Recognition and transitional justice: limits and possibilities of transformation in post-conflict Peru

Abstract

Peru has been implementing transitional justice policies for over 20 years, with the creation of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) as its foundational milestone. The TRC developed a narrative of the past, along with a subject/object of the justice measures, which can be read from the paradigm of moral recognition. This approach has prioritized an identity-based model exhibiting both opportunities and limitations for citizenship. This article aims to reflect on how the transitional justice framework has landed in Peru and how the identity-based model of recognition represents a barrier to transforming the situation of subordination and status of the affected people and communities due to violence during the armed conflict.