Resistance to transitional justice in the context of political violence in Côte d’Ivoire

This chapter aims to provide an overview of resistance(s) to transitional justice in Côte d’Ivoire following the 2011 post-election crisis and a decade of military conflict. Drawing from a qualitative field research in the country, it argues that the context of a continuum of political violence is vital for understanding actors’ resistance to transitional justice, which is otherwise most often understood as the preserve of pro-Gbagbo ‘justice spoilers’. Resistance to transitional justice in Côte d’Ivoire today can be seen as a manifestation of this ongoing contestation and not only as an opposition to transitional justice itself.