Is blockchain an emerging tool able to provide assistance to transitional justice processes?
Year: 2020
Type: dissertation
Abstract: Blockchain technology has the capacity to change how people live, communicate with each other, acquire products, store information, and exchange data. Such technology – that is able to perform in different segments is being called a general-purpose technology, like the internet, - can be useful in transitional justice processes. The present paper intends to analyse the use of blockchain technology as a new component in transitional justice processes, understand how blockchain would behave in each transitional justice pillar, considering a state of the art situation. Subsequently, blockchain projects were mentioned, that could be used in transitional justice scenarios, such as the economic development of local communities, and the implementation of refugees’ digital identification. Lastly, the technology’s limitations were taken into consideration, leading to the conclusion that in considering implementing blockchain technology in transitional justice processes, it is crucial to ponder the local transitional justice scenario with the blockchain characteristics, in order to pursuit better results.
Language: Portuguese
Topic: War, Law, and Justice
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7020006906