Beyond Nuremberg: Re-thinking Responses to Political Violence

Mahmood Mamdani

Herbert Lehman Professor of Government & Professor of Anthropology, Political Science, & African Studies: Columbia University

Professor & Director, Makerere Institute of Social Research, Kampala, Uganda

This talk will contrast two paradgimatic responses on how to respond to political violence: Nuremberg & the South African transition from apartheid.  The objective will be to understand the nature of political violence and explore ways beyond criminal justice as a response to it.