Chapter 1 Atrocities, Conflicts, and Peacemaking; Chapter 2 Rwanda; Chapter 3 South Africa; Chapter 4 Mozambique; Chapter 5 Comparing Postconflict Justice in Rwanda, South Africa, and Mozambique; Chapter 6 Restoring Peacemaking, Revaluing History;
Helena Cobban is a columnist for the Christian Science Monitor and a contributing writer at the Boston Review. She has also written several books, including The Moral Architecture of World Peace (University of Virginia Press 2000), The Superpowers and the Syrian-Israeli Conflict (Praeger Publishers 1991) and The Making of Modern Lebanon (Hutchinson 1985).
"In this profoundly disturbing book, Helena Cobban confronts us
inescapably with the way the Western world has closed its ears to
the tragedy of Africa. There is a way to redeem ourselves, and that
is the theme of much of Amnesty After Atrocity?"
—-Daniel Schorr, Senior News Analyst, National Public Radio
“In Amnesty after Atrocity? Healing Nations after Genocide and War
Crimes, Helena Cobban presents a remarkable documentation and
analysis of the debate between those who favor punitive justice,
mostly Westerners, and those who lean toward healing, forgiveness
and reconciliation, the dominant tendency among the Africans. While
there is an obvious cultural dimension to this debate, Ms. Cobban's
impressively sensitive and insightful discussion of the experiences
of several countries demonstrates that these positions are
bridgeable. The objective should be to promote justice, healing and
reconciliation as all worthy principles. Amnesty after Atrocity? is
an important and timely contribution that should merit the
attention of all those concerned with response to the tragedies of
genocide and war crimes around the world.”
—-Francis M. Deng, formerly Sudanese Ambassador to the United
States, the Scandinavian countries and Canada, is currently a
Distinguished Visiting Scholar at the John W. Kluge Center of the
Library of Congress, and a Research Professor of International
Politics, Law and Society at Johns Hopkins University's School of
Advanced International Studies
"Helena Cobban makes a very important contribution to the growing
debate over the wisdom of pursuing retribution versus
reconciliation where mass violations of human rights have taken
place. Her conclusions may not sit well with everyone engaged in
this debate, but everyone should read this book to understand the
experience of those countries that have gone through this process
and that have informed her careful judgment."
—-Princeton N. Lyman, Council on Foreign Relations
“A powerful reminder that dealing with the legacy of wartime
atrocities is not simply a matter of bringing perpetrators to
justice. It also means overcoming the divisions within the society
and healing the victims. International tribunals do not provide the
entire answer.”
—-Marina Ottaway, Senior Associate, Democracy and Rule of Law
Project, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
“Helena Cobban is a veteran journalist who has covered transitional
justice in many countries. Her views have always been marked by
independence and a questioning of commonly accepted approaches. Her
first person accounts make this book compelling reading.”
—-Richard J. Goldstone, former Chief Prosecutor of the UN tribunals
for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda and former Justice of the
Constitutional Court of South Africa
“Helen Cobban is a gifted writer who brings the frontlines of
violence and peacebuilding to life in research that is as moving as
it is insightful. Her book is a courageous journey into the
pressing problems and creative solutions facing nations struggling
to move beyond war--an illuminating lesson for everyone whose
country is affected by war today.”
—-Carolyn Nordstrom, Professor of Anthropology, University of Notre
Dame
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