Issue 385 of New Internationalist

Reader-owned global journalism

December 2005

Justice after genocide

Genocide, 'ethnic cleansing', mass murder – these have been depressingly familiar aspects of human history. But there are glimmers of hope and reasons for celebration. Not because the atrocities are fewer – witness the genocide in Darfur – but because there is an emerging sense that a global legal system is gradually being built which will bring perpetrators to justice. The truth may not lead automatically to justice. But without it there is no hope. This month's NI looks at what people and nations must do to move beyond their murderous pasts.

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In this issue

  • In Buenos Aires, Tomás Bril Mascarenhas meets a young man who’s discovered a secret – about himself
  • Memorials keep the Chilean past alive for Carmen Rodríguez
  • Afghanistan is arguably the country that has been most affected by 9/11.