AREVIVAL OF TRADITION IN THE ERA OF GLOBAL THERAPEUTIC GOVERNANCE: THE CASE OF ICC INTERVENTION IN THE SITUATION IN NORTHERN UGANDA

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The International Criminal Court (ICC) announced its investigation into thesituation in northern Uganda in January 2004. Controversy ensued as to whether so-calledAcholi traditional justice or the ICC would be more appropriate to handle the crimes committedduring the confl ict. In the course of the debates on this matter, it has widely been stated thatAcholi traditional justice is restorative, while ICC justice is retributive. This paper shows thatsuch a narrative is not necessarily self-evident. The paper also examines the complex processthrough which various local and outside agencies sought to revive Acholi tradition after themid 1990s, leading to the development of the above narrative. Such an examination reveals thecompeting visions of governance that have been at work behind the revival. In the course ofthis revival, outside agencies have projected their conception of the self upon the Acholi peopleand their vision of therapeutic governance upon Acholi tradition. However, this vision ofgovernance is not necessarily shared by all Acholi proponents of their "tradition" who havecooperated with outside agencies. Rather, the therapeutic paradigm of governance seems tohave been (re)interpreted and utilized by various Acholi actors who have held differing and, attimes, hybrid worldviews.
2011-09-15