DAR ES SALAAM, Dec. 30 -- AFTER examining how human rights were strained beyond popular headlines and how several rights intersected, and at times collided during Tanzanias post-election period, a more urgent question now arises: What comes next? Human rights cannot end at naming violations or defending positions.

They must also guide accountability, healing and the restoration of trust. In moments like these, the true test of a human rights system lies not only in how it responds to crisis, but in how it helps a nation recover, reconcile and prevent a recurrence.

This article turns to that task. It explores how Tanzania can move from tension to dialogue, from contestation to consensus and from collision to coexistence using human right...