Introduction The field of transitional justice was practically nonexistent prior to the end of the Second World War. Mass atrocities had taken place on the world stage with almost no consequences being brought upon the perpetrators, and more importantly the orchestrators or those "most responsible" for these crimes. This would all change after the crimes ... of this is the Armenian Genocide which took place only a few decades before the beginning of the Second World War, and the perpetrators were not held accountable on an international stage for the crimes that they committed. Also, the cri...

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... as 1917 when the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia led to the creation of the world's first communist state. The bitter struggle for survival of the Soviet Union in its early stage, in particular the Civil War was hindered by the American and Western involvement. Western allies during the First World War sent in arms and troops to support the White army ... War- (p 30). The peace agreement, which was decided on at Yalta, lacked any specific details, as the Allied leaders were generally more concerned with military issues. Stalin's agreement to the foundation of and membership to a United N...

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