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The nature of sanctions: the case of Morocco's Equity and Reconciliation Commission

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 October 2008

Pierre Hazan
Pierre Hazan
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Pierre Hazan is consultant for the UN High Commission for Human Rights and a writer on international affairs.
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Abstract

Using the case of Morocco's Equity and Reconciliation Commission as an example, this article analyses how transitional justice is by definition the place where ethics and reasons of state, the will to see justice done and the balance of power meet. Therein lie both the strength and the ambiguity of transitional justice. The sanction-free approach adopted in the specific case of Morocco limited the Commission's effectiveness by not establishing the truth about past human rights violations or creating an environment conducive to greater democratic reform.

Type
Sanctions
Information
International Review of the Red Cross , Volume 90 , Issue 870: Sanctions , June 2008 , pp. 399 - 407
Copyright
Copyright © International Committee of the Red Cross 2008

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