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

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, the book argues that reconciliation is not a realistic aim for a criminal court. 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.

• | Author: Janine Clark
• | Publisher: Routledge
• | Publication Date: Jun 12, 2014
• | Number of Pages: 250 pages
• | Binding: Hardback or Cased Book
• | ISBN-10: 0415717787
• | ISBN-13: 9780415717786