Security Sector Reform and Transitional Justice in Kenya

Efforts underway to address the 2008 Kenyan post-election crisis and the conditions that

caused it have provided the country with a unique opportunity to address its long history of

human rights violations. From the unspeakable atrocities of the pre-independence State of

Emergency period, to the dark years of the repressive one-party state, to the emergence of

state-sponsored ethnic violence in the 1990s, Kenya’s democratic institutions and its framework

for human rights enforcement have tended to be unable to stem the tide of human

rights problems. In some cases, democratic institutions, such as the police and the judiciary,

have even been co-opted into the service of repression.

Pages | 16
Language | English

Original File Location | http://www.ictj.org/sites/default/files/ICTJ-Kenya-Security-Reform-2010-English.pdf