未来的过渡时期司法提供一个框架。因此，它可能有助于也门的和解与和平。

Yemen has witnessed decades of recurring violent armed conflict that has led to geographical, sect and community victimhood and grievances that continues to shape the current conflict. Deeply embedded structural inequality, and economic exclusion are perpetuated. When the current conflict will eventually come to an end, transitional justice needs to address those long-standing grievances. Yet, scholarship on transitional justice in the Yemeni context is sparse. Furthermore, most literature on transitional justice adopts Western-centric concepts that ignore local contexts, such as informal justice structures. This PhD project will address this gap. Based on an inductive approach, the project will lay the ground for a holistic, localised conceptualisation of transitional justice in Yemen. Furthermore, it will examine Yemen's unique tribal and informal justice structures that intersect and interact with the country's formal state-led legal institutions. Those structures might aid or undermine transitional justice efforts, and therefore need to be carefully understood. The project will utilise semi-structured interviews to gather data on people's experiences of the conflict, their grievances, their perception of justice and ways for its delivery. It will engage various victim groups and local leaders, such as Sheikhs. The research project will not only address an academic gap, but more importantly will offer a framework for future transitional justice in the country. Thus, it potentially contributes to reconciliation and peace in Yemen.