ABSTRACT

Lustration, as an instrument of transitional justice, determines the extent to which members of the former regime or combatant groups can be reintegrated into a democratizing state. This article examines the effects of de-Ba'athification in the lead up to and following foreign-imposed regime change in Iraq. I demonstrate that exclusive and unconstrained lustration created an institutional mechanism that targeted and excluded key segments of the population as perceived regime collaborators, which subverted peacebuilding during the transitional period of the occupation. I conclude by illuminating the enduring effects of exclusionary lustration on subsequent attempts at state-and peacebuilding in divided, post-colonial societies.

摘要

Lustration 作为过渡时期司法的一种工具，决定了前政权或战斗团体的成员在多大程度上可以重新融入民主国家。本文考察了在外国强加于伊拉克的政权更迭之前和之后的去复兴党化的影响。我证明，排他性和不受约束的净化创造了一种体制机制，将人口中的关键部分作为被视为政权合作者的目标和排除在外，这破坏了占领过渡时期的和平建设。最后，我阐明了排他主义对随后在分裂的后殖民社会中建立国家和和平的尝试的持久影响。