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Abstract

In celebration of the United Nations declaration of human rights, influenced by the Pinochet case, the Nobel Peace Prize laureates spoke of the punishment of human rights violations, with the exception of South African Bishop Desmond Tutu, coordinator or director of the cathartic process they call Truth and Reconciliation, saying: "There are three traditional methods of reacting to such violations. The first is revenge. You beat me up and I beat you." That, as we all know, has the consequence of becoming eternalized; to repeat itself. "The second is the Nuremberg method. Those who win judge those who lose." Although those who lose can also judge those who win when they are going to operate in England. "The third is forgiveness and forgetfulness," something that we are totally incapable of beings of. Forgive those who can't remember. Tutu then told us what the fourth method is, a non-traditional one, devised in South Africa to honestly confront a recent past of human rights violations. That is, recognizing that at least two factions participate in all conflicts, and that both always commit violations. Tutu does have something in there. The other Nobel Laureates opted for the Nuremberg method. To those of us who have doubted the impartiality of the Nobel, the award to Tutu is good for us; or at least for the intelligence and honesty of his judgment.