QUESTIONS COMPANION

NATIONAL RECONCILIATION: A SUMMARY

(1) What is a "state"?

(2) What are the goals of a national reconciliation program?

(3) How is reconciliation between communities and reconciliation between individuals similar and different?

(4) What are the sources of conflict that can create tension between communities?

(5) What are some methods of promoting national reconciliation?

(6) Is it better to reconcile communities to coexist within one state or to encourage a peaceful separation of communities and the establishment of two or more independent states?

(7) What has been the role of the international community in promoting national reconciliation?

(8) What is the role of law in promoting national reconciliation?

(9) What is international law?

(10) When does a crime become an international crime?

(11) What is humanitarian intervention?