Precedent #1: Post-Saddam Iraq
- Saddam Hussein and the Ba’ath Party
- al-Anfal Campaign
- Halabja attacks
- Shi’ite uprisings
- CPA and the Shi’ite Majority
Ethno-Sectarian Violence: Baghdad Security Districts
Precedent #2: Post-Genocide Rwanda
- International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
- Gacaca courts: “truth, justice, [and] reconciliation”
- Interhamwe and Hutu refugees in the DRC
Retribution vs. Reconciliation
- Retributive Justice perpetuates the logic that facilitates Genocide…
- …punitive measures grants a (perceived) legitimacy to perpetrators’ grievances…
- …and former aggressors become the victim in a cycle of violence.