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Oxford Some Kind of Justice The ICTYs Impact in Bosnia and Serbia 2019 Edition by Diane Orentlicher
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 otherinternational 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, anddomestic 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. Table of contents : - Preface and AcknowledgmentsAbbreviations1. IntroductionPart One The Landscape of Justice: Overview of the ICTY's Relationship with Bosnia and Serbia2. Forged in War: Bosnia's Relationship with the ICTY3. Coerced Cooperation: Serbia's Relationship with the ICTYPart Two Measuring ICTY Success: Local Perspectives4. Some Kind of Justice: Bosnian Expectations of the ICTY5. Dealing with the Past: Serbian Perspectives on ICTY SuccessPart Three The Quality of Victims' Justice6. The Quality of Justice: Bosnian AssessmentsPart Four Impact on Acknowledgment7. Denial and Acknowledgement in Serbia8. Living in Denial (Bosnia)Part Five Catalyzing Domestic Prosecutions9. War Crimes Prosecutions in Bosnia-Herzegovina10. War Crimes Prosecutions in SerbiaPart Six Concluding Observations: Looking Ahead11. The Afterlife of a TribunalBibliographyTable of CasesIndex