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Post-genocide recovery and governance
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Post-genocide recovery and governance

Haris Alibašić
Global Corruption and Ethics Management: Translating Theory into Action, pp.254-262
Rowan & Littlefield Publishing Group
2020
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-20928-9

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Abstract

This chapter offers a perspective on the post-genocide recovery and the respective role of governance, perception of justice from the survivors' perspective, prosecution of war criminals and genuine reconciliation, formulating missing links to transition to the long-term stability of post-conflict countries. The text begins with the working definition of genocide and reviews more recently recorded and prosecuted cases of genocide in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cambodia, Kosovo, and Rwanda, and post-conflict recovery efforts in those countries. The circumstances of genocide denial and revision of history and the role of adequate prosecution of war crimes are also included in this chapter. The chapter concludes that the recovery and governance of countries after genocide can only be achieved through suitable acknowledgment of war crimes, prosecution of war criminals, and recognizing the uniqueness of economic, social, political, and governance factors in postwar recovery. At a minimum, post-genocide governance and democratization of post-conflict societies must allow for adequate memorialization of the events for post-event recovery. At a time when the world is witnessing genocidal events unraveling in Syria, Iraq, and parts of the Africa continent, the considerations over postwar and post-genocide reconstruction and governance are at a critical juncture.

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