Negotiating on Behalf of Previous Generations: Justice in Post-Conflict Contexts
(2020) International Negotiation — Vol. 24, n° 3, p. 493-522 (2020)
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- The study is guided by the following questions: how do parties negotiate justice on behalf of previous generations? Does loyalty based on tragic past events systematically prevent negotiating parties from rapprochement? These questions can be addressed from at least three perspectives. First, as in any other negotiation,the processes through which parties defend a particular notion of justice on behalf of previous generations can be analyzed as rational games depending to a large extent on parties’ interests. Second, these processes can be evaluated from a moral perspective. Rather than insisting on strategic dynamics based on political uses of the past, we can emphasize the ethical quandaries related to the “paradoxical absence” of those who remain at the center of the justice claims. Third, rather than simply comparing rational and moral dimensions, we can underline the emotional weight of traumatic events and their long-lasting impact on victims’ descendants. Each of these perspectives is developed in this article.
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Rosoux, V. (2020). Negotiating on Behalf of Previous Generations: Justice in Post-Conflict Contexts. International Negotiation, 24(3), 493-522. https://doi.org/10.1163/15718069-25131238 (Original work published 2020)