Natural Connections: Linking Transitional Justice and Development Through a Focus on Natural Resources

Emily E. Harwell and Philippe Le Billon
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Natural resources are a natural connecting point for postconflict development and transitional justice. Understanding the specific role of natural resources in the maintenance of authoritarian regimes and the facilitation of armed conflicts is central to transitional justice's aim of understanding and repairing the context of victimization and repression of past regimes, as well as to the development goals of addressing impoverishment and weak governance.