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Relationship Between Judicial Decisions and the Pursuit of Peace and Justice in International Law
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Abstract
The issue of potential tensions between justice and peace has arisen in the context of the growth of institutions for international justice. It is easy to find details from Columbia, Uganda, South Africa, and so forth. It is an old controversial debate, in fact, which focuses on whether perpetrators should be given punishment or amnesty in the aftermath of war and how society emerging from political violence successfully and peacefully achieves post-conflict reconstruction. In fact, the international community has offered various strategies as a transitional mechanism that reflected peace and justice in different ways. However, there are still lots of problems. This article introduces and analyzes these problems behind them. This paper involved some reviews from the victims and dozens of records and data to reflect the situation. This paper aims to recognize the value of peace and justice by comparing three examples.
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peace and justice, transitional mechanism, Columbia, Uganda, South Africa
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Su,J. (2023). Relationship Between Judicial Decisions and the Pursuit of Peace and Justice in International Law. Lecture Notes in Education Psychology and Public Media,23,99-103.
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