Sanctioning of individuals
Subtitle: the International Criminal Court, the United Nations Security Council, and the case of Northern Uganda
By: Tor Kristian Birkeland
Publisher: VDM Verlag Dr. Müller
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Saarbrücken
Language: eng
Number of pages: 122
ISBN-13: 9783639360141
Subjects: Peace-building; Conflict management; Civil war; Politics and government; International Criminal Court; United Nations. Security Council; Lord's Resistance Army
Description: Can peace and justice can be pursued simultaneously in a conflict situation? Through a case study of northern Uganda and the rebel group the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) this book analyzes the attempts of the Ugandan government, the International Criminal Court (ICC) and the United Nations (UN) to pacify the rebels. The long-lasting humanitarian crisis needs to be addressed urgently by external actors, and it is possible for the UN Security Council and the ICC to deal more efficiently with the situation. The book argues that justice is much more than punishing criminals. Justice in a reconciliation paradigm is different from justice in the punitive, prosecutorial justice paradigm in which many of us are used to think. In some extreme cases one must accept the possibility that punishment is not necessarily part of the solution, even if severe crimes have been committed. The northern Uganda case illustrates, in the author's opinion, that de facto amnesty and/or exile is an appropriate tool for ending the suffering of the civilians in the region at the hands of the LRA, given the limited resources that external actors are willing to spend.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: The case of northern Uganda --; title: Is the world order system working? --; title: Peace through world order? --; title: Peace and justice --; title: Room for improvement --; title: A time for pragmatism.