Answer to Question #263734 in History for Kelsey Jand

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Context Link: https://www.facinghistory.org/holocaust-and-human-behavior/chapter-11/transitional-justice-south-africa

Question: Why might it be important to learn about even flawed examples of transition and reconciliation programs? 

Answer 1

Transitional justice is a set of approaches used by communities to move towards a lasting peace. It typically has three elements which are key; ensuring crimes and atrocities accountability, truth establishment of truth and fostering reconciliation. Some judicial trials like trials war crimes and crimes against humanity are key when moving towards justice and reparations.

The process of Transitional justice might have some flows and hinder the success of the whole process.  The tools used for seeking justice and reconciliations might not work for a particular society. A society trying to have transitional justice should make sure they learn from others who had the same issues and how they handled them. Learning from others mistakes increases chances of having a successful process. For instance, countries are like Nepal and Canada have applied the Truth Commissions strategy that had a lot of challenges for the South Africa. By learning from the flaws of the commission from the South Africa, they are able to rectify the mistakes done by the South Africans and hence high chances of success and building common history, rebuilding trust and securing of peace.