Health and Conflict: Evidence from Mozambique

Negotiating justice: Ceasefires, peace agreements, and post-conflict justice

“…On 4 October 1992, the warring factions of Renamo and Frelimo signed the Rome General Peace Accords, bringing an end to a decades-long war in Mozambique that resulted in the deaths of approximately 145,000 combatants and nearly one million civilians (Domingues, 2011). Rather than seek accountability for individuals responsible for wartime abuses, Mozambique's leaders sought to implement restorative justice measures, offering property reparations to refugees and internally displaced persons while concurrently offering amnesties to the war's participants (Cobban, 2007;Binningsbø et al, 2012).…”