Justice in Zimbabwe?
Jamie Kirchick says that if it’s indeed true that Mugabe has vacated the presidency and fled to Malaysia, the “international community”should not settle for letting him pull an Idi Amin and go into exile, and should instead prosecute him in the ICC/the Hague. While it would be nice to see someone as downright malicious as Mugabe to be prosecuted and punished, ultimatley, our real concern shouldn’t be with some platonic ideal of “justice” but instead the welfare of the people of Zimbabwe. And if righteously insisting that we prosecute Mugabe prevents him from turning over power and/or makes the transition more violent and less stable, than it’s unclear what we gain from just putting him through a trial of some sorts.
