International Trials and Reconciliation

Assessing the Impact of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia

Janine Clark (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

250 Seiten

2015
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-138-99920-6 (ISBN)

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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.

Janine Natalya Clark is based in the Politics Department, University of Sheffield

List of figures, Acknowledgements, Abbreviations, 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

Erscheint lt. Verlag	10.9.2015
Reihe/Serie	Transitional Justice
Zusatzinfo	10 Tables, black and white; 1 Line drawings, black and white; 10 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	385 g
Themenwelt	Recht / Steuern ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Recht / Steuern ► Arbeits- / Sozialrecht ► Sozialrecht
	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
	Recht / Steuern ► Öffentliches Recht ► Völkerrecht
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
ISBN-10	1-138-99920-2 / 1138999202
ISBN-13	978-1-138-99920-6 / 9781138999206
Zustand	Neuware