in the aftermath of the Cold War, the logic of Nuremberg was revived in postcolonial contexts under the name of transitional justice, which repackages criminalization and victim’s justice in the language of human rights. The latest one-size-fits-all international regime, transitional justice is offered as panacea for postconflict situations from Yugoslavia to Rwanda. Yet “transition” just means rebuilding the state that broke down in the throes of extreme violence, without asking questions about the nature of the state to be reconstructed.
