With all the inflammatory news about U.S. torture practices that has come out in the last few days, we’re hearing calls for criminal prosecutions or a TRC (truth and reconciliation commission) to address theses wrongs. Roger Cohen’s column today is typical. I find it interesting–telling–that when such a commission is mentioned, commentators like Cohen call [...]
Posts Tagged ‘war crimes’
A TRC here?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Cohen, TRC, war crimes on April 23, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Forgiveness
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged war crimes on April 21, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Here’s a story on a Holocaust survivor who decide not to go after war criminals.
Reading assignment for Tuesday, April 28th
Posted in reading assignments, tagged forgiveness, TRC, war crimes on April 16, 2009 | 1 Comment »
On our last class day of Tuesday we will finish our discussion of V for Vendetta. Also please prepare a short section (first 2 chapters) from Archbishop Desmond Tutu’s book, No Future Without Forgiveness, as we discuss alternatives to revenge in conflict resolution. Tutu chaired South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission following the fall of [...]
Trials for war criminals in the news
Posted in commentary, course business, tagged Nazis, war, war crimes on February 9, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I posted a couple weeks ago about a couple articles on the Gaza conflict and suggested they might be interesting topics for a blog posting. I read again a couple articles in the New York Times this week that might make for similarly good blogging topics. In last Thursday’s New York Times there was an [...]
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