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Fletcher, Laurel E.
Weinstein, Harvey.
Violence and Social Repair: Rethinking the Contribution of Justice to Reconciliation
Human Rights Quarterly - Volume 24, Number 3, August 2002, pp. 573-639

The Johns Hopkins University Press

Laurel E. Fletcher and Harvey Weinstein - Violence and Social Repair: Rethinking the Contribution of Justice to Reconciliation - Human Rights Quarterly 24:3 Human Rights Quarterly 24.3 (2002) 573-639 Violence and Social Repair: Rethinking the Contribution of Justice to Reconciliation Laurel E. Fletcher Harvey M. Weinstein [Figures] Close relatives and friends are dead or missing. Homes lie in ruins. Property has been destroyed. With everybody experiencing trouble, severe privations and physical suffering, it is still something altogether different whether one retains a home and household goods or has been ruined by bombs; whether he sustained his suffering and losses in combat at the front, at home, or in a concentration camp; whether he was a hunted. . . victim or one of those who, even though in fear, profited by the regime . . . . Men have come to the limits of humanity and returned home, unable to forget what really was . . . . The suffering differs in kind, and most people have sense only for their kind. Everyone tends to interpret great losses and trials as a sacrifice. But the possible interpretations of this sacrifice are so abysmally different that, at first, they divide people. Karl Jaspers I. Introduction In the last decade, there has been a burgeoning interest in the question of how countries recover from episodes of mass violence or gross human rights violations. This interest has focused on the concept of transitional justice, a term we...