HR260 Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: International Military Tribunal For The Far East, Gacaca Court, Retributive Justice
12 Oct 2020
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This lesson will guide you through chapter 22 of your textbook. The chapter examines how societies rebuild after human rights violations occur. It is especially concerned with how societies and individuals within those societies should be held accountable for their actions. As noted in the introduction to chapter 22, it is difficult for transitional societies to come to an agreement about just what this means, or how it will be carried out. Retributive justice involves the traditional mechanisms of criminal justice. The goal is to correct the perpetrator by means of prosecution and punishment. Assuming their justice systems are still intact following a period of mass human rights violations, many countries will opt to carry out national trials to deal with the perpetrators of past crimes. Sometimes, however, the national justice system is unwilling or unable to carry out these kinds of prosecutions. In these circumstances international justice mechanisms are used.
