ABSTRACT
Restorative justice is a contested concept and this legacy has continued within the transitional justice domain. This chapter draws on a number of established conceptions within the literature on restorative justice in democratic settings to further problematise and offer strategies for enhancing restorative justice conceptions within transitional settings. The chapter demonstrates that limited conceptions dominate the transitional justice literature and calls are made for a much more transformative conception of restorative justice to be embraced. It is argued that such an approach would result in more localised and tangible outcomes to emerge for victims, offenders and communities.
