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Restorative Justice

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Part of the book series: Migration, Minorities and Modernity ((MMMO,volume 1))

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By 2000, it was obvious that it was impossible to give justice to victims of crimes against humanity using traditional methods of the rule of law. The knowledge that bringing all criminals to trial was impossible given the numbers involved had become common sense. Also widely recognised, though less so, was the failure of the show trial as a symbolic lesson. The current trials of former leaders of Yugoslavia, Kenya and Rwanda show states still choose this option.

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Davidson, A. (2015). Restorative Justice. In: Migration in the Age of Genocide. Migration, Minorities and Modernity, vol 1. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-21849-6_6

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