By United Nations University
Rebuilding societies the place clash has happened is never an easy approach; yet the place clash has been observed by means of gross and systematic violations of human rights, the strategy turns into fraught with controversy. This quantity brings jointly eminent students and practitioners with direct adventure of a few of the main not easy modern circumstances of overseas justice, and illustrates that justice and responsibility stay advanced beliefs.
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On a more philosophical level, the question can be asked whether there is such a thing as one and only one ‘‘truth’’. See Parlevliet, ‘‘Considering Truth’’. 41. ‘‘Interview with Ntsiki Biko’’ (1996) Index on Censorship 25(5): 67–68. 42. Cf. D. Bronkhorst (1995) Truth and Reconciliation: Obstacles and Opportunities for Human Rights, Amsterdam: Amnesty International, pp. 26–27. 43. Minow, Between Vengeance and Forgiveness, p. 134. 44. A. Krog (1998) Country of My Skull, Johannesburg: Random House, p.
10. See E. Barkan (2000) The Guilt of Nations: Restitution and Negotiating Historical Injustices, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 3–29; and K. J. Partsch (1992) ‘‘The Federal Republic of Germany’’, in T. van Boven, C. Flinterman, F. Gru¨nfeld and I. Westendorp, eds, ‘‘Seminar on the Right to Restitutions, Compensation and Rehabilitation for Victims of Gross Violations of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, 11–15 March 1992’’, SIM Special (SIM Utrecht), No. 12, pp. 130–145 at 132.
Nizich (1994) ‘‘The War Crimes Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia: Problems and Prospects’’ Fletcher Forum 18: 8–9; and D. P. Forsythe (1994) ‘‘Politics and the International Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia’’, Criminal Law Forum 5: 415 ff. Forsythe quotes the former US diplomat Morris Abrams as follows: ‘‘It is a very tough call whether to point the finger or try to negotiate with people. As a lawyer or as a politician or as a statesman, I would also like to stop the slaughter, bring it to a halt.
