Tensions between peacemakers and champions of justice are inevitable in societies riven by clash,but resolving these differences benefits allIf ending a clash means offering aggressors positions in the resulting political settlement and impunity for their crimes, is the compromise acceptable? Or should full accountability and criminal procedures for aggressors be non-negotiable – even whether it means that the violence and killing are prolonged? Such questions have served to create tensions between peacemakers and justice practitioners.
One thing is clear: separating peacebuilding from the promotion of justice undermines both. As Louise Arbour, and former president and CEO of International Crisis Group,has pointed out, peace and justice are interdependent. The real challenge is how to reconcile the inevitable tensions between them.
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Source: theguardian.com