The inclusion of customary justice mechanisms is increasingly being invoked as an answer to the top-down, externally driven approach to transitional justice. But the practice of engaging with customary justice systems (CJS) proves complicated. The approach of governments and the international community has been criticized as ‘ethnojustice,’ where a male-elderly version of customary justice is invented and imposed, based on a myth of community consensus. In Somalia, the government and international community are currently considering a role for CJS in the reintegration of low-risk disengaged Al-Shabaab (AS) combatants. This article combines unique data on local perceptions regarding the return of ex-combatants in Somalia with insights from the literature, to critically examine the prospects of engaging customary justice mechanisms in South-Central Somalia in the reintegration of disengaged AS combatants and of a supporting role for the international donor community and the government.

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社区正义还是民族正义？使用习惯机制让索马里前战斗人员重新融入社会

越来越多地将纳入习惯司法机制作为对自上而下、外部驱动的过渡司法方法的回应。但与习惯司法系统 (CJS) 接触的做法证明是复杂的。政府和国际社会的做法被批评为“种族正义”，即基于社区共识的神话，发明并强加了男性老年人版本的习惯正义。在索马里，政府和国际社会目前正在考虑让 CJS 在低风险的青年党 (AS) 战斗人员重返社会方面发挥作用。本文结合了当地对索马里前战斗人员返回的看法的独特数据与文献中的见解，