ABSTRACT

The kind of justice applied in situations making transition from mass atrocities to peace and stability is what Teitel referred to as ‘transitional justice’. The International Criminal Court (ICC) intervention in northern Uganda as a transitional justice mechanism following atrocities committed by the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) is a critical case in point. The ICC came to be seen as the central obstacle to ending the brutal civil war and its prescription as exacerbating conflict in Uganda, since the LRA had asked for talks with the Ugandan Government to end the 20–year civil war. The ritual was used in traditional Acholi communities in cases of murder and sought to embody the principles of truth, accountability, compensation and restoration. Acholi communities in cases of murder and sought to embody the principles of truth, accountability, compensation and restoration. The chapter also presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in this book.