Essay On Transitional Justice

How can transitional justice help Transitional justice can employ several methods used throughout the world to attack gang violence and garner some sort of reconciliation and peaceful transition. The most important thing that transitional justice can do is provide space for a dialogue. As seen previously through injunctions, gang members have no means of discussing problems and hashing out differences. Having a space to communicate can turn the bloodiest conflict to one characterized by peace. For example, at the peak of the gang rivalry between the Bloods and the Crips in 1992, through the creation of spaces to speak, ex and current gang members agreed on a peace treaty modeled after the 1949 ceasefire agreement between Egypt and Israel (Katz …show more content…
Several rich methods have been proposed to help heal America’s child soldiers. As seen in the case of The Interrupters, these mechanisms have the potential to be successful, but with Chicago as a case study and the highest homicide rate in the country (ABC 2013), without a major effort from society, problems like gang violence will persist. To have a lasting impact, however, transitional justice must address the diseases of society. I hold that transitional justice is better suited to confront issues such as gang violence than larger scope issues such as structural inequalities without government support. The US government very much contributes to this cycle of gang violence and imprisonment through mass incarceration and policing practices. While the problems of gang violence may recede eventually through transitional justice, until the US government initiates a process of self-reflection, a new disease will emerge and replace the