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Introduction: conflict, justice and reclamation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 May 2010

By
Harvey M. Weinstein  and
Eric Stover
Edited by
Eric Stover  and
Harvey M. Weinstein
Harvey M. Weinstein
Affiliation:
Associate Director of the Human Rights Center and Clinical Professor of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, USA
Eric Stover
Affiliation:
Director of the Human Rights Center and Adjunct Professor of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, USA
Eric Stover
Affiliation:
University of California, Berkeley
Harvey M. Weinstein
Affiliation:
University of California, Berkeley
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Summary

Truth is the cornerstone of the rule of law, and it will point towards individuals, not peoples, as perpetrators of war crimes. And it is only the truth that can cleanse the ethnic and religious hatreds and begin the healing process.

Madeleine Albright, 1993

While there are various means to achieve an historic record of abuses after a war, the most authoritative rendering is possible only through the crucible of a trial that accords full due process.

Michael Scharf, 1997

We are forced to live together … Because of that we are all pretending to be nice and to love each other. But, it is known that I hate them and they hate me. It will be like that forever.

Mostar resident, 2001

I don't understand this word “reconciliation.” I can't reconcile with people, even if they are in prison … If a person comes to ask my forgiveness, I will pardon him after he has resuscitated the members of my family that he killed!

Genocide survivor, Rwanda, 2002

Since the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, the world has experienced an upsurge of intrastate wars rooted in ethnic and religious differences. From the highlands of Central America to the islands of South-east Asia, whole societies have been torn asunder by violence so virulent and fierce it has turned community against community, neighbor against neighbor.

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My Neighbor, My Enemy
Justice and Community in the Aftermath of Mass Atrocity
 , pp. 1 - 26
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2004

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  • Introduction: conflict, justice and reclamation
    • By Harvey M. Weinstein, Associate Director of the Human Rights Center and Clinical Professor of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, USA, Eric Stover, Director of the Human Rights Center and Adjunct Professor of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, USA
  • Edited by Eric Stover, University of California, Berkeley, Harvey M. Weinstein, University of California, Berkeley
  • Book: My Neighbor, My Enemy
  • Online publication: 05 May 2010
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511720352.002
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  • Introduction: conflict, justice and reclamation
    • By Harvey M. Weinstein, Associate Director of the Human Rights Center and Clinical Professor of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, USA, Eric Stover, Director of the Human Rights Center and Adjunct Professor of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, USA
  • Edited by Eric Stover, University of California, Berkeley, Harvey M. Weinstein, University of California, Berkeley
  • Book: My Neighbor, My Enemy
  • Online publication: 05 May 2010
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511720352.002
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  • Introduction: conflict, justice and reclamation
    • By Harvey M. Weinstein, Associate Director of the Human Rights Center and Clinical Professor of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, USA, Eric Stover, Director of the Human Rights Center and Adjunct Professor of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, USA
  • Edited by Eric Stover, University of California, Berkeley, Harvey M. Weinstein, University of California, Berkeley
  • Book: My Neighbor, My Enemy
  • Online publication: 05 May 2010
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511720352.002
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