Toolkit or Tinderbox?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The collapse of justice might manifest metaphorically. For example, in November 1985, a guerrilla group frustrated by the government\u2019s violation of a ceasefire stormed Colombia\u2019s Palace of Justice and held all twenty-five of the nation\u2019s Supreme Court justices\u2014along with hundreds of civilians\u2014hostage. In March 2017, more than thirty years later, judges and lawyers working in the Palace of Justice in Damascus were targeted in a double bombing that resulted in dozens of deaths. In July 2018, protesters held demonstrations in front of Port-au-Prince\u2019s Palais de Justice demanding the release of Haitians arrested during a revolt against fuel increases that disproportionately impacted the poor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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