ISBN : 9780190090258
An internationally-renowned scholar in the fields of international and transitional justice, Diane Orentlicher provides an unparalleled account of an international tribunal's impact in societies that have the greatest stake in its work. In Some Kind of Justice: The ICTY's Impact in Bosnia and Serbia, Orentlicher explores the evolving domestic impact of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), which operated longer than any other international war crimes court. Drawing on hundreds of research interviews and a rich body of inter-disciplinary scholarship, Orentlicher provides a path-breaking account of how the Tribunal influenced domestic political developments, victims' experience of justice, acknowledgement of wartime atrocities, and domestic war crimes prosecutions, as well as the dynamic factors behind its evolving influence in each of these spheres. Highlighting the perspectives of Bosnians and Serbians, Some Kind of Justice offers important and practical lessons about how international criminal courts can improve the delivery of justice.
Preface and Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
1. Introduction
Part One The Landscape of Justice:
Overview of the ICTY's Relationship with Bosnia and Serbia
2. Forged in War: Bosnia's Relationship with the ICTY
3. Coerced Cooperation: Serbia's Relationship with the ICTY
Part Two Measuring ICTY Success: Local Perspectives
4. Some Kind of Justice: Bosnian Expectations of the ICTY
5. Dealing with the Past: Serbian Perspectives on ICTY Success
Part Three The Quality of Victims' Justice
6. The Quality of Justice: Bosnian Assessments
Part Four Impact on Acknowledgment
7. Denial and Acknowledgement in Serbia
8. Living in Denial (Bosnia)
Part Five Catalyzing Domestic Prosecutions
9. War Crimes Prosecutions in Bosnia-Herzegovina
10. War Crimes Prosecutions in Serbia
Part Six Concluding Observations: Looking Ahead
11. The Afterlife of a Tribunal
Bibliography
Table of Cases
Index