My Neighbor, My Enemy
Justice and Community in the Aftermath of Mass Atrocity

Editors:
Eric Stover, University of California, Berkeley
Harvey M. Weinstein, University of California, Berkeley

Ariel Dorfman, Harvey M. Weinstein, Eric Stover, Laurel E. Fletcher, Alison des Forges, Timothy Longman, Urusaro Alice Karekezi, Alphonse Nshimiyimana, Beth Mutamba, Rachel Shigekane, Naomi Roht-Arriaza, Dinka Corkalo, Dean Ajdukovic, Dino Djipa, Miklos Biro, Théonèste Rutagengwa, Petar Milin, Phuong Pham, Sarah Warshauer Freedman, Naomi Levy, Dino Abazovic, Bronwyn Leebaw, Déo Kambanda, Beth Lewis Samuelson, Innocent Mugisha, Immaculée Mukashema, Evode Mukama, Jean Mutabaruka, Pamela Blotner, Jodi Halpern

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Date Published: December 2004
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My Neighbour, My Enemy tackles a crucial and highly topical issue - how do countries rebuild after ethnic cleansing and genocide? And what role do trials and tribunals play in social reconstruction and reconciliation. By talking with people in Rwanda and the former Yugoslavia and carrying out extensive surveys, the authors explore what people think about their past and the future. Their conclusions controversially suggest that international or local trials have little relevance to reconciliation. Communities understand justice far more broadly than it is defined by the international community and the relationship of trauma to a desire for trials is not clear-cut. The authors offer an ecological model of social reconstruction and conclude that coordinated multi-systemic strategies must be implemented if social repair is to occur. Finally, the authors suggest that while trials are essential to combat impunity and punish the guilty, their strengths and limitations must be acknowledged.
- An empirical examination of war crime tribunals and how they are perceived by communities in Rwanda and the former Yugoslavia
- Presents a model for interventions to assist post-war societies and rebuild
- Brings together accounts by leading academics and people working and living in the communities themselves
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Product details
- Date Published: December 2004
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521542647
- length: 372 pages
- dimensions: 228 x 153 x 28 mm
- weight: 0.596kg
- contains: 15 tables
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
List of contributors
Foreword Ariel Dorfman
Acknowledgments
Introduction: conflict, justice and reclamation Harvey M. Weinstein and Eric Stover
Part I. Institutional Approaches to Justice: Introduction
1. A world unto itself? The application of international justice in the former Yugoslavia Laurel E. Fletcher and Harvey M. Weinstein
2. Legal responses to genocide in Rwanda Alison des Forges and Timothy Longman
3. Localizing justice: gacaca courts in post-genocide Rwanda Urusaro Alice Karekezi, Alphonse Nshimiyimana and Beth Mutamba
4. Exhumation of mass graves: balancing legal and humanitarian needs Eric Stover and Rachel Shigekane
5. Witnesses and the promise of justice in The Hague Eric Stover
6. Reparations in the aftermath of repression and mass violence Naomi Roht-Arriaza
Part II. Social Reconstruction and Justice: Introduction
7. Neighbors again? Intercommunity relations after ethnic cleansing Dinka Corkalo, Dean Ajdukovic, Harvey M. Weinstein, Eric Stover, Dino Djipa and Miklos Biro
8. Memory, identity, and community in Rwanda Timothy Longman and Théonèste Rutagengwa
9. Attitudes toward justice and social reconstruction in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia Miklos Biro, Dean Ajdukovic, Dinka Corkalo, Dina Djipa, Petar Milin and Harvey M. Weinstein
10. Connecting justice to human experience: attitudes toward accountability and reconciliation in Rwanda Timothy Longman, Phuong Pham and Harvey M. Weinstein
11. Public education and social reconstruction in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia Sarah Warshauer Freedman, Dinka Corkalo, Naomi Levy, Dino Abazovic, Bronwyn Leebaw, Dean Ajdukovic, Dino Djipa and Harvey M. Weinstein
12. Confronting the past in Rwandan schools Sarah Warshauer Freedman, Déo Kambanda, Beth Lewis Samuelson, Innocent Mugisha, Immaculée Mukashema, Evode Mukama, Jean Mutabaruka, Harvey M. Weinstein and Timothy Longman
Part III. Survivors and Justice: Introduction
13. Art out of the rubble Pamela Blotner
14. Trust and betrayal in war Dean Ajdukovic and Dinka Corkalo
15. Empathy and rehumanization after mass violence Jodi Halpern and Harvey M. Weinstein
Conclusion: a common objective, a universe of alternatives Eric Stover and Harvey M. Weinstein
Index.
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Editors
Eric Stover, University of California, Berkeley
Eric Stover is Director of the Human Rights Center and an Adjunct Professor of Public Health at the University of Caifornia, Berkeley.
Harvey M. Weinstein, University of California, Berkeley
Harvey M. Weinstein is Associate Director of the Human Rights Center and a Clinical Professor of Public Health at the University of California, Berkeley.
Contributors
Ariel Dorfman, Harvey M. Weinstein, Eric Stover, Laurel E. Fletcher, Alison des Forges, Timothy Longman, Urusaro Alice Karekezi, Alphonse Nshimiyimana, Beth Mutamba, Rachel Shigekane, Naomi Roht-Arriaza, Dinka Corkalo, Dean Ajdukovic, Dino Djipa, Miklos Biro, Théonèste Rutagengwa, Petar Milin, Phuong Pham, Sarah Warshauer Freedman, Naomi Levy, Dino Abazovic, Bronwyn Leebaw, Déo Kambanda, Beth Lewis Samuelson, Innocent Mugisha, Immaculée Mukashema, Evode Mukama, Jean Mutabaruka, Pamela Blotner, Jodi Halpern