My Neighbor, My Enemy

Justice and Community in the Aftermath of Mass Atrocity

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ID19602467
AuthorsAriel Dorfman, Lucy E Fletcher (0000-0003-0955-5881), Laurel E Fletcher, Alison Des Forges, Urusaro Alice Karekezi, Naomi Roht-Arriaza, Dinka Corkalo, Timothy Longman (0000-0002-6852-8106), Miklós Bíró (0000-0001-8627-1159), Sarah Warshauer Freedman (0000-0002-6933-0943), Pamela Blotner, Dean Ajdukovic (0000-0001-9223-360X), Jodi Halpern (0000-0002-2145-4744)
EditorsEric Stover, Harvey M Weinstein
Year2004
Publication date2004-12-02
Open AccessYes
TypeBOOK
Reviewed byMy Neighbor, My Enemy: Justice and Community in the Aftermath of Mass Atrocity, Tove Grete Lie, 2007
VenueMy Neighbor, My Enemy (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherCambridge University Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1017/cbo9780511720352
OpenAlexW591025649
Open LibraryOL7745588M
ISBN9780511720352
GOOGLE_BOOK_IDWQyEXuuBf_cC
LanguageEN
Citations received167

My Neighbour, My Enemy tackles a crucial and highly topical issue - how do countries rebuild after ethnic cleansing and genocide? And what role do trials and tribunals play in social reconstruction and reconciliation. By talking with people in Rwanda and the former Yugoslavia and carrying out extensive surveys, the authors explore what people think about their past and the future. Their conclusions controversially suggest that international or local trials have little relevance to reconciliation. Communities understand justice far more broadly than it is defined by the international community and the relationship of trauma to a desire for trials is not clear-cut. The authors offer an ecological model of social reconstruction and conclude that coordinated multi-systemic strategies must be implemented if social repair is to occur. Finally, the authors suggest that while trials are essential to combat impunity and punish the guilty, their strengths and limitations must be acknowledged

Adversary · Computer security · Criminology · Economic Justice · Ethnic Cleansing · Genocide · Human rights · Impunity · International community · Political science · Relevance (law) · Sociology · Cambodian History and Society · Caribbean history, culture, and politics · Computer Science · Latin American and Latino Studies · Law · Race, History, and American Society · 341.6/9 · International criminal courts · K5301 .m9 2004 · Reparations · Reparations for historical injustices · Retribution · Social justice · War crimes · War reparations

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