ABSTRACT
This chapter provides a critique of the scope of existing models of transitional justice. It highlights the significance of structural violence in producing and reproducing violations of human rights, particularly of socioeconomic rights. The chapter explores the relationship between structural violence and transitional justice. Structural violence refers to a condition in which violence occurs without being precipitated by the direct actions of specific individuals against other specific individuals. The chapter includes the concepts of structural violence and transformative justice discussed earlier to analyse the case study of land inequalities in South Africa. Keeping a focus on the pursuit of transformative justice, particular actors, their relationships and their strategies in relation to addressing land inequalities are especially worthy of exploration. The chapter argues that existing models of transitional justice are not adequate for addressing structural violence and land inequalities or for ensuring the realisation of socioeconomic rights.
