PSCI 3307 Lecture Notes - Anuj Sharma, Kamajors, Transitional Justice
25 Jun 2018
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Department
Course
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Anuj Sharma 100987657
PSCI 3307 - Politics of Human Rights
Instructor: Peter Atack
2018-06-11
Lecture Ten
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Words, Concepts, Persons, Places:
-Doorless flights, Night and Fog nacht und nebel, Failed states, Hobbes state of nature,
Arkan, ubuntu, restorative justice, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Afrikaner or Boer, Hybrid
courts, Charles Taylor, degradation ceremonies, RUF, kamajor, gacaca courts, ceceke
Introduction and Learning Outcomes:
-Is there a conflict between resolving conflicts and justice?
-What are the lessons we can learn from experience to find justice and reconciliation?
-Can we avoid endless cycles of revenge and retribution in civil wars, that have lasted for
hundreds of years?
What We Missed From the Last Class:
-Dirty Wars, death squads, doorless flights and Night and fog (Nacht und nebel)
-Politics of Anti-politics
-Defeated? By the Mothers of the Plaza del Mayo
(Un)Civil Wars:
-From dirty wars, to death squads, to Bosnia, to the Rwandan genocide all of these were
civil wars
-From Hobbes, without a sovereign authority there is no law and descend into the state of
nature.
-“And which is worst of all, continuall feare, and danger of violent death, where life
becomes solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short.” Chapter 13 Leviathan.
Arkan – Gangster of the Balkans:
-Before the war: bank robber, thief and hitman for the secret police
-Leads Tigers for the Serbs, paramilitary force commits ethnic cleansing and other
atrocities
Gangster Lifestyle During Wartime:
-Recruited from soccer clubs and prison
-Take over and loot area and chase out ethnic enemies and those who are not thugs
-Carnival: loot, rape, drink, steal through controlling the black market
Civil Wars, Failed States:
-Continuum from failed states to ethnic cleansing to guerrilla and dirty wars, different
levels of breakdown in justice systems
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Document Summary
Doorless flights, night and fog nacht und nebel, failed states, hobbes state of nature, Arkan, ubuntu, restorative justice, archbishop desmond tutu, afrikaner or boer, hybrid courts, charles taylor, degradation ceremonies, ruf, kamajor, gacaca courts, ceceke. Dirty wars, death squads, doorless flights and night and fog (nacht und nebel) By the mothers of the plaza del mayo (un)civil wars: From dirty wars, to death squads, to bosnia, to the rwandan genocide all of these were civil wars. From hobbes, without a sovereign authority there is no law and descend into the state of nature. And which is worst of all, continuall feare, and danger of violent death, where life becomes solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short. chapter 13 leviathan. Before the war: bank robber, thief and hitman for the secret police. Leads tigers for the serbs, paramilitary force commits ethnic cleansing and other atrocities. Take over and loot area and chase out ethnic enemies and those who are not thugs.
