Key Concepts
This key concept focuses on rebuilding relationships and trust after conflict or mass violence.
What is reconciliation?
Germany’s compensation payments to Holocaust survivors are an example of this.
What are reparations?
Transitional justice is used to address serious human rights abuses after conflict or periods of injustice.
What is True?
This Key Concept involves uncovering and officially acknowledging what happened to victims.
What is truth recovery?
Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission created this many Calls to Action addressing the legacy of residential schools.
What is 94?
It only focuses on punishing people through criminal trials.
What is False?
This Key Concept focuses on changing laws, courts, police, or government systems so abuses are less likely to happen again.
What is institutional reform?
The ICTY’s prosecution of war crimes in the former Yugoslavia is an example of this transitional justice concept.
What is accountability?
Accountability, truth-seeking, reparations, institutional reform, and reconciliation can all be parts of transitional justice.
What is True?