ABSTRACT
This chapter analyses the ambivalent role played by political decision-makers regarding Burundi’s transitional justice process. Looking at particular moments of transitional justice, this chapter explores their actions, choices and potential motivations in order to understand the processes and contexts which inform their ‘resistance’ or ‘compliance’ to transitional justice. By providing a nuanced view on the resistance–compliance dynamic, it accounts for the ways in which transitional justice is embedded in the broader political context of political party and governmental politics.
