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Scenario

When human rights teams disagree on whether to abandon international legal mechanisms

My colleague and I are part of a human rights organization that's been documenting war crimes, and we're seeing how the evidence we gather gets lost in the gap between what international law promises and what actually happens to perpetrators. She thinks we should focus on domestic courts since international mechanisms are failing, but I believe we're giving up on the system that's supposed to protect everyone, and we can't agree on where to direct our limited resources.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

You're experiencing the tension between idealistic commitment to global justice and pragmatic acknowledgment of institutional failure, while trying to maintain shared purpose with someone who's reached different conclusions about where hope should be placed.

Your guide for this
Juana
Juana works with people navigating exactly this kind of situation.
Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with International law and its limits?”

Peri

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