Whether it is a matter of prosecuting ordinary crimes or genocide, meting out justice is a process that involves the law, legal institutions and individual human interactions. International justice is still in its infancy, and the International Criminal Tribunal set up in Arusha, Tanzania to prosecute those responsible for the 1994 Rwandan genocide is hampered by a number of difficulties. Liora Israël, a sociologist of law, went to Arusha for a first-hand look at some of the complications and paradoxes underlying international justice.
