In cases such as Uganda and Colombia, for example, where the main type of transition taking place seems to concern an attempted move from armed conflict to peace, the ruling elites may choose to conceptualize an often limited or half-hearted attempt at addressing past or still ongoing abuses - often committed by various actors, including the incumbent regime itself - as transitional justice. By doing so, the regime may aim at avoiding international interference; shun more profound reforms of the system of governance; disseminate a particular, though not necessarily complete, picture of who is to blame for the abuses; and - perhaps most problematically - in order to target political opponents. For example, it has been argued that Ugandan President Museveni’s
decision to refer to the ICC the situation relating to the conflict in the northern parts of the country should be seen as one weapon in the arsenal adding pressure on the Lord’s Resistance Army, still actively fighting at the time, while designed to avoid