Investigating war crimes in the Former Yugoslavia War 1992-1994 : the United Nations Commission of Experts established pursuant to Security Council Resolution 780 (1992) / M. Cherif Bassiouni.
2017
KZ1203.A2 B35 2017 (Mapit)
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Investigating war crimes in the Former Yugoslavia War 1992-1994 : the United Nations Commission of Experts established pursuant to Security Council Resolution 780 (1992) / M. Cherif Bassiouni.
Imprint
Antwerp, [Belgium] ; Cambridge, United Kingdom : Intersentia, [2017]
Distributed
Portland, OR : Distributed for the United States and Canada by International Specialized Book Services.
Copyright
© 2017.
Description
lx, 452 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Formatted Contents Note
Background on the conflict in the Former Yugoslavia
Some pictorial descriptions
An overview of the realpolitik and the workings of the Commission of Experts
Precedents leading to United Nations Security Council Resolution 780 (1992)
The Commission of Experts' establishment and processes
Final report of the Commission of Experts Established Pursuant to Security Council Resolution 780 (1992) and annex summaries and conclusions
The absence of a transition between the Commission of Experts and the ICTY
Experiences that affected me the most during my tenure on the Commission of Experts
Concluding reflections.
Some pictorial descriptions
An overview of the realpolitik and the workings of the Commission of Experts
Precedents leading to United Nations Security Council Resolution 780 (1992)
The Commission of Experts' establishment and processes
Final report of the Commission of Experts Established Pursuant to Security Council Resolution 780 (1992) and annex summaries and conclusions
The absence of a transition between the Commission of Experts and the ICTY
Experiences that affected me the most during my tenure on the Commission of Experts
Concluding reflections.
Summary
"Following World War Two, the progress towards international accountability and international criminal justice came to a halt as a result of the Cold War. But only three years since the end of the Cold War and forty-five years after the post-WWII prosecutions, the international community was forced to face the ethnic tensions and civil war tearing apart the republics that once comprised the former Yugoslavia. United Nations Security Council Resolution 780 (1992), appointed a Commission of Experts to investigate war crimes and crimes against humanity amounting to violations of international humanitarian law in the territory of the former Yugoslavia and it was expected that the Commission would be the historic link to the post-WWII experiences. Despite the Commission's mandate being the broadest of its kind since Nuremberg, those who opposed its work sought to hamper its success through bureaucratic and political chicanery, including the failure to fund the Commission's work. The investigation into the conflict is detailed in this book including the uncovering of 187 mass graves, the interviewing of 223 victims of rape and sexual assault, and the utilization of prison camps and mass expulsion for the purpose of ethnic cleansing. Along with the author's personal insights and insider anecdotes on the conflict, this book highlights the continuing need for the pursuit of accountability and international criminal justice in a world of thriving bureaucracy and realpolitik. The Commission broke the glass ceiling of realpolitik by fighting the hard battle that lead to the success of its mandate and to the establishment of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia. This timely work reminds us all that indeed the past is prologue." -- Publisher's website.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages xxvii-lx).
Location
STA
Call Number
KZ1203.A2 B35 2017
Language
English
ISBN
9781780685038 (paperback)
1780685033 (paperback)
1780685033 (paperback)
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