HUMR 2401 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Restorative Justice, Gacaca Court
2 Aug 2016
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Govier said before french victory, they advocated revenge against french citizens who collaborated. Those who committed the acts of retribution were citizens. Women who had sex with german occupiers were punished by shaving their heads in public. This brought shame upon them because they were often paraded, stripped and mocked. Some observers saw the release of fury as necessary for those who endured intense hardship at the hands of the nazis and viewed collaborators as a way to vent their frustration. Punishment of collaborators was justified only if they were found guilty in a court of law. The court of public opinion was unpredictable and could lead to vengeful justice. Collaboration should be forgiven and restorative justice should be used. No powers to determine criminal guilt or hand out punishment. Both of individual actors and of the state. Acknowledge the truth using interviews with victims gives country full knowledge of what happened.
