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Implementing Transitional Justice Mechanisms After Civil Conflict

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South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission, led by Archbishop Desmond Tutu, granted amnesty to perpetrators who fully confessed their crimes—a radical trade-off that prioritized truth and national healing over punishment, yet it remains one of the most studied transitional justice experiments.

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When a civil war ends, how does a society heal decades of bloodshed? Some nations choose forgiveness, others punishment—and the choice can determine whether peace lasts.