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Dissident Voices in International Criminal Law

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 July 2015

MIKAEL BAAZ
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Since the end of the Cold War, societies from the former Soviet Union and others throughout Eastern Europe, Africa, Asia, and Latin America have overthrown dictators and other authoritative rulers in the hope of allowing democracy, the rule of law, and human rights. In some cases, the change has been violent and drawn out, while in other cases the change has been quick and (more or less) non-violent. Regardless of whether the change has been violent or not, a crucial question during and after transition is: In what ways should post-authoritarian and/or post-conflict societies deal with their ‘evil’ past in order to ‘enable the state itself to [once again] function as a moral agent’? This question constitutes the very core of what is known as ‘transitional justice’ (TJ).

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Leiden Journal of International Law , Volume 28 , Issue 3 , September 2015 , pp. 673 - 689
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Copyright © Foundation of the Leiden Journal of International Law 2015 

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