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Prosecuting War Crimes Lessons and Legacies of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia

Author: James Gow; Rachel Kerr; Zoran Pajic
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 9780415827997
Published In: August 2013
Format: Hardback , 264 pages
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This volume brings together a range of viewpoints and approaches to the question of what International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia’s legacy will be in terms of its contribution to the restoration and maintenance of peace in the Western Balkans region.

The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) was created under Chapter VII of the UN Charter as a mechanism explicitly aimed at the restoration and maintenance of international peace and security. This volume is timely, as we now have twenty years' experience upon which to draw, allowing reflection on the record and practices of the Tribunal and its impact. The first part of the book charts the establishment of the ICTY and discusses its record. The second and third sections focus on different aspects of its legacy. On the one hand, it has tried a large number of cases, covering many of the most egregious crimes committed during the war in former Yugoslavia and targeting those at the highest levels of political and military responsibility. It has also had enormous impact on the procedural, jurisprudential and institutional development of international criminal law and the international criminal justice project. This will be its international legacy, but what of its legacy in the region? Research has shown that reactions to the ICTY have been mixed among the communities most affected by its work. In some limited ways, it has contributed both to meeting the needs of victims to see justice done, and to countering denial of atrocities, but on the whole, it has failed fully to engage with people’s experiences and meet their expectations. How and why this has come about is addressed in this part of the volume. The final chapters consider what lessons should be taken away from ICTY’s experience for future tribunals.

This book will be of much interest to students of war crimes, international criminal law, Central and East European politics, human rights and peace and conflict studies.

1. Introduction, James Gow, Rachel Kerr and Zoran Pajić 2.International Criminal Justice and International Peace and Security: The Strategic Purpose of the ICTY, Madoka Futamura 3.The Evolution of Prosecution, James Gow 4.International Law and Institutional Legacy, Catherine Adams 5. Domestic War Crimes Prosecutions in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Olga Martin-Ortega6. Restorative Justice: A Missed Opportunity?, Zoran Pajic 7.The ICTY in Public Discourse in Serbia and the Polarised Debate about the Past, Jelena Obradovic-Wochnik 8.The Culture of Denial in Bosanska Krajina, Haris Subašić and Nerzuk Ćurak, University of Sarajevo, BiH 9. The Case of Ante Gotovina and Croatian Responses to the ICTY, Iva Vukusic 10. International Justice and Kosovo, Ernst Dijxhoorn 11.The ICTY, Facts and Images: 20 Years of Connection and Disconnection,Milena Michalsk 12.‘Lost in Translation’: Media Representations and Public Discourse in Bosnia, Croatia and Serbia, Rachel Kerr 13.The Legacies of the ICTY: Jurisprudence, International Criminal Justice, and Peace and Reconciliation, Madiha KhanConclusion: Reflections on the Lessons and Legacies of the ICTY, James Gow, Rachel Kerr and Zoran Pajic

James Gow is Professor of International Peace and Security at King's College London. He is author of several books, inlcuding War, Image, Legitimacy (2007, with Milena Michalski).

Rachel Kerr is Senior Lecturer in War Studies at King's College London, an author/editor of three books.

Zoran Pajic is Visiting Professor at the Department of War Studies, King's College London