Explaining the Elusion of Victim Hierarchies in Sierra Leone
Published online on April 13, 2026
Abstract
Cultural Sociology, Ahead of Print.
Scholars have demonstrated how transitional justice mechanisms, such as criminal courts and truth commissions, often foster contestations over victimhood. Yet existing scholarship has failed to examine cases in which such victim hierarchies have not ...
Scholars have demonstrated how transitional justice mechanisms, such as criminal courts and truth commissions, often foster contestations over victimhood. Yet existing scholarship has failed to examine cases in which such victim hierarchies have not ...