Investigations led by the International Criminal Court are a serious threat to Burundi's social cohesion as the country struggles to emerge from years of inter-ethnic conflict. While promoting justice for victims only of human rights abuses and crimes allegedly committed in 2015, the ICC is promoting selective justice, which could prove to be very dangerous. There is a real possibility of awakening the demons of ethnic hatred in case victims of former regimes feel that their pain is simply being ignored.
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