ABSTRACT
After having used the transitional justice perspective to understand and evaluate the Italian experience, this chapter will ask what lesson can transitional justice learn from the Italian case, particularly in relation to the future of transitional amnesties.
This chapter also considers present and future scenarios, such as the role of social networks, the debate on the use of symbols of the past and a growing link between criminal law and the protection of historical memory. As mentioned, nowadays, a variety of determining factors do place us in front of a relativistic scenario, which generates uncertainty. Hence, when the fear of these tendencies arises, the social desire to resort to criminal law as a means of containment grows as well. But what can and what should criminal law actually do?
Finally, going back to Italy, conclusions are drawn. Having described what was and what was not done, we will also ask ourselves what is still to be done.
