This book addresses the theory and practice of transitional justice through the lens of masculinities and queer perspectives.

Philipp Schulz is Postdoctoral Researcher at the Institute for Intercultural and International Studies (InIIS) at the University of Bremen, Germany.

Brandon Hamber is John Hume and Thomas P. O'Neill Chair in Peace based at the International Conflict Research Institute (INCORE) at Ulster University, United Kingdom.

Heleen Touquet is a visiting professor at the University of Antwerp, Belgium.

Section 1: Seeking Intersections between Masculinities and Queer Perspectives in Transitional Justice 1. Introduction: Masculinities and Queer Perspectives in Transitional Justice Philipp Schulz, Brandon Hamber, Heleen Touquet, and Giulia Messmer 2. Transitional Justice and Masculinities: A Critical Mapping of the Field Brandon Hamber, Philipp Schulz, Heleen Touquet, and Giulia Messmer 3. Queering Transitional Justice: Reviewing the Field of Transitional Justice and Looking Toward Queer Possibilities Katherine Fobear Section 2: Theories, Processes and Practices - Toward Inclusive Gender in TJ 4. "Queering" Transitional Justice From African Decolonial Perspectives? Katharina Hoffmann and Thokozani Mbwana 5. Linking a Queer Legal Theoretical Perspective and Transitional Justice: Challenges and Possibilities E. Irem Aki 6. The Heterosexual System Denuded: Ecuador's Truth Commission Pascha Bueno-Hansen 7. Peacebuilding and Transitional Justice in Colombia: Institutionalized and Challenged Meanings of Gender Anika Oettler Section 3: Gendering Justice and Transitions Across Contexts 8. Justice and Forced Marriage and Pregnancy in Wartime: A Gender Inclusive Approach Camile Oliveira and Erin Baines 9. Delineating Perpetratorhood: On Race, Masculinities and Fighting Impunity for Sexual Violence in DRC Chloé Lewis and Susanne Alldèn 10. Croatian Veteran Masculinities and Exclusive Narratives: Points of Identification with the 'Myth of the Homeland War' in the 2010s Catherine Baker and Heleen Touquet 11. Possibilities and Improbabilities: Reflections on 'Queering' Transitional Justice in Colombia and Lebanon/Syria Henri Myrttinen, Laura Camila Barrios Sabogal and Charbel Maydaa Section 4: Beyond Violation-Centric Views 12. Queering Transitional Justice from Below: Some Inputs from Queer Masculinities José Fernando Serrano-Amaya 13. Reclaiming the Post-War Self: Masculinities, Political Prisoners, and Transitional Justice in El Salvador Ursula Mosqueira 14. Mind and Body: Civilian Enactment of Masculinity in the North of Ireland and the Occupied Palestinian Territories Seamus Campbell 15. Civilian and Caring Masculinities and the Questions of Justice in Kashmir Amya Agarwal 16. Queering Post-War Transitions: Exploring Queer Potentials of the 'Butterfly for Democracy' Movement in Sri Lanka Thiyargarja Waradas 17. Concluding Thoughts and Calls to Action Heleen Touquet, Philipp Schulz, Pascha Bueno-Hansen, José Fernando Serrano-Amaya, Brandon Hamber, Katherine Fobear