Abstract
In the view of many respondents, the attachment of a raft of expectations to criminal trials did not reflect the reality of what they can provide, or of their function. Expectations were frequently framed by transitional justice practitioners as ‘too high’, ‘unrealistic’, and ‘inappropriate’. According to interviewees, the solution to the expectation gap was “expectation management.” This chapter focuses further on how participants viewed expectations, the key factors influencing expectations of trials (and transitional justice) along with distinctions and similarities between the Tribunal and Chambers. In both of these contexts, the role of the local media is significant in shaping expectations of justice. Interviewee conceptions of expectation management are presented. Expectation management was predominantly understood as top-down and unidirectional, which is problematic from the perspective of serving broader transitional goals.
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Nickson, R., Neikirk, A. (2018). Managing Expectations of the Tribunal and Chambers. In: Managing Transitional Justice. Palgrave Studies in Compromise after Conflict. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-77782-5_4
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