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International Trials and Reconciliation: Assessing the Impact of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia

International Trials and Reconciliation: Assessing the Impact of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia

Author: Janine Natalya Clark
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 9781138999206

Published In: September 2015
Format: Paperback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Disclaimer:
Countri(es) stated herein are used as reference only
Hardback Edition ISBN: 9780415717786

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Transitional justice is a burgeoning field of scholarly inquiry. Yet while the transitional justice literature is replete with claims about the benefits of criminal trials, too often these claims lack an empirical basis and hence remain unproven. While there has been much discussion about whether criminal trials can aid reconciliation, the extent to which they actually do so in practice remains under-explored. This book investigates the relationship between criminal trials and reconciliation, through a particular focus on the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY).

Using detailed empirical data - in the form of qualitative interviews and observations from five years of fieldwork - to assess and analyze the ICTY's impact on reconciliation in Bosnia-Hercegovina, Croatia and Kosovo, International Trials and Reconciliation: Assessing the Impact of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia argues that reconciliation is not a realistic aim for a criminal court. They are, Janine Clark argues, only one part of a rich tapestry of justice, which must also include non-retributive transitional justice processes and mechanisms. Challenging many of the common yet untested assumptions about the benefits of criminal trials, this innovative and extremely timely monograph will be invaluable for those with interests in the theory and practice of transitional justice.

Introduction,

1. The Violent Death of Yugoslavia and the Rebirth of International Criminal Justice,

2. Reconciliation, the ICTY and the Issue of Impact: Critical Challenges and Foundations,

3. Part One of a Tripartite Case Study of Bosnia-Hercegovina: Justice,

4. Bosnia-Hercegovina Part Two: Truth,

5. Bosnia-Hercegovina Part Three: Inter-Ethnic Relations,

6. A Case Study of Croatia,

7. A Case Study of Kosovo,

8. Beyond the ICTY, Beyond Courts, Beyond Transitional Justice,

Conclusion,

Bibliography,

Index