Answer to Question #262123 in History for Kelsey Jand

Question

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Some schools in the United States have started implementing truth commissions and other transitional justice practices to help address conflicts and discipline issues in their communities. Have you seen elements of these practices being used in your school? If so, how? If not, how might they be applied?

Answer 1

My school's introduction of truth commissions and other transitional justice procedures has aided in resolving community problems and discipline issues. Transitional justice is a method of dealing with systematic or widespread human rights breaches that both compensates victims and creates or improves prospects for the transformation of political systems, conflicts, and other factors that may have contributed to the abuses. In dealing with a legacy of systematic or systemic abuse, a transitional justice approach recognizes that there are two purposes. The first is to provide victims with some measure of justice.The second goal is to strengthen peace, democracy, and reconciliation prospects. Transitional justice measures frequently mix components of criminal, restorative, and social justice to achieve these two goals. Justice adapted to the frequently unique conditions of civilizations transitioning away from a time when human rights violations were a common occurrence. These alterations may occur abruptly in some circumstances, with evident and significant repercussions. In certain cases, they may take decades to occur.