Putting Reproductive Rights on the Transitional Justice Agenda: The Need to Redress Violations and Incorporate Reproductive Health Reforms in Post-Conflict Development

The article discussed the importance of a consistent and concerted approach to the recognition of reproductive rights violations in the application of all transitional justice, and proactive inclusion of reproductive rights in post-conflict constitutional, legal, and policy reform. The article is divided into three sections: Part one discusses the international legal foundations for reproductive rights as well as some of the reproductive health issues central to most conflict-ridden societies; Part two discusses reproductive rights violations as considered by tribunals, and a general institutional reform in health sectors; Part three discusses the relationship between the empowerment that results from justice and truth-seeking for women who have suffered reproductive rights violations, and from a country's successful transition to post-conflict stability.