Contesting transitional justice in Peru explores how global ideas of transitional justice have shaped Peru’s response to the legacies of the internal armed conflict of 1980–2000. Critically interrogating the tenets of transitional justice and drawing on three in-depth case studies from Ayacucho, Eva Willems examines how survivors engage with initiatives regarding memorialisation, truth-telling, reparations and exhumations. Moving beyond the victim–perpetrator divide, she introduce...