In this Justice Update we take a bit of a detour from our usual subject of war crimes and turn to issues of trauma and care for veterans of wars. Janet has spent time the last few years listening to military veterans and military psychologists and psychiatrists talking about trauma and war.

She was asked to help out with a few conferences in Lithuania and Ukraine where she moderated panels and got to know a tonne of people engaged in that field. In that capacity Janet ran into retired Canadian General and former senator Roméo Dallaire. 

The general is best known internationally for his exposure of the trauma he went through as the U.N. commander in Rwanda during the 1994 genocide, and his commitment to supporting soldiers and their families. Daillaire was also the subject of one of our Patreon bookclub episodes dealing with his 2003 book Shake Hands with the Devil: The Failure of Humanity in Rwanda. 

Janet spoke to the general and his wife Maire-Claude Michaud about what combattants and their families can experience after they come home from the front lines. You can see a video of the trip General Daillaire and Michaud took to visit Ukrainian soldiers here.