
It may seem odd to think that peace can be without justice, or justice without truth. But that may depend entirely on what one thinks justice should be.
For example, the likes of Winston Churchill opposed the Nuremberg trials after the Second World War and supported punishment for Nazi war criminals without trial. What they wanted was quick, retributive justice while the Nuremberg process was aligned with the theme of the slow, restorative justice of trials and tribunals. But in the decades to follow, the global gaze turned to another kind of justice as South Africa exemplified a model more focussed on seeking reconciliation than accountability.