With Colombia’s recent accord on agrarian reform having resolved the conflict’s root cause, the question of transitional justice has become the determining factor in whether the peace process will succeed. If impunity for perpetrators of crimes against humanity, however morally repugnant, could protect potential future victims by ending the conflict, accepting such an outcome may well be worth sacrificing a full measure of justice for past victims.
哥伦比亚最新的土地改革已经解决了冲突的根源，于是过渡正义问题就成了和平进程能否成功的决定性因素。如果让人权犯罪者免于惩罚能结束冲突、保护未来潜在受害者，那么不管这多么令人难以接受，牺牲过去受害者的充分正义措施都是值得的。