Justice for War Crimes: Retribution, or Reconciliation?
Published By: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSI | Published Date: March, 01 , 2013In February, when the International Crimes Tribunal of Bangladesh sentenced two men for crimes committed during the independence war of 1971, deadly protests followed. The violence calls into question the effectiveness of ‘transitional justice’ – or attempts to provide redress for past large¬scale human rights abuses. Could transitional justice help heal bitter societal schisms rooted in those crimes?
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