As countries move on from widespread violence often due to authoritarian or
totalitarian governments, what is to be done with the legacy they leave behind?
One such option is what many policy makers refer to as transitional justice. Applied
in many post-conflict environments, transitional justice consists of many methods
but mostly concentrates on the need to change both the system as well as the
nature of societies through lustrations, reconciliation and the re-framing of
concepts such as justice. It has now become a major buzzword for international
organizations and agencies.