Justice contradicts Peace: Case (Essay Sample)

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Justice contradicts Peace: Case
The main contradiction between justice and peace lies in the common difficulty of a peaceful settlement being combined with compensation and punishment of war crimes and other offences of a similar approach (Bogner and Neubert 56). The two do not rhyme. This is especially when the perpetrators are still in indispensable partners to the viability of a peace accord. This has been the case in northern Uganda where there have been opposing attempts in solving armed conflict. The Acholi people in this area have had to go through two decades of violent armed conflict between the Ugandan Government and the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) where children have been abducted and forced by the LRA into sexual slavery or to become soldiers (Bogner and Neubert 56). The opposites of justice and peace are reflected in the western (international) law and traditional (culture). The Acholi society aims to have order in their lives and community with the same goals being those of the International Criminal Court (ICC) (Bogner and Neubert 57). It is the typical Peace versus Justice Scenario. They are the opposing poles where the people’s law creates a reality of local understanding and global law for the promotion of global peace. This law would enable the promotion of proactive responsibility and success thus justice would be the opposite of peace though it would still promote peace (Bogner and Neubert 56).
The LRA and the Ugandan government have successfully negotiated a peace accord (Bogner and Neubert 57). On the other hand, the ICC wants to indict some of the LRA leaders for war crimes and crimes against humanity. This has driven criticism against the ICC for not engaging in a peace process like the Ugandan government (Bogner and Neubert 58). In such a case, it is important to take caution so that reprisals are avoided, e...