Podcasts about icty

Jean-Daniel Ruch - Geopolitics, Justice and the Future World OrderConversations on Groong - March 1, 2025Topics:Jean-Daniel Ruch's Career & Background – His diplomatic career, key postings, and motivation for writing Crimes, Hate, and Tremors.The Role of Diplomacy in Conflict Resolution – Insights from his experiences in international negotiations and conflict mediation.Western Democracy Promotion & Geopolitical Power Plays – The effectiveness and failures of externally imposed governance models.The War in Ukraine & Failed Peace Efforts – Analysis of missed diplomatic opportunities, the Istanbul negotiations, and Western involvement in prolonging the war.US & European Geopolitical Strategies – The role of the US and EU in shaping global conflicts and their impact on smaller nations.The International Criminal Court & Selective Justice – How international legal institutions operate under geopolitical influence.The Artsakh Conflict & Armenian Displacement – The ethnic cleansing of Artsakh, Turkey's role, and the failure of international organizations to prevent it.Guest: Jean-Daniel RuchHosts:Hovik ManucharyanAsbed BedrossianEpisode 419 | Recorded: February 27, 2025Video: https://youtu.be/o3T1Pp2UhJ8Get the book: Crimes, Hate and Tremors: https://www.amazon.com/Crimes-Hate-Tremors-pursuit-Justice-ebook/dp/B0D6YNP8L7#Geopolitics #WarCrimes #Diplomacy #Armenia #UkraineWarSubscribe and follow us everywhere you are: linktr.ee/groong

Send us a textIn this episode, Simon speaks with Dr Katharine Fortin about non-international armed conflicts, focussing on the intersections between IHL, international human rights law and armed non-State actors. Dr Katharine Fortin is a senior lecturer of public international law and human rights at Utrecht University's Netherlands Institute of Human Rights. She is the Editor in Chief of the Netherlands Quarterly of Human Rights and founder of the Armed Groups and International Law blog. Her book The Accountability of Armed Groups under Human Rights Law (OUP, 2017) won the Lieber Prize in 2018. She is Co-Investigator on the Beyond Compliance Consortium: Building Evidence on Promoting Restraint by Armed Actors. Katharine has a LLM and PhD from the Utrecht University. She is a qualified solicitor in the UK and previously worked at Norton Rose Fulbright, the Council of Churches of Sierra Leone, the ICC and the ICTY.Additional resources:Fortin, Katharine ‘Mapping Calamities: Capturing the Competing Legalities of Spaces under the Control of armed non State Actors without erasing everyday civilian life' (2023) 8(1) Social Science and Humanities OpenMatthew Bamber-Zryd, 'ICRC engagement with armed groups in 2024' Humanitarian Law & Policy Blog (31 October 2024)Katharine Fortin and Ezequiel Heffes (eds), Armed Groups and International Law: In the Shadowland of Legality and Illegality (Edward Elgar, 2023)Naz Modirzadeh, 'Cut These Words: Passion and International Law of War Scholarship' (2020) 61(1) Harvard International Law Journal 1.Zoe Pearson, 'Spaces of International Law' (2008) 17 Griffith Law Review 489.Helen Kinsella, The Image Before the Weapon: A Critical History of the Distinction between Combatant and Civilian (Cornell University Press, 2015)Kieran McIvoy, 'Beyond Legalism: Towards a Thicker Understanding of Transitional Justice' (2007) 34(4) Journal of Law and Society 411.Sally Engle Merry, The Seductions of Quantification: Measuring Human Rights, Gender Violence and Sex Trafficking (University of Chicago Press, 2016)Ana Arjona, Rebelocracy: Social Order in the Colombian Civil War (CUP, 2016)Zachariah Cherian Mampilly, Rebel Rulers: Insurgent

This Day in Legal History: Slobodan Milošević Charged with GenocideOn August 30, 2001, the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) announced that former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milošević would face charges of genocide, marking a pivotal moment in international law. This decision added to the existing charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity related to his role in the brutal conflicts that ravaged the Balkans in the 1990s. Milošević, who sought to prevent the breakup of the Yugoslav Federation through violent ethnic campaigns, was accused of orchestrating mass atrocities, particularly against Bosnian Muslims during the Bosnian War.The genocide charges centered on his alleged responsibility for the Srebrenica massacre, where over 8,000 Bosnian Muslim men and boys were systematically executed by Bosnian Serb forces. The ICTY's indictment of Milošević was historic, as it was the first time a sitting head of state was charged with genocide by an international tribunal. The trial, which began in 2002, was a complex and lengthy process, reflecting the gravity of the accusations and the challenges of prosecuting such high-level war crimes. Although Milošević died in 2006 before a verdict could be reached, the charges against him underscored the international community's commitment to holding leaders accountable for genocide and other severe human rights violations.Walt Disney and DirecTV are urgently negotiating to renew their distribution agreement before it expires on Sunday. Failure to reach a deal could result in DirecTV's 11 million subscribers losing access to Disney channels like ABC and ESPN just before the NFL season begins and during the U.S. Open tennis tournament. DirecTV is pushing for the option to offer smaller, lower-priced packages that exclude ESPN, catering to consumers' preferences in the streaming era. Disney, however, wants to preserve the value of its sports content, proposing a sports-centric package including ESPN and ABC. The negotiations are influenced by ongoing changes in the pay TV industry, where subscriber numbers have declined sharply due to the rise of streaming services. The companies are also dealing with the impact of sports streaming rights, which have been central to maintaining pay TV subscribers. A new sports-streaming service called Venu Sports, backed by Disney, Fox, and Warner Bros. Discovery, has been delayed by a legal dispute with FuboTV over antitrust claims related to content bundling practices. The dispute underscores the challenges facing traditional pay TV providers as they navigate the growing demand for streaming options. The outcome of these negotiations will have significant implications for the future of sports broadcasting and the pay TV industry.Disney and DirecTV aim to renew deal ahead of NFL season | ReutersThe DC Court of Appeals has revived a lawsuit against Coca-Cola, brought by Earth Island Institute, alleging the company made misleading claims about its sustainability efforts. The lawsuit challenges statements made by Coca-Cola, such as a tweet asserting that "business and sustainability are not separate stories" for the company. Initially, the Superior Court ruled in 2022 that these statements were merely aspirational and did not violate consumer protection laws. However, the appeals court disagreed, stating that Earth Island plausibly argued that Coca-Cola's statements could mislead consumers into believing the company is environmentally responsible, when it might not be. This case is part of a broader trend of "greenwashing" lawsuits, where companies are accused of overstating their environmental commitments. The Federal Trade Commission is also expected to provide more guidelines on environmental marketing claims through its updated "Green Guides."Coca-Cola Must Face Suit Over Sustainability Claims After AppealX (formerly Twitter) is bracing for a potential shutdown in Brazil following escalating tensions between Elon Musk and Supreme Court Judge Alexandre de Moraes. The conflict intensified when the court froze the bank accounts of Musk's Starlink satellite firm after X failed to appoint a legal representative in Brazil by a court-imposed deadline. The dispute stems from Moraes' orders to block certain accounts on X accused of spreading misinformation, which Musk condemned as censorship. Musk responded by criticizing Moraes publicly and offering free internet access to Brazilians via Starlink. The legal battle could result in X losing access to one of its major markets, as the company has already threatened to shut down operations in Brazil due to what it describes as censorship. The situation reflects broader concerns over freedom of speech versus compliance with local laws in digital platforms.Elon Musk's X braces for shutdown in Brazil as spat with judge intensifies | ReutersAmazon lost its bid to overturn a unionization vote at its Staten Island JFK8 warehouse, solidifying it as the company's first unionized facility in the U.S. The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) dismissed Amazon's objections to the 2022 election, where workers voted 2,654-2,131 in favor of joining the Amazon Labor Union (ALU). This ruling certifies the election results, allowing the ALU to represent the facility's roughly 8,000 workers. However, Amazon plans to appeal the decision, arguing that both the ALU and the NLRB interfered with the election. Despite the ruling, Amazon may refuse to bargain with the union, potentially leading to further legal battles. The NLRB has already accused Amazon of stalling contract negotiations and retaliating against union supporters. The decision faced dissent from the NLRB's Republican member, who argued that the union's actions, including those by its founder Christian Smalls, illegally coerced workers into voting for the union.Amazon Staten Island Center Is Retailer's First to Unionize (1)AT&T has been fined $950,000 by the FCC for a 911 service outage in August 2023, which affected parts of Illinois, Kansas, Texas, and Wisconsin. This is the latest in a series of similar outages, including two earlier incidents in 2024 that disrupted 911 services across multiple states. The most recent outage was caused by an independent contractor who unintentionally disabled part of the network during unscheduled testing. Despite AT&T's vast revenues and close ties with the U.S. government, which includes significant tax breaks and deregulation, the company has struggled to maintain reliable 911 service. These issues come amid broader concerns about AT&T's network security, as recent hacks have compromised the data of over 73 million customers. Critics argue that the government's lenient oversight and generous financial support of AT&T have contributed to its ongoing performance problems, including these critical service failures.AT&T Has To Settle Over Another 911 Outage, This Time For $950k | TechdirtThis week's closing theme is by Georg Böhm.This week's closing theme brings us into the contemplative world of Georg Böhm, a prominent figure in the German Baroque era. Born on September 2, 1661, Böhm was a distinguished organist and composer whose works deeply influenced the musical landscape of his time. Perhaps best known for his contributions to organ music, Böhm held the prestigious position of organist at St. John's Church in Lüneburg, where he became a key figure in the development of the Northern German organ school. His music is marked by its expressive depth and innovative use of the chorale.Tonight, we turn our attention to his beautiful setting of the Lutheran chorale Vater Unser im Himmelreich, a piece that perfectly captures the devotional spirit of the Baroque period. This work is a chorale prelude for organ, where Böhm takes the familiar melody of the Lord's Prayer and weaves it into an intricate and reflective tapestry of sound. Through his masterful use of counterpoint and ornamentation, Böhm brings out the theological and emotional depth of the text, creating a piece that is both meditative and majestic. As we listen, we can appreciate Böhm's ability to transform a simple hymn tune into a profound musical meditation, making it a fitting choice for our closing theme. Enjoy the rich harmonies and spiritual resonance of Georg Böhm's Vater Unser im Himmelreich. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.minimumcomp.com/subscribe

Today, we are privileged to host Ellen Elias-Bursac, an American Scholar and senior translator who has dedicated her career to the study and translation of South Slavic Languages. As the past president of the American Literary Translators Association ( ALTA), she has been a driving force in promoting Literary Translation. In this conversation, she shared her fascinating journey into Literature, her significant work in ICTY and ALTA, her translations of Dialect, and her translations of Serbian Author David Albahari.Ellen Elias-Bursac translates fiction and non-fiction from the Bosnian, Croatian, Montenegrin and Serbian. In 2006, the novel Götz and Meyer by David Albahari, in her Serbian translation, was given the National Translation Award, and she received the Mary Zirin Prize from the Association of Women in Slavic Studies in 2015. She has also written and contributed to books and articles on translation studies and South Slavic language instruction. Her monumental work, recording the trial Proceedings at ICTY, is titled - 'Translating Evidence and Interpreting Testimony at a War Crimes Tribunal: Working in a Tug-of-War, spending more than a decade of her life'. She is a past president of the American Literary Translators Association. To read more about ICTY - https://www.icty.org/To Buy Ellen's Translations - https://shorturl.at/GCBHMHer Teaching at Harvard - https://daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu/about/people/ellen-elias-bursac'Death of Yugoslavia', A BBC Documentary depicting the violent Yugoslav Conflict in the 1980s -https://shorturl.at/ixUwT* For your Valuable feedback on this Episode - Please click the link below.https://tinyurl.com/4zbdhrwrHarshaneeyam on Spotify App –https://harshaneeyam.captivate.fm/onspotHarshaneeyam on Apple App – https://harshaneeyam.captivate.fm/onapple*Contact us - harshaneeyam@gmail.com ***Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed by Interviewees in interviews conducted by Harshaneeyam Podcast are those of the Interviewees and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of Harshaneeyam Podcast. Any content provided by Interviewees is of their opinion and is not intended to malign any religion, ethnic group, club, organization, company, individual, or anyone or anything.This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podtrac - https://analytics.podtrac.com/privacy-policy-gdrpChartable - https://chartable.com/privacy

In this episode, PhD researcher Kirsten Larson speaks with her colleague Courtney Curran (4th year PhD researcher at the Irish Centre for Human Rights) on her recent blog 'The Kosovo Specialist Chambers—an insatiable creature with a preference for ICTY leftovers'. Courtney is both a school of Law doctoral scholar at the Irish Centre for Human Rights, and an Australia qualified solicitor with experience in investigative and prosecutorial agencies. To learn more about Courtney's work, visit the ICHR website at: https://www.universityofgalway.ie/irish-centre-human-rights/academics/doctoralprogramme/doctoralcandidates/courtneycurran/ The podcast was produced by Gráinne McGrath and Kirsten Larson. Intro Music: 'Smarties Intro -FMA Podcast Suggestions' by Birds for Scale (Attribution - ShareAlike 4.0 international License). Outro Music 'Smarties Outro -FMA Podcast Suggestions' by Birds for Scale (Attribution - ShareAlike 4.0 international License).

We continue this international criminal law mini-series by speaking with Natacha Bracq, who wrote a chapter on gender and sexual-based violence in Contemporary International Criminal Law Issues - Contributions in Pursuit of  Accountability for Africa and the World, which deals with a range of issues impacting contemporary ICL practice in Africa and around the world.  Her chapter, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence: What Legacy for the New ICC Prosecutor?  focuses on the International Criminal Court specifically,  highlighting that the court still struggles to effectively address such crimes and continues to repeat the errors of the past.Natacha works as a Legal Advisor with Dignity, the Danish Institute against Torture, and is also the founder of the first blog entirely dedicated to ICL in the French language (www.blogdip.org). Previously, amongst other roles, she worked as a lawyer at the Paris Bar and as the  Senior Officer for Training and Capacity Building at the International Nuremberg Principles Academy. She has worked with Wayne Jordash QC before various international tribunals including the ICJ, ICTY, and ICC.  Additional Resources: Prosecuting Sexual and Gender-Based Crimes in the International Criminal Court,  Rosemary Grey, 2019 Prosecuting Conflict-Related Sexual Violence at the ICTY, edited by Baron Serge Brammertz and Michelle Jarvis, 2016 International Protocol on the Documentation and Investigation of Sexual Violence in Conflict, June 2014, from the United Kingdom's Foreign and Commonwealth OfficeThe Hague Principles on Sexual ViolenceThe Murad Code 

In conversation with Dr Serge Brammertz On 2 August 2023, the Centre for Human Rights, Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria (the Centre) co-hosted Dr Serge Brammertz, Chief Prosecutor of the United Nations International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (IRMCT). The theme of Dr Brammertz's lecture was on the development and transformation of international criminal law as a branch of international law, and he also spoke about contemporary issues in the field. During Dr Brammertz's visit to the Centre, Africa Rights Talk had a conversation with Dr Brammertz on themes covered in his lecture and on various aspects of international criminal justice. Dr Brammertz highlighted the evolution of international tribunals, the importance of state cooperation, the contribution of the mechanism to accountability and rule of law, the engagement and support of victims, the capacity building of domestic judiciaries, and the challenges and solutions for cross-border cooperation in criminal investigations.  In conclusion, he provided examples, insights, and recommendations based on his role as the Chief Prosecutor of the most complex international criminal cases. Dr Serge Brammertz is a Belgian prosecutor and jurist, who leads the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (IRMCT) since 2016. He is also the former chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY). In this role, Dr. Brammertz was responsible for the prosecution of all trials and appeals before the Tribunal. Prior to joining the ICTY, Dr. Brammertz was the Commissioner of the United Nations International Independent Investigation Commission (UNIIIC) in Beirut, Lebanon.  Dr. Brammertz headed the investigation into the murder of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri from January 2006 until the end of 2007. He has a PhD in international law and has taught at several universities. Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/6HtFV83Wr8M    This conversation was recorded on 2 August 2023.   Music and news extracts: Inner Peace by Mike Chino https://soundcloud.com/mike-chinoCreative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported — CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b...Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/0nI6qJeqFcc  limitless https://stock.adobe.com/za/search/audio?k=452592386  

JUDr. Anna Richterová, bývalá zástupkyně obžaloby Úřadu prokuratury Mezinárodního trestního tribunálu pro bývalou Jugoslávii, ICTY. Jediná Češka, která kdy pracovala v takové pozici v rámci mezinárodního soudnictví. Rodačka z Prahy, vystudovala práva na Právnické fakultě Univerzity Karlovy v Praze. Před nástupem na fakultu měla dlouhá léta představu, že se bude věnovat ekologii, avšak již první stáž na tehdy Okresní prokuratuře pro Prahu-východ rozhodla, že se již více než třicet let věnuje profesi prokurátorky, dle dnešní terminologie státní zástupkyně.  V roce 1999 uspěla v konkurzu na místo zástupkyně obžaloby Úřadu prokuratury ICTY v Haagu, kde pracovala 9 let. Anna Richterová byla u tribunálu přidělena do týmu č. 1, který v té době pod vedením britské právničky Joanny Korner vyšetřoval zločiny bosenských Srbů v Autonomní oblasti Krajina v Bosně a Hercegovině. Následovalo 8 let v pozici zástupce národního člena České republiky v agentuře Evropské unie Eurojustu, rovněž v Haagu.  Od roku 2016 působí opět v České republice, a sice jako státní zástupkyně Nejvyššího státního zastupitelství v Brně.  

DAH SAYS: "In today's world, we can oppose destruction and violence with the creation of meaning ... we create bold dramatic art to provoke, inspire, and incite personal and social transformation." Be sure to check out our https://www.artandcommunity.com/copy-of-podcast (CHANGE THE STORY COLLECTION OF ARCHIVED EPISODES) on: Justice Arts, Art & Healing, Cultural Organizing, Arts Ed./Children & Youth, Community Arts Training, Music for Change, Theater for Change, Change Making Media. BIODijana Milošević is an award-winning theater director, writer and lecturer. She co-founded the DAH Theater Research Center in Belgrade, and has been its lead director for over 25 years. Dijana has served as the artistic director of theater festivals, the president of the Association of Independent Theaters, the president of the board of BITEF Theater, and a member of the board of directors of the national International Theater Institute (ITI). She has been involved with several peacebuilding initiatives and collaborates with feminist-activist groups. DAH Theater has performed nationally and internationally under Dijana's directing. She has also directed plays by other theater companies around the world. She is a well-known lecturer, who has taught at world-famous universities. She writes articles and essays about theater as well as society. She has won prestigious scholarships such as Fulbright and Arts Link. She is a professor at the Institute for Artistic Play in Belgrade. Notable Mentionshttps://en.dahteatarcentar.com/eu-projects/ (Dah Teatar Research Center for Culture and Social Change): DAH Theatre is an independent, professional, contemporary theatre troupe and artistic collective that uses modern theatre techniques to create engaging art and initiate positive social change, both locally and globally.  Mission: In today's world, we can oppose destruction and violence with the creation of meaning.” Through dedicated teamwork, we create bold dramatic art to provoke, inspire, and incite personal and social transformation. https://nyupress.org/9780976605461/art-and-upheaval/ (Art and Upheaval - Artists on the World's Frontlines:) Author William Cleveland shares r emarkable stories from Northern Ireland, Cambodia, South Africa, United States (Watts, Los Angeles), aboriginal Australia, and Serbia, about artists who resolve conflict, heal unspeakable trauma, give voice to the forgotten and disappeared, and restitch the cultural fabric of their communities. This Babylonian Confusion: The Dah Teatar project “This Babylonian Confusion” is a result of a montage of the actors' materials and the songs of Bertold Brecht. This performance was created from the need of the artists to place themselves in their duty- as artists in “dark times.” Four actors using the characters of Angels say their share against war, nationalism and destruction. [1992] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slobodan_Milo%C5%A1evi%C4%87 (Slobodan Milošivić): was a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Republic_of_Yugoslavia (Yugoslav) and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serbia (Serbian) politician who served as the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_Serbia (president) of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Serbia_(1992%E2%80%932006) (Serbia) within https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yugoslavia (Yugoslavia) from 1989 to 1997. Formerly a high-ranking member of the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/League_of_Communists_of_Serbia (League of Communists of Serbia) (SKS) during the 1980s, he led the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socialist_Party_of_Serbia (Socialist Party of Serbia) from its foundation in 1990 until 2003. After Milošević's death, the ICTY and the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Residual_Mechanism_for_Criminal_Tribunals (International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals) found that he was a part of...

While nationalism has mainly been recognized – and researched – as one of the most influential ideologies of modern times, its connection with morality and sexual norms started to receive attention relatively recently. In Europe, this phenomenon has taken root at different paces and scales, marking the continent's political cultures and multiple identities. How is a national discourse constructed? How does it intersect with human life's social, private and political dimensions? Focusing on the Western Balkans experience, Chiara Maria Murgia (IDM) discusses these with Elissa Helms, Associate Professor at the Central European University. **please note the unfortunate cut at 16.50 mins: "...women who survived the genocide by the ICTY, over 8,000 men were killed..."-> The ICTY ruled that the events in Srebrenica were a genocide. Of course, the ICTY was not among the perpetrators. It was Bosnian Serb forces under the command of Ratko Mladic who carried out the killings.More Information: Srebrenica Genocide: No Room For Denial | International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (icty.org) **Our guest recommendation: Maja Bajević's performance, Dressed Up, 1999 Jasmila Žbanić's movies: Grbavica, 2006; For Those Who Can Tell No Tales, 2013; Quo Vadis, Aida? 2020 References mentioned in the program: Benedict Anderson, Imagined Communities, 1983 Dubravka Zarkov, The Body of War: Media, Ethnicity, and Gender in the Break-up of Yugoslavia, 2007 Elissa Helms, Innocence and Victimhood: Gender, Nation, and Women's Activism in Postwar Bosnia-Herzegovina, 2013 Guest: Dr Elissa Helms, Associate Professor at the Central European University. Host: Chiara Maria Murgia, Project Assistant at IDM Production and editing: Emma Hontebeyrie, Research Associate at IDM See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Antonio Cassese (‘Nino') was the first President of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), established by the Security Council of the United Nations to prosecute those responsible for war crimes and other international crimes committed in the territory of the former Yugoslavia since 1 January 1991. In his capacity as President of the ICTY, Nino was also the President of the ICTY Appeals Chamber when it delivered a landmark decision in 1995, in the Tadić case, asserting that the notion of war crimes is not limited to international armed conflict, but also applies in the context of non-international armed conflict. This decision therefore contributed to narrowing the divide between the international regulation of international and non-international armed conflict.In this episode, the co-hosts discuss the background and the impact of the decision with Georges Abi-Saab, honorary professor of the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva, and at the time a Judge at the ICTY serving in the Appeals Chamber. Professor Abi- Saab also describes the early days at the ICTY, highlighting the challenges that the Tribunal had to face but also the enthusiasm of all those involved in the building of this newly established institution. The episode also features an excerpt of an interview of Nino when he was President of the ICTY, explaining the evidentiary challenges to bring the political and military leaders of a country to account for the commission of war crimes and other international crimes. The episode ends the mini-series dedicated to Antonio Cassese, in the hope that this will help continue the legacy of a giant of international law and would be of inspiration to all those who want to contribute to make the world a better place. Links- ICTY Appeals Chamber decision in the Tadić case, 2 October 1995 (Decision on the Defence Motion for Interlocutory Appeal on Jurisdiction)- Separate Opinion of Judge Georges Abi-Saab, appended to the ICTY 1995 Appeals Chamber's decision in the Tadić  case (Separate Opinion of Judge Abi-Saab to the Decision on the Defence Motion for Interlocutory Appeal on Jurisdiction)- UN Audiovisual Library - World Chronicle Program 572: Michael Littlejohns interviews Judge Antonio Cassese, President of the International Criminal Tribunal for Former Yugoslavia- A. Cassese, International Law in a Divided World, Oxford, Clarendon Press; New York, Oxford University Press, 1986- A. Cassese (ed.), The New Humanitarian Law of Armed Conflict, 2 vol., Napoli, Editoriale scientifica, 1979-c1980Follow and contact us at:https://cassese-initiative.org/https://twitter.com/cassese_initiathttps://www.facebook.com/casseseinitiative/http://info@cassese-initiative.org/Credits for the production go to Janet Anderson, Stephanie van den Berg and Ilaria Molinari. The logo for this podcast has been designed by https://delrossostudio.com/

Episode 165 - Evelyn Anoya was born in Baghdad, Iraq. Her parents immigrated to the United States in early 1980. She graduated from DePaul College of Law in 2001 with a Juris Doctor and Certificate in International Law. Since graduating from law school, Evelyn spent 20 years as an international civil servant employed with international tribunals in The Hague, Netherlands. She is specialized in international justice with a focus on judicial administration, capacity strengthening and governance of international organizations.  From 2017 to 2021, she led the Division of Judicial Services at the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (“STL”). Ms. Anoya initially joined the STL in 2009 to serve as the Registry's Senior Legal Adviser. Ms. Anoya worked at the United Nation's International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (“ICTY”) since September 2001, holding various positions within the Registry. She was the Registry Court Officer at the ICTY on the Prosecutor v. Slobodan Milošević case and during the defense phase of the case was assigned as the Registry Pro se Legal Liaison Officer, acting as a conduit between the Court and the self-represented Accused. She is currently an international consultant with Axiom International Limited supporting a counter-terrorism justice project in Iraq. Due to the nature of Evelyn's work and sensitive information, you may notice some fade outs and fade ins between her recollections. Thank you for your patience.  This episode is sponsored by @theoushanapartners -- a husband and wife real estate team. Are you considering purchasing or selling a home in Arizona or California? John and Reata are available to help make your next real estate decision into a seamless transaction. Contact the Oushana's at 209-968-9519. Get to know them a bit more by checking out their website TheOushanaPartners.com

Mezinárodní trestní soud v Haagu začal vyšetřovat ruskou invazi na Ukrajinu pro podezření z válečných zločinů a zločinů proti lidskosti. Jak takové vyšetřování probíhá? A podaří se prezidenta země dostat před soud?Hostem Ptám se já byla prokurátorkou někdejšího Mezinárodního trestního tribunálu pro bývalou Jugoslávii (ICTY) a současná žalobkyně na Nejvyšším státním zastupitelství v Brně Anna Richterová.Ruská armáda na Ukrajině útočí nejen na vojenské, ale i na civilní cíle a na historické památky, včetně památníku holocaustu v Kyjevském Babím Jaru. Tam nacisté zavraždili v září 1941 za pouhé dva dny víc než 33 tisíc lidí židovského původu.Zástupci justice se vyjadřují k možnosti postavit Vladimira Putina před soud a z válečných zločinů ho obvinil například britský premiér Boris Johnson. Na Mezinárodní soudní dvůr se už obrátila samotná Ukrajina a Mezinárodní trestní tribunál v Haagu začal prošetřovat podezření z páchání válečných zločinů i zločinů proti lidskosti.Je jasné, že Rusko útokem na Ukrajinu porušilo mezinárodní právo? A jaké kompetence má Mezinárodní trestní tribunál v Haagu?---Ptám se já. Podcast Seznam Zpráv. Rozhovory s lidmi, kteří mají vliv, odpovědnost, informace.Sledujte na Seznam Zprávách, poslouchejte na Spotify, v Apple Podcasts a dalších podcastových aplikacích nebo na Podcasty.cz.Archiv všech dílů najdete tady, ostatní podcasty Seznam Zpráv tady. Své postřehy, připomínky nebo tipy nám pište prostřednictvím sociálních sítí pod hashtagem #ptamseja nebo na e-mail audio@sz.cz.

JUDr. Anna Richterová, bývalá zástupkyně obžaloby Úřadu prokuratury Mezinárodního trestního tribunálu pro bývalou Jugoslávii, ICTY. Jediná Češka, která kdy pracovala v takové pozici v rámci mezinárodního soudnictví. Rodačka z Prahy, vystudovala práva na Právnické fakultě Univerzity Karlovy v Praze. Před nástupem na fakultu měla dlouhá léta představu, že se bude věnovat ekologii, avšak již první stáž na tehdy Okresní prokuratuře pro Prahu-východ rozhodla, že se již více než třicet let věnuje profesi prokurátorky, dle dnešní terminologie státní zástupkyně.  V roce 1999 uspěla v konkurzu na místo zástupkyně obžaloby Úřadu prokuratury ICTY v Haagu, kde pracovala 9 let. Anna Richterová byla u tribunálu přidělena do týmu č. 1, který v té době pod vedením britské právničky Joanny Korner vyšetřoval zločiny bosenských Srbů v Autonomní oblasti Krajina v Bosně a Hercegovině. Následovalo 8 let v pozici zástupce národního člena České republiky v agentuře Evropské unie Eurojustu, rovněž v Haagu.  Od roku 2016 působí opět v České republice, a sice jako státní zástupkyně Nejvyššího státního zastupitelství v Brně.  

The co-hosts, Paola Gaeta and Salvatore Zappalà, introduce the UN Commission of Inquiry on Darfur that was established by the UN Security Council in 2004 and was chaired by Antonio Cassese, and its final Report, which famously found no evidence that the government of Sudan was committing genocide in Darfur at the time. Antonio Cassese himself explains, through his own voice, what is genocide and the difference between genocide and persecution as a crime against humanity. The co-hosts then welcome the guest of this episode, Fannie Lafontaine, who worked for the Commission as special assistant to Antonio Cassese. In a dialogue with the co-hosts, Fannie explores a variety of issues related to the Commission's findings, the referral of the situation in Darfur to the International Criminal Court, the indictment of the then President of Sudan (Omar Al Bashir) and the working methods of Antonio Cassese within the Commission. Links- Nino explains the meaning of genocide and the difference between genocide and the crime against humanity of persecution, while delivering the Judgement in Kupreškić et al. (14 January 2000, audio & video on ICTY youtube channel)- Report of the International Commission of Inquiry on Darfur to the United Nations Secretary-General, 2005 Follow and contact us at:https://cassese-initiative.org/https://twitter.com/cassese_initiathttps://www.facebook.com/casseseinitiative/http://info@cassese-initiative.org/ Credits for the production go to Janet Anderson, Stephanie van den Berg and Ilaria Molinari. The logo for this podcast has been designed by https://delrossostudio.com/

In his new book International Courts and Mass atrocity: Narratives of War and Justice in Croatia (Palgrave Macmillan, 2019) Ivor Sokolić explores the effects of international and national transitional justice in Croatia, and in particular the consequences of the work of the United Nations' International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, the ICTY. Sokolić casts a critical analytical gaze on how and why universal human rights norms become distorted or undermined when they are filtered through national and local perceptions and narratives. Based on extensive research involving focus groups in Croatia, Sokolić's book marks an innovative approach to exploring the limitations of transitional justice and reconciliation in a post-conflict environment. Ivor Sokolić is a lecturer in politics and international relations at the University of Hertfordshire in the United Kingdom. Christian Axboe Nielsen is associate professor of history and human security at Aarhus University in Denmark. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In his new book International Courts and Mass atrocity: Narratives of War and Justice in Croatia (Palgrave Macmillan, 2019) Ivor Sokolić explores the effects of international and national transitional justice in Croatia, and in particular the consequences of the work of the United Nations' International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, the ICTY. Sokolić casts a critical analytical gaze on how and why universal human rights norms become distorted or undermined when they are filtered through national and local perceptions and narratives. Based on extensive research involving focus groups in Croatia, Sokolić's book marks an innovative approach to exploring the limitations of transitional justice and reconciliation in a post-conflict environment. Ivor Sokolić is a lecturer in politics and international relations at the University of Hertfordshire in the United Kingdom. Christian Axboe Nielsen is associate professor of history and human security at Aarhus University in Denmark. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

In his new book International Courts and Mass atrocity: Narratives of War and Justice in Croatia (Palgrave Macmillan, 2019) Ivor Sokolić explores the effects of international and national transitional justice in Croatia, and in particular the consequences of the work of the United Nations' International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, the ICTY. Sokolić casts a critical analytical gaze on how and why universal human rights norms become distorted or undermined when they are filtered through national and local perceptions and narratives. Based on extensive research involving focus groups in Croatia, Sokolić's book marks an innovative approach to exploring the limitations of transitional justice and reconciliation in a post-conflict environment. Ivor Sokolić is a lecturer in politics and international relations at the University of Hertfordshire in the United Kingdom. Christian Axboe Nielsen is associate professor of history and human security at Aarhus University in Denmark. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/genocide-studies

In his new book International Courts and Mass atrocity: Narratives of War and Justice in Croatia (Palgrave Macmillan, 2019) Ivor Sokolić explores the effects of international and national transitional justice in Croatia, and in particular the consequences of the work of the United Nations' International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, the ICTY. Sokolić casts a critical analytical gaze on how and why universal human rights norms become distorted or undermined when they are filtered through national and local perceptions and narratives. Based on extensive research involving focus groups in Croatia, Sokolić's book marks an innovative approach to exploring the limitations of transitional justice and reconciliation in a post-conflict environment. Ivor Sokolić is a lecturer in politics and international relations at the University of Hertfordshire in the United Kingdom. Christian Axboe Nielsen is associate professor of history and human security at Aarhus University in Denmark. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/military-history

In his new book International Courts and Mass atrocity: Narratives of War and Justice in Croatia (Palgrave Macmillan, 2019) Ivor Sokolić explores the effects of international and national transitional justice in Croatia, and in particular the consequences of the work of the United Nations' International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, the ICTY. Sokolić casts a critical analytical gaze on how and why universal human rights norms become distorted or undermined when they are filtered through national and local perceptions and narratives. Based on extensive research involving focus groups in Croatia, Sokolić's book marks an innovative approach to exploring the limitations of transitional justice and reconciliation in a post-conflict environment. Ivor Sokolić is a lecturer in politics and international relations at the University of Hertfordshire in the United Kingdom. Christian Axboe Nielsen is associate professor of history and human security at Aarhus University in Denmark. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/eastern-european-studies

In his new book International Courts and Mass atrocity: Narratives of War and Justice in Croatia (Palgrave Macmillan, 2019) Ivor Sokolić explores the effects of international and national transitional justice in Croatia, and in particular the consequences of the work of the United Nations' International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, the ICTY. Sokolić casts a critical analytical gaze on how and why universal human rights norms become distorted or undermined when they are filtered through national and local perceptions and narratives. Based on extensive research involving focus groups in Croatia, Sokolić's book marks an innovative approach to exploring the limitations of transitional justice and reconciliation in a post-conflict environment. Ivor Sokolić is a lecturer in politics and international relations at the University of Hertfordshire in the United Kingdom. Christian Axboe Nielsen is associate professor of history and human security at Aarhus University in Denmark. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/law

In his new book International Courts and Mass atrocity: Narratives of War and Justice in Croatia (Palgrave Macmillan, 2019) Ivor Sokolić explores the effects of international and national transitional justice in Croatia, and in particular the consequences of the work of the United Nations' International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, the ICTY. Sokolić casts a critical analytical gaze on how and why universal human rights norms become distorted or undermined when they are filtered through national and local perceptions and narratives. Based on extensive research involving focus groups in Croatia, Sokolić's book marks an innovative approach to exploring the limitations of transitional justice and reconciliation in a post-conflict environment. Ivor Sokolić is a lecturer in politics and international relations at the University of Hertfordshire in the United Kingdom. Christian Axboe Nielsen is associate professor of history and human security at Aarhus University in Denmark. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/world-affairs

Vladimír Dzuro od dubna 1995 pak zastával více než devět let funkci vyšetřovatele Mezinárodního tribunálu pro bývalou Jugoslávii (ICTY) v Haagu v Holandsku. V současné době vede kancelář Úřadu pro vnitřní záležitosti OSN v New Yorku. Působil více jak devět let v týmu pověřeném vyšetřováním válečných zločinů Srbů v Chorvatsku a západní Bosně. Uslyšíte příběh válečných zločinů přímo z úst toho, kdo je vyšetřoval. Třetí díl uzavírá vyprávění o zločinech v bývalé Jugoslávii zamyšlením o odpověďmi na otázky, jak je možné, že se takové věci vůbec staly. Kdo je jejich viníkem a kde se v lidech bere krutost vůči druhým lidem, potažmo proti vlastním sousedům.

Vladimír Dzuro od dubna 1995 pak zastával více než devět let funkci vyšetřovatele Mezinárodního tribunálu pro bývalou Jugoslávii (ICTY) v Haagu v Holandsku. V současné době vede kancelář Úřadu pro vnitřní záležitosti OSN v New Yorku. Působil více jak devět let v týmu pověřeném vyšetřováním válečných zločinů Srbů v Chorvatsku a západní Bosně. Uslyšíte příběh válečných zločinů přímo z úst toho, kdo je vyšetřoval. Druhý díl pojednává o vyšetřování masakru na farmě Ovčara u Vukovaru a o jeho vyšetřování, o práci mezinárodního tribunálu pro bývalou Jugoslávii a o zatčení válečného zločince Slavka Dokmanoviče.

Vladimír Dzuro je emeritní policejní rada.  V letech 1983 až 1995 pracoval jako kriminalista pro Policii České republiky, nejprve u Kriminální policie v Praze 10 a později v Národní ústředně Interpolu v Praze. V roce 1994 se aktivně podílel na práci mírových sil OSN v bývalé Jugoslávii (UNPROFOR) v Sarajevu, od dubna 1995 pak zastával více než devět let funkci vyšetřovatele Mezinárodního tribunálu pro bývalou Jugoslávii (ICTY) v Haagu v Holandsku. V současné době vede kancelář Úřadu pro vnitřní záležitosti OSN v New Yorku. Působil více jak devět let v týmu pověřeném vyšetřováním válečných zločinů Srbů v Chorvatsku a západní Bosně. Uslyšíte příběh válečných zločinů přímo z úst toho, kdo je vyšetřoval. A protože i Vladimír je uvnitř jen „obyčejný chlap“, začneme naše vyprávění v jeho dětství. První díl nás zavede do válečného Sarajeva.

On this weeks episode I talk about the Bosnian genocide. Fab. Recommended Reading: The Key to My Neighbours House - Elizabeth Neuffer Call to Action: Check out the cases at the ICTY see how justice was meted out. https://www.icty.org/en/cases Contact: info@withoutthefootnotes.org Music: @ferylmusic

Find out more on our website: https://bit.ly/3Hr7zsy Speakers: Michael Grant first entered the technology field in the flight simulation industry. He then spent 25 years' working in a variety of international marketing and corporate communications roles at director and vice-president level within six global IT companies. During this period he lived and worked in Australia, the Republic of Ireland and the USA. Michael is a strong supporter of charity and the City of London. He was Clerk (CEO) and later became Master of the Worshipful Company of Information Technologists, a City Livery Company. Michael still sits on the Court of the Company and assists in their Education and Employment work through mentoring of schools and the men and women of the Forces. Michael is the Immediate Past President of the BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, whose purpose is to promote and advance the education & practice of computing for the benefit of the public. Today he Chairs the Nominations & Remunerations Committees and is a Trustee Board member of the BCS. More recently Michael became a founding advisor of ‘The Positive Transformation Initiative', where he Chairs the 'PTI Impact for Good, Resources & Approval Board', which comprises senior Legal General Counsels and CTO/CIO/CISO's. Dr Sam Muller “I am both perplexed why change in the justice sector is so tough and deeply convinced that justice systems can offer much more value than they do now. That's why I founded HiiL in 2005, after having worked at the forefront of developing the Yugoslav Tribunal and later the International Criminal Court. As a UN and later ICC official I saw the flame of the Middle East peace process gradually go out. I saw the effects of wars in the former Yugoslavia, northern Uganda, and the Democratic Republic of Congo. These situations show when rules designed to protect human dignity don't work. They're extreme, I know. But I carry them with me always to keep me focused on what matters: effective rule systems that support human dignity, every day, in daily life. The users of the justice system come first." Sam Muller is the founding director of HiiL. It's mission is to empower 150 million people to prevent or resolve their most pressing justice problems by 2030. An international lawyer by training, Sam works on justice strategy and innovation at the highest political levels, connecting knowledge about needs and what works with change processes that make a difference. The clients he has worked for include governments, international businesses and leading civil society organisations. Sam also led the setting up of the Justice Leadership Foundation and the Wildlife Justice Commission. Before his work at HiiL he was closely involved in building the International Criminal Court. He worked as legal adviser at UNRWA and the then newly established ICTY. He holds a law degree and a doctorate from Leiden University and taught there. He has published and spoken extensively on various topics: legal trends and strategy, justice leadership, justice innovation, and international justice issues. Sam has served on many boards. He is currently chair of the supervisory board of World Wildlife Fund - The Netherlands and a member of the International Board of WWF. He is also chair of the supervisory board of the Wildlife Justice Commission. He served as Senior Adviser to the Task Force on Justice that published a ground-breaking report in July 2019. In addition, he is a member of the Advisory Board of the Impact Investment Exchange, IIX. He was active within the World Economic Forum on the topics of rule of law and justice, chairing two agenda councils.

This week we’re joined by Alex Whiting, Deputy Prosecutor of the Kosovo Specialist Prosecutor’s Office, Harvard Law Professor of Practice (on leave), former ICC and ICTY prosecutor and renowned criminal law expert. We discuss why justice has been so hard to achieve in Libya and why we should not give up on the International Criminal Court just yet. In a time of global crisis when the political will to pursue individual accountability is waning, how can we turn the tide? ** You can find Alex on Twitter at @alexgwhiting ** Libya Matters is a production of Lawyers for Justice in Libya. Find us at: Info@libyanjustice.org Twitter: @LibyanJustice Facebook: @LibyanJustice Instagram: lawyersforjusticeinlibya Subscribe to our Newsletter** Support our work with a single or regular donation**Find Libya Matters at:Twitter: @LibyamatterspodFacebook: @LibyamattersInstagram: @libyamatterspodcast

This episode, featuring Dr Melanie Klinkner interviewed by Dr Lauren Dempster, explores issues relating to mass graves, exhumation, and the right to truth. Dr Melanie Klinkner of Bournemouth University is interviewed by Dr Lauren Dempster about her work on the Mass Graves Protection for Truth and Justice project, the use of evidence from mass graves at the ICTY, and the role of forensic science in advancing the right to truth. Dr Melanie Klinkner is a Principal Academic in Law at Bournemouth University. You can access a list of Melanie's publications here: https://staffprofiles.bournemouth.ac.uk/display/mklinkner#publications .   More information on the Mass Graves Protection project is available here: https://www.bournemouth.ac.uk/research/projects/mass-grave-protection-truth-justice

If my country, the United States, were to adopt a feminist foreign policy, I believe there would be a major, positive shift on this planet. I tweeted that sentiment after interviewing my current guest, Kristina Lunz.  I was a little nervous about doing it. I'm not sure exactly why.  Speaking your truth is always a little scary, especially for us women. But I got a lot of likes on Twitter from men and women alike. That was interesting to see. What is a feminist foreign policy? I will let Kristina mostly answer this question because she will do it much better than I. But I will say at the outset that, like this podcast, it supports processes and leadership that build common ground rather than dividing and polarizing people. It emphasizes more of the win-win, less win-lose to resolve differences. Frankly, the egocentric “I want it now and it's your fault that I can't get it”, the “blame game”, is wearing super thin on me. This includes the drumming up of conflict and zero-sum thinking, and attacking people to get your interests met as a style. It's not just developmentally juvenile, it's plain dangerous, especially if the person using it has a lot of power. And its end-game is a homogeneous world where one dominant cultural group, often white straight men, are on top, with the rest of us supporting them and dependent on them for handouts and our survival.  I know I'm not interested in that, and I know so many others -- men, women, people  -- who are not either. This podcast advocates empowering women, not just because it's an end in itself, which it is, but because it's the most powerful way to get to a more peaceful and sustainable planet for all of us.  To begin with, you can only have real democracy when you have real democracy starting at home — and better sex too, by the way. I hope you've noticed that what the countries with the best coronavirus responses have in common is that they are run by women. This is not because there aren't many great men leaders out there, but because these women are probably more effortlessly bringing the quality of collaboration to the table which is so sorely needed on the planet right now.  My greatest wish for the silver lining of this pandemic is that it deeply underscores our interdependence and need to further develop our collaborative skills.  As Kurt Lewin, a grandfather of social psychology said long ago, everyone understands authority, but democracy is a learned behavior. The Centre for Feminist Foreign Policy (CFFP) was co- founded by my current guest, Kristina Lunz. It's an international research and advocacy organization, was established in 2016, and is dedicated to promoting feminist foreign policy across the globe. The problem CFFP addresses is outdated, patriarchal structures, and their vision is to create an intersectional approach to foreign policy globally. Kristina tells me that research shows that… "The most significant factor toward whether a country is peaceful within its own borders or towards other countries is the level of gender equality. So, if that's true, it's pretty easy. It just means that there won't be any peace without feminism." Kristina is an award-winning human rights activist, co-founder and Germany Director of the Center for Feminist Foreign Policy and advisor to the German Federal Foreign Office. She was also recently named on the Forbes 30 Under 30 list. She graduated with distinction from University College London School of Public Policy, and did a second Masters at the Oxford Department of International Development in diplomacy. Her activism started at Oxford and has continued ever since. I've learned so much from doing this episode and talking to Kristina. Here are a few of the many things that stand out: I spent years traveling to The Hague to provide intercultural negotiation skills programs for ICTY, the UN's International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia), but wasn't aware until now that 100 years ago, during the First World War, about 1500 women came to the Hague from many parts for the International Congress for Women. They called for an end to the First World War and to establish a set of resolutions to avoid another World War. These included, for example, the dismantling of the military-industrial complex, the prioritization of mediation for conflict resolution, and the democratization of foreign policy, reverberations of themes which have motivated me throughout my life.  History is always so interesting. I found it deeply moving that Sweden describes its government as “feminist” and created the first feminist foreign policy (for modern times) in 2014. This was followed by Canada, followed by Mexico. Check out the CFFP website to see the history of feminist foreign policy. It shows what's possible. I found it interesting to hear about the actor, Emma Watson's conversation with the academic Valerie Hudson, and the latter's new book called The First Political Order: How Sex Shapes Governance and National Security Worldwide. I can't wait to read it and hope to get Hudson on the podcast soon. In reading the transcript of that conversation, I learned from Emma Thompson that I can refer to myself as “self-partnering” rather than “single”. I've enjoyed my journey of the last 10 years living without a partner, though I've dated some wonderful guys. Self-partnering somehow struck me as empowering because living without the protection of a guy can still feel frightening to so many women around the world, myself included. So I'll stop there and let you listen to Kristina Lunz, a woman who is really on fire, and is going to do a lot to contribute to our common great future.

Join historian John Lestrange and his wife MJ Bradley as they tackle the issue of what, exactly, is genocide.  The two take a deep dive into the origin of the term, the beginnings of an international effort to prevent genocide, and the difficulties with actually getting the UN to do anything useful. Special thanks to the app Hatchful and MJ Bradley for designing and editing out logo. Show music is "Crusade - Heavy Industry by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License. Sources: UN Convention for the Punishment and Prevention of the Crime of Genocide, UN General Assembly Resolution 260, Dec. 9, 1948. https://www.ohchr.org/en/professionalinterest/pages/crimeofgenocide.aspx   Coining a Term and Championing a Cause: The Story of Raphael Lemkin https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/coining-a-word-and-championing-a-cause-the-story-of-raphael-lemkin   Lemkin, Raphael. 1944. Axis Rule in Occupied Europe: Laws of Occupation, Analysis of Government, Proposals for Redress. Washington [D.C.]: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Division of International Law.   Reassessing the Nuremberg Military Tribunals: Transitional Justice, Trial Narratives, and Historiography (War and Genocide) page 110 edited by Alexa Stiller and Kim C. Premiel Berghahn Books 2012   Robert Gellately & Ben Kiernan (2003). The Specter of Genocide: Mass Murder in Historical Perspective. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 267.   "The Prosecutor v. Limaj et al. – Decision on Prosecution's Motion to Amend the Amended Indictment – Trial Chamber – en IT-03-66 [2004] ICTY 7 (12 February 2004)“ http://www.worldlii.org/int/cases/ICTY/2004/7.html   European Court of Human Rights Judgement in Jorgic v. Germany (Application no. 74613/01) paragraphs 18, 36, 74   "Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court" International Criminal Court. July 1998.   Contributions by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda to Development of the Definition of Genocide. Asoka De Z. Gunawaradana. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting (American Society of International Law). Vol. 94 (APRIL 5-8, 2000), pp. 277-279   We Charge Genocide: The Historic Petition to the United Nations for Relief from a Crime of the United States Government Against the Negro People. Civil Rights Congress. 1952.   "The Genocide Trap", Chicago Daily Tribune, 22 December 1951, p. 8   John Docker, "Raphaël Lemkin, creator of the concept of genocide: a world history perspective", Humanities Research 16(2), 2010   "White Turns Down State Dept. Bid", Baltimore Afro-American, 8 December 1951 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Guests:Jacqueline R. McAllister is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Kenyon College.Wesley K. Clark is a retired four-star general in the U.S. Army and was the Supreme Allied Commander Europe of NATO during the Kosovo War. He is currently a Senior Fellow at UCLA’s Burkle Center.International Security Article:This episode is based on Jacqueline R. McAllister, “Deterring Wartime Atrocities: Hard Lessons from the Yugoslav Tribunal,” International Security, Vol. 44, No. 3 (Winter 2019/20), pp. 84-128. Additional Related Readings:Wesley K. Clark, “John Bolton is dead wrong. The U.S. has every reason to cooperate with the International Criminal Court,” Washington Post, September 21, 2018.Dan Sabbagh, “‘Still Needed’: NATO Marks 20 Years in Kosovo,” Guardian, June 12, 2019.Jacqueline R. McAllister, “Bending the Arc: How to Achieve Justice at the International Criminal Court,” Foreign Affairs, August 3, 2015.Eric Stover, Victor Peskin, and Alexa Koenig, “Radovan Karadzic and the (Very) Long Arc of Justice,” Foreign Policy, March 24, 2016.Marlise Simmons, “Yugoslavia Tribunal Leave Rich Legacy, but ‘Immense’ Challenges Remain,” New York Times, December 23, 2017.Jacqueline R. McAllister, “The Extraordinary Gamble: How The Yugoslav Tribunal’s Indictment Of Slobodan Milosevic During The Kosovo War Affected Peace Efforts,” Brown Journal of World Affairs, Fall/Winter 2019, 26(1): 201-213.Hayley Evans and Paras Shah, “ICC Appeals Chamber Authorizes Investigation Into Crimes in Afghanistan,” Lawfare, March 13, 2020.

I encountered a study in the journal, International Security by Dr. Jacqueline McAllister that examines whether or not international war crimes tribunals actually deter and prevent war crimes and crimes against humanity.  Jacqueline McAllister is an assistant professor of political science at Kenyon College. Her article, titled "Deterring Wartime Atrocities: Hard Lessons from the Yugoslav Tribunal" examines whether or not the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, known as the ICTY, was able to deter war crimes during the wars in the Balkans in the 1990s.   She finds that, indeed, there were some circumstances in which the ICTY deterred war crimes--but for that to happen, the conditions have to be just right.  We discuss what those conditions are, how she arrived at her findings, and what implications her study has for other war crimes tribunals, like the International Criminal Court. https://www.undispatch.com/

Vladimír Dzuro, emeritní policejní rada, se narodil v Kladně a dětství prožil v Buštěhradě. V letech 1983 až 1995 pracoval jako kriminalista pro Policii České republiky, nejprve u Kriminální policie v Praze 10 a později v Národní ústředně Interpolu v Praze. V roce 1994 se aktivně podílel na práci mírových sil OSN v bývalé Jugoslávii (UNPROFOR), od dubna 1995 pak zastával více než devět let funkci vyšetřovatele Mezinárodního tribunálu pro bývalou Jugoslávii (ICTY) v Den Haagu, v Holandsku. V současné době vede kancelář Úřadu pro vnitřní záležitosti OSN v New Yorku. Vladimír Dzuro nás vtahuje do víru vyšetřování zvěrstev spáchaných v důsledku kolapsu Jugoslávie. Zabývá se nejkrutějšími válečnými zločiny, jaké Evropa nezažila od konce druhé světové války...

William Fenrick, former military lawyer and legal adviser for the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) reflects on his experience at varying stages of his career within the field of international criminal justice. This event took place at the Department of War Studies, King's College London and was entitled: 'Putting Law into War: Reflections on the Birth of International Criminal Justice at the ICTY.

Welcome to another episode of Research @ OU Law School. In this episode I have a chat with John Cubbon who is a deployable civilian expert with the UK's Stabilisation Unit. We have a talk about his almost 20 years of experience working for the UN, including the peacekeeping missions in the former Yugoslavia, and in the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. John is a wellspring of practical knowledge about the inner workings of peacekeeping missions and international judges, and I feel like we only scratched the surface in this talk, one that was not covered by confidentiality. The OU Law School is getting ready to launch its celebration of the Open University's 50th birthday, so watch this space in the next couple of weeks. As always, my name is Marjan Ajevski and I the research fellow in law at the OU Law School. If you have a comment or a suggestion about the podcast you can write it in the comments below or you can email me at marjan.ajevski[@]open[.]ac[.]uk. Thanks for listening and I hope you enjoy this episode.

This paper examines the use of victim testimony by the UN International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, discussing the role of ‘humanitarian narratives’ in our understanding of the wars of Yugoslav succession.

Legal scholar Diane Orentlicher discusses her new book on the impact of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia with a panel of regional and international experts. Speakers: Aryeh Neier, Diane Orentlicher, Tea Sefer, David Tolbert. (Recorded: May 31, 2018)

The 21st century has seen significant progress and recent regression in terms of entrenchment of the rule of law. These developments have occurred not only in the domestic context but also within the international sphere. This presentation by Kimberly Prost will explore some of these ‘rule of law’ changes and challenges within the international legal order. The establishment of the international tribunals and the International Criminal Court represents a landmark advancement in terms of international criminal law and international humanitarian law. It also has contributed to establishing a rule of law culture. The background which led to the creation of these bodies will be explored along with consideration of the fundamental concepts underpinning them and an examination of the current key challenges to maintaining and strengthening these institutions and international criminal justice more broadly. There will also be a brief reflection on ‘law making’ by the Security Council and whether this constitutes an appropriate role for the Council in terms of progressing the rule of law. In particular resolutions 827 (1993) and 955 (1994) which established the ICTY and the ICTR, resolution 1373 (2001) related to measures to counter terrorism and resolutions 2178 (2014) and 2396 (2017) on Foreign Terrorist Fighters will be considered. Finally the presentation will explore the role of the Ombudsperson for the Security Council Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee and consider its successes and failures in terms of enhancing the rule of law in Security Council practice.

1993 - mitten im Bosnienkrieg – nachdem Erzählungen von ethnischen Säuberungen im bosnischen Prijedor an der kroatischen Grenze die Runde machten, nahm der Internationale Strafgerichtshof für das ehemalige Jugoslawien – ICTY - seine Arbeit in Den Haag auf. 25 Jahre später beendete der ICTY seine Arbeit 2017 und hinterlässt ein wegweisendes Kapitel für die internationale Rechtsgeschichte. Mandy Schielke war bei der Podiumsdiskussion in der Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung, die sich mit der Arbeit des ICTY beschäftigt hat. Foto: CC-BY 2.0 Michał Huniewicz / War damage on Sarajevo buildings (Flickr)

1993 - mitten im Bosnienkrieg – nachdem Erzählungen von ethnischen Säuberungen im bosnischen Prijedor an der kroatischen Grenze die Runde machten, nahm der Internationale Strafgerichtshof für das ehemalige Jugoslawien – ICTY - seine Arbeit in Den Haag auf. 25 Jahre später beendete der ICTY seine Arbeit 2017 und hinterlässt ein wegweisendes Kapitel für die internationale Rechtsgeschichte. Mandy Schielke war bei der Podiumsdiskussion in der Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung, die sich mit der Arbeit des ICTY beschäftigt hat. Foto: CC-BY 2.0 Michał Huniewicz / War damage on Sarajevo buildings (Flickr)

1993 - mitten im Bosnienkrieg – nachdem Erzählungen von ethnischen Säuberungen im bosnischen Prijedor an der kroatischen Grenze die Runde machten, nahm der Internationale Strafgerichtshof für das ehemalige Jugoslawien – ICTY - seine Arbeit in Den Haag auf. 25 Jahre später beendete der ICTY seine Arbeit 2017 und hinterlässt ein wegweisendes Kapitel für die internationale Rechtsgeschichte. Mandy Schielke war bei der Podiumsdiskussion in der Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung, die sich mit der Arbeit des ICTY beschäftigt hat. Foto: CC-BY 2.0 Michał Huniewicz / War damage on Sarajevo buildings (Flickr)

1993 - mitten im Bosnienkrieg – nachdem Erzählungen von ethnischen Säuberungen im bosnischen Prijedor an der kroatischen Grenze die Runde machten, nahm der Internationale Strafgerichtshof für das ehemalige Jugoslawien – ICTY - seine Arbeit in Den Haag auf. 25 Jahre später beendete der ICTY seine Arbeit 2017 und hinterlässt ein wegweisendes Kapitel für die internationale Rechtsgeschichte. Mandy Schielke war bei der Podiumsdiskussion in der Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung, die sich mit der Arbeit des ICTY beschäftigt hat. Foto: CC-BY 2.0 Michał Huniewicz / War damage on Sarajevo buildings (Flickr)

Judge Fausto Pocar (ICTY) on Contribution of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia to the Development of International Humanitarian Law

Judge Fausto Pocar (ICTY) on The Legal Challenges Facing the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia

President Patrick Robinson (ICTY) on Fairness and Efficiency in the Proceedings of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia

Judge Fausto Pocar (ICTY) on The Progressive Blending of Legal Traditions in the Procedure of International Criminal Courts

Jonas Nillson speaks on his time working in the ICTY chambers.

Internationella krigsförbrytartribunalen för det forna Jugoslavien (ICTY) upprättades 1993 av FN:s säkerhetsråd. Tribunalens uppgift var att åtala och döma de individer som begått krigsförbrytelser under konflikten i det forna Jugoslavien. Under den period som tribunalen varit aktiv har 161 soldater, generaler och politiska ledare åtalats för sina brott, bland dessa finns exempelvis Serbiens dåvarande president Slobodan Milošević. Tribunalen avlade sin sista dom i första instans den 29 november 2017 mot Ratko Mladic och den 31 december 2017 stängdes tribunalen då dess uppdrag var slutfört. Med anledning av detta pratar Josef och Adam från stockholmsredaktionen med docent Mark Klamberg om vilken påverkan ICTY haft på internationell straff- och humanitärrätt med några avstickare om jakten på de åtalade och gift. För mer information om ICTY se http://www.icty.org/en Trevlig lyssning!

Kurz bevor das Kriegsverbrechertribunal für das ehemalige Jugoslawien in Den Haag (ICTY) seine Arbeit einstellt, haben der spektakuläre öffentliche Suizid des verurteilten kroatischen Kriegsverbrechers Slobodan Praljak und das Urteil gegen den bosnisch-serbischen General Ratko Mladic, der unter anderem für das Massaker von Srebrenica verantwortlich zeichnet, den Gerichtshof noch einmal in den Mittelpunkt der öffentlichen Wahrnehmung gerückt. Krsto und Danijel beschäftigen sich mit der Arbeit des ICTY, der Rezeption seiner Urteile in den Nachfolgestaaten Jugoslawiens und der Frage, was eigentlich alle "Patrioten" auf dem Ballaballa-Balkan dazu bringt, Massenmörder abzufeiern. Nebenbei feiern die beiden, dass nun auch Montenegro eine eigene Sprache hat, beschäftigen sich - schon wieder - mit katholisch-kroatischen Gemeinden in Deutschland, und haben ein wenig Angst davor, dass FYROM demnächst einfach nur noch "Neues Mazedonien" heißt.

Judge Meron (ICTY) on the Prosecution of War Crimes by International Tribunals

Second panel in the Innovative Media for Change in Transitional Justice conference, A Debate between Journalists, Academics and Practitioners on Transitional Justice, Media and Conflict held on 22-23 June 2015. It is well known that open sources and in particular journalistic sources can play a key role in providing information on the commission of international crimes and as such are relevant to the work of International Criminal Tribunals (ICTs). When it comes to gathering and disclosing information, however, the relationship between media and ICTs becomes complicated: On the one hand, investigators and prosecutors may need open sources and journalistic information to build their cases; material gathered by people in the field might perform an essential function in this respect. At the same time, they are faced with stringent legal requirements that apply to evidence and procedure. On the other hand, journalists are often the first and sometimes the only professionals who witness and record events that are relevant for criminal investigations and prosecutions. However, in the performance of their tasks, they are bound by their own professional obligations – which do not necessarily reflect the interest of law enforcement agencies – and may be faced with various dilemmas when asked to provide information to ICTs or evidence as expert witnesses. In short, the cooperation between media and ICTs is often times fraught with tensions and ambiguities. The panel will use this insight as a starting point to explore the following questions: What are the concerns and expectations of both sides in terms of information gathering and sharing? What are ways of creating a constructive debate between both sides? What principles can be established to ensure a fruitful cooperation? Against this backdrop, the panel aims to discuss first ideas around best practices directed at both practitioners from ICTs and journalists. Panelists: Payam Akhavan – Professor of International Law, McGill University, Montreal, Former First Legal Advisor to the ICTY-ICTR, served with the UN in Bosnia, Croatia, Cambodia, Guatemala, Rwanda, and Timor Leste. Nerma Jelacic – Head of External Relations for the Commission for International Justice and Accountability (CIJA), London, Former Spokesperson and Head of Outreach and Communications for the ICTY, Ella McPherson – Lecturer in the Sociology of New Media and Digital Technology, University of Cambridge, Don Ferencz (Facilitator) – Convenor of the Global Institute for the Prevention of Aggression, Research Associate at the Centre for Criminology, Faculty of Law, University of Oxford

The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia was set up in 1993 as war still raged in Bosnia. How will its lessons impact new efforts to promote peace through justice? (Published: May 31, 2016)

Last month, the International Tribunal for Yugoslavia came down with a verdict against Radovan Karadzic, the first president of the Serb Republic, and leader during the Bosnian War of the 1990's. Regardless of the merits of the ICTY's case against Karadzic, the manner in which it was conducted, and the refusal of the Court to investigate properly, let alone prosecute NATO for the crimes it committed leading to and during the secession wars of Yugoslavia brings into question both the utility of the International Tribunal itself, and more broadly, the concept of international law entirely. In fact, exemptions from international law that have allowed the litany of wars waged by the West since the dissolution of the Soviet Union can all be traced back to the Former Yugoslavia, where the United States made sure to exclude itself and its allies from the "supreme international crime" of aggression. Luciana Bohne is a retired (and recovering) academic, and co-founder of Film Criticism, a journal of cinema studies at Edinboro University in Pennsylvania. She describes herself as possessing "an internationalist outlook, having been born in Yugoslavia, raised in Italy, and matured intellectually in the US." Luciana's articles on politics and mainly Italian film history appear at CounterPunch.org, where her latest article, 'The Cowards' Wars' was, she says, occasioned by the sentencing of Radovan Karadzic to forty years imprisonment by the International Criminal Tribunal for Yugoslavia. Luciana Bohne in the first half. And; I went down Monday to Victoria's Canadian Forces recruiting centre to talk to some of the people observing the international Day of Action Against Military Spending. For Canada's part, VOWS, or Voice of Women for Peace called on the Canadian Government to: "Substantially reduce military expenditures and re-allocate them to urgent social and environmental needs;" saying, "The federal government should invest in programs that will reduce poverty and help our country transition to a low-carbon, green economy and NOT on combat missions overseas and buying new warships and fighter jets." Giving voice for a world without militarism with VOWS in the second half. And; Victoria Street Newz publisher emeritus and CFUV Radio broadcaster, Janine Bandcroft will join us at the bottom of the hour to bring us news of some of the good things coming to the streets of our city, and beyond there too, this week. But first, Luciana Bohne and the writing and unwriting of laws granting impunity ad infinitum, based on assumptions of the "altruistic morality of intervening to adjust the affairs of the world." Gorilla Radio :: News, Public Affairs File Download (57:52 min / 53 MB)

In its series of discussions on how the core humanitarian principles relate to some of the practical issues raised in the World Humanitarian Summit consultation process, on 1 October 2015, PHAP hosted session on the principle of neutrality. In conflict settings there is perhaps no more certain way for humanitarians to lose access than the perception of their having chosen sides. Paradoxically, neutrality is the principle most often challenged by humanitarians themselves, viewed as prohibiting public advocacy or as interfering with organizational values such as solidarity. Many organizations have developed specific definitions or interpretations of neutrality that diverge from that of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).Neutrality functions as a key, gaining the trust of armed groups to "unlock" access to zones under their control. By establishing its neutrality, humanitarian aid – especially aid delivered to an "enemy" – demands that it be judged neither a hostile act, nor a contribution to the war efforts of the belligerent parties. The establishment of neutrality can be particularly challenging for national NGOs, who face different expectations and pressures than the international community.In past decades, the underlying basis for neutrality has come under sustained attack by the political and military instrumentalization of the "with us or against us" discourse. This can be seen as all the more reason to adhere, to instill confidence in combatants and gain access to all communities caught up in the crisis, regardless their geographic location or political, religious, or ethnic affiliation. Yet adherence proves difficult in many contexts, especially where access to the "enemy" is blocked, or where key donor governments also play a role in the conflict. How do different organizations interpret neutrality? How do they define their duties in this regard? What measures do they put in place to demonstrate and safeguard neutrality? This session will invite a diverse set of panelists to explore these questions, with an eye to better understanding the intricacies of how neutrality works in contemporary humanitarian action.The event began with an expert presentation on the topic by Kate Mackintosh, Deputy Registrar at ICTY. This was followed by a moderated discussion among a panel of experts which will also include Banu Altunbas, Director of International NGO Safety Organisation in the DRC; Marc Cohen, Senior Researcher at Oxfam America; and Samir Elhawary, Deputy Head at OCHA ROMENA. The event provided the opportunity for participants to provide their perspectives on the topic discussed, through the live chat, through posing questions to the panelists, and through live polls.Read more at https://phap.org/WHS-1oct2015

In its series of discussions on how the core humanitarian principles relate to some of the practical issues raised in the World Humanitarian Summit consultation process, on 1 October 2015, PHAP hosted session on the principle of neutrality. In conflict settings there is perhaps no more certain way for humanitarians to lose access than the perception of their having chosen sides. Paradoxically, neutrality is the principle most often challenged by humanitarians themselves, viewed as prohibiting public advocacy or as interfering with organizational values such as solidarity. Many organizations have developed specific definitions or interpretations of neutrality that diverge from that of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).Neutrality functions as a key, gaining the trust of armed groups to "unlock" access to zones under their control. By establishing its neutrality, humanitarian aid – especially aid delivered to an "enemy" – demands that it be judged neither a hostile act, nor a contribution to the war efforts of the belligerent parties. The establishment of neutrality can be particularly challenging for national NGOs, who face different expectations and pressures than the international community.In past decades, the underlying basis for neutrality has come under sustained attack by the political and military instrumentalization of the "with us or against us" discourse. This can be seen as all the more reason to adhere, to instill confidence in combatants and gain access to all communities caught up in the crisis, regardless their geographic location or political, religious, or ethnic affiliation. Yet adherence proves difficult in many contexts, especially where access to the "enemy" is blocked, or where key donor governments also play a role in the conflict. How do different organizations interpret neutrality? How do they define their duties in this regard? What measures do they put in place to demonstrate and safeguard neutrality? This session will invite a diverse set of panelists to explore these questions, with an eye to better understanding the intricacies of how neutrality works in contemporary humanitarian action.The event began with an expert presentation on the topic by Kate Mackintosh, Deputy Registrar at ICTY. This was followed by a moderated discussion among a panel of experts which will also include Banu Altunbas, Director of International NGO Safety Organisation in the DRC; Marc Cohen, Senior Researcher at Oxfam America; and Samir Elhawary, Deputy Head at OCHA ROMENA. The event provided the opportunity for participants to provide their perspectives on the topic discussed, through the live chat, through posing questions to the panelists, and through live polls.Read more at https://phap.org/WHS-1oct2015

As a graduate student at Ohio State in the early 1990s, I remember watching the collapse of Yugoslavia on the news almost every night and reading about it in the newspaper the next day.The first genocidal conflict covered in real time, dozens of reporters covered the war from the front lines or from a Sarajevo under siege. Not surprisingly, the media coverage was accompanied by a flood of memoirs and histories trying to explain the wars to a population that, at least in the US, knew little to nothing about the region. These were valuable studies–informative, interesting and often emotionally shattering. Istill assign them in classes today. But histories of the present, to steal a phrase from Timothy Garton Ash, are always incomplete and impressionistic.They lack both the opportunity to engage primary sources and the perspective offered by distance. Twenty years on, we're now in a position to begin to reexamine and rethink many of the conclusions drawn in the midst of the conflict. Robert J. Donia‘s new book Radovan Karadzic: Architect of the Bosnian Genocide (Cambridge University Press, 2014)is an excellent step in this direction. Donia takes advantage of a remarkable depth of sources, including wiretap records of the phone calls Karadzic made with leading officials in Bosnia and Yugoslavia, to paint a compelling picture of a man transformed by conflict. His argument is simple, that it was the events of the late 1980s and especially early 1990s that made Karadzic into a nationalist willing to employ ethnic cleansing and genocidal massacres in his quest to secure safety and power for his people. In elevating Kardzic, Donia revises our understanding of the role and guilt of Slobodan Milosevic. His argument is detailed and well-supported, made even more compelling by Donia's recollections of his encounters with Karadzic when Donia was a witness at before the ICTY. It's a book anyone interested in understanding what happened in the former Yugoslavia will have to read and engage.

As a graduate student at Ohio State in the early 1990s, I remember watching the collapse of Yugoslavia on the news almost every night and reading about it in the newspaper the next day.The first genocidal conflict covered in real time, dozens of reporters covered the war from the front lines or from a Sarajevo under siege. Not surprisingly, the media coverage was accompanied by a flood of memoirs and histories trying to explain the wars to a population that, at least in the US, knew little to nothing about the region. These were valuable studies–informative, interesting and often emotionally shattering. Istill assign them in classes today. But histories of the present, to steal a phrase from Timothy Garton Ash, are always incomplete and impressionistic.They lack both the opportunity to engage primary sources and the perspective offered by distance. Twenty years on, we’re now in a position to begin to reexamine and rethink many of the conclusions drawn in the midst of the conflict. Robert J. Donia‘s new book Radovan Karadzic: Architect of the Bosnian Genocide (Cambridge University Press, 2014)is an excellent step in this direction. Donia takes advantage of a remarkable depth of sources, including wiretap records of the phone calls Karadzic made with leading officials in Bosnia and Yugoslavia, to paint a compelling picture of a man transformed by conflict. His argument is simple, that it was the events of the late 1980s and especially early 1990s that made Karadzic into a nationalist willing to employ ethnic cleansing and genocidal massacres in his quest to secure safety and power for his people. In elevating Kardzic, Donia revises our understanding of the role and guilt of Slobodan Milosevic. His argument is detailed and well-supported, made even more compelling by Donia’s recollections of his encounters with Karadzic when Donia was a witness at before the ICTY. It’s a book anyone interested in understanding what happened in the former Yugoslavia will have to read and engage. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As a graduate student at Ohio State in the early 1990s, I remember watching the collapse of Yugoslavia on the news almost every night and reading about it in the newspaper the next day.The first genocidal conflict covered in real time, dozens of reporters covered the war from the front lines or from a Sarajevo under siege. Not surprisingly, the media coverage was accompanied by a flood of memoirs and histories trying to explain the wars to a population that, at least in the US, knew little to nothing about the region. These were valuable studies–informative, interesting and often emotionally shattering. Istill assign them in classes today. But histories of the present, to steal a phrase from Timothy Garton Ash, are always incomplete and impressionistic.They lack both the opportunity to engage primary sources and the perspective offered by distance. Twenty years on, we’re now in a position to begin to reexamine and rethink many of the conclusions drawn in the midst of the conflict. Robert J. Donia‘s new book Radovan Karadzic: Architect of the Bosnian Genocide (Cambridge University Press, 2014)is an excellent step in this direction. Donia takes advantage of a remarkable depth of sources, including wiretap records of the phone calls Karadzic made with leading officials in Bosnia and Yugoslavia, to paint a compelling picture of a man transformed by conflict. His argument is simple, that it was the events of the late 1980s and especially early 1990s that made Karadzic into a nationalist willing to employ ethnic cleansing and genocidal massacres in his quest to secure safety and power for his people. In elevating Kardzic, Donia revises our understanding of the role and guilt of Slobodan Milosevic. His argument is detailed and well-supported, made even more compelling by Donia’s recollections of his encounters with Karadzic when Donia was a witness at before the ICTY. It’s a book anyone interested in understanding what happened in the former Yugoslavia will have to read and engage. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As a graduate student at Ohio State in the early 1990s, I remember watching the collapse of Yugoslavia on the news almost every night and reading about it in the newspaper the next day.The first genocidal conflict covered in real time, dozens of reporters covered the war from the front lines or from a Sarajevo under siege. Not surprisingly, the media coverage was accompanied by a flood of memoirs and histories trying to explain the wars to a population that, at least in the US, knew little to nothing about the region. These were valuable studies–informative, interesting and often emotionally shattering. Istill assign them in classes today. But histories of the present, to steal a phrase from Timothy Garton Ash, are always incomplete and impressionistic.They lack both the opportunity to engage primary sources and the perspective offered by distance. Twenty years on, we’re now in a position to begin to reexamine and rethink many of the conclusions drawn in the midst of the conflict. Robert J. Donia‘s new book Radovan Karadzic: Architect of the Bosnian Genocide (Cambridge University Press, 2014)is an excellent step in this direction. Donia takes advantage of a remarkable depth of sources, including wiretap records of the phone calls Karadzic made with leading officials in Bosnia and Yugoslavia, to paint a compelling picture of a man transformed by conflict. His argument is simple, that it was the events of the late 1980s and especially early 1990s that made Karadzic into a nationalist willing to employ ethnic cleansing and genocidal massacres in his quest to secure safety and power for his people. In elevating Kardzic, Donia revises our understanding of the role and guilt of Slobodan Milosevic. His argument is detailed and well-supported, made even more compelling by Donia’s recollections of his encounters with Karadzic when Donia was a witness at before the ICTY. It’s a book anyone interested in understanding what happened in the former Yugoslavia will have to read and engage. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As a graduate student at Ohio State in the early 1990s, I remember watching the collapse of Yugoslavia on the news almost every night and reading about it in the newspaper the next day.The first genocidal conflict covered in real time, dozens of reporters covered the war from the front lines or from a Sarajevo under siege. Not surprisingly, the media coverage was accompanied by a flood of memoirs and histories trying to explain the wars to a population that, at least in the US, knew little to nothing about the region. These were valuable studies–informative, interesting and often emotionally shattering. Istill assign them in classes today. But histories of the present, to steal a phrase from Timothy Garton Ash, are always incomplete and impressionistic.They lack both the opportunity to engage primary sources and the perspective offered by distance. Twenty years on, we’re now in a position to begin to reexamine and rethink many of the conclusions drawn in the midst of the conflict. Robert J. Donia‘s new book Radovan Karadzic: Architect of the Bosnian Genocide (Cambridge University Press, 2014)is an excellent step in this direction. Donia takes advantage of a remarkable depth of sources, including wiretap records of the phone calls Karadzic made with leading officials in Bosnia and Yugoslavia, to paint a compelling picture of a man transformed by conflict. His argument is simple, that it was the events of the late 1980s and especially early 1990s that made Karadzic into a nationalist willing to employ ethnic cleansing and genocidal massacres in his quest to secure safety and power for his people. In elevating Kardzic, Donia revises our understanding of the role and guilt of Slobodan Milosevic. His argument is detailed and well-supported, made even more compelling by Donia’s recollections of his encounters with Karadzic when Donia was a witness at before the ICTY. It’s a book anyone interested in understanding what happened in the former Yugoslavia will have to read and engage. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

David Josse, QC, gives a talk about working on the defense council at the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia on the trials of Momcilo Krajisnik and then Milan Gvero.

De spanningen tussen rechters en aanklagers en tussen rechters onderling lopen hoog op bij het ICTY, het Joegoslavië-Tribunaal. Aanleiding zijn twee vonnissen waarbij twee hooggeplaatste militairen, Momcilo Peresic en Ante Gotovina, die oorspronkelijk waren veroordeeld wegens misdaden tegen de menselijkheid tot straffen van 27 en 24 jaar, in hoger beroep zijn vrijgesproken. Die uitspraak verbaasde velen, binnen en buiten het tribunaal.De kritiek spitst zich toe op de voorzitten van de Beroepskamer, tevens de voorzitter van het Tribunaal, rechter Theodor Meron.Hoe geloofwaardig zijn de aantijgingen tegen opperrechter Meron? Is het aannemelijk dat hij zich heeft laten influisteren door de Verenigde Staten? Hoe nauw zijn de banden eigenlijk tussen Meron en de Amerikaanse autoriteiten? En wat is de betekenis van de geheime documenten die we over hem vinden in Wikileaks? Argos over onverwachte vrijspraken, een bemoeizuchtige rechtbankpresident, en over ruziënde rechters in de voorname wereld van een VN-tribunaal.

De spanningen tussen rechters en aanklagers en tussen rechters onderling lopen hoog op bij het ICTY, het Joegoslavië-Tribunaal. Aanleiding zijn twee vonnissen waarbij twee hooggeplaatste militairen, Momcilo Peresic en Ante Gotovina, die oorspronkelijk waren veroordeeld wegens misdaden tegen de menselijkheid tot straffen van 27 en 24 jaar, in hoger beroep zijn vrijgesproken. Die uitspraak verbaasde velen, binnen en buiten het tribunaal.De kritiek spitst zich toe op de voorzitten van de Beroepskamer, tevens de voorzitter van het Tribunaal, rechter Theodor Meron.Hoe geloofwaardig zijn de aantijgingen tegen opperrechter Meron? Is het aannemelijk dat hij zich heeft laten influisteren door de Verenigde Staten? Hoe nauw zijn de banden eigenlijk tussen Meron en de Amerikaanse autoriteiten? En wat is de betekenis van de geheime documenten die we over hem vinden in Wikileaks? Argos over onverwachte vrijspraken, een bemoeizuchtige rechtbankpresident, en over ruziënde rechters in de voorname wereld van een VN-tribunaal.

Dr. Mina Rauschenbach (Research Fellow, Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights, University of Geneva) gives a talk for the OTJR seminar series.

Kathleen Sprague' 13 describes her research on the efficacy of the Intenational Criminal Tribunal of the Former Yugoslavia. Her fieldwork was conducted in Sanski Most, a small town in northwestern Bosnia.

Matthew Gillett, Otago LLB/BA alumnus, is working as a Trial Attorney at the Office of the Prosecutor at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. In this talk Matthew highlights some of the notable developments from the work at the ICTY, lessons learned, and the future for this field of practice at the International Criminal Court. 13 February 2013

Matthew Gillett, Otago LLB/BA alumnus, is working as a Trial Attorney at the Office of the Prosecutor at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. In this talk Matthew highlights some of the notable developments from the work at the ICTY, lessons learned, and the future for this field of practice at the International Criminal Court. 13 February 2013

Matthew Gillett, Otago LLB/BA alumnus, is working as a Trial Attorney at the Office of the Prosecutor at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. In this talk Matthew highlights some of the notable developments from the work at the ICTY, lessons learned, and the future for this field of practice at the International Criminal Court. 13 February 2013

Trials at the ICTY concerned political violence and criminality that resulted from disintegration of a federation from which seven new successors states were formed. That process has been defined as a 'clash of state projects', where violence happened in areas claimed by two or more parties, or an aspiring state. The war crimes trials at the ICTY that resulted from overlapping territorial claims in Croatia, Bosnia and Kosovo produced a huge record of trial evidence. Problems in the very small state of Kosovo may be seen as the beginning of the violent process of disintegration, now known loosely as the Balkan wars of the 1990s. The conflict in Kosovo of 1998-9 may be seen as the end of those wars. Kosovo now seeks global recognition as an independent state but faces opposition both as to its international legal entitlements and as to how its history in the conflict should be viewed.

On Tuesday 29th January 2013, the International Criminal Court Student Network hosted a talk at the Faculty of Law by Steven Kay QC, head of the international team at 9 Bedford Row and leading barrister at the International Criminal Court. Steven Kay QC was involved in the defence of Slobodan Milosevic at the ICTY, advised detainees at Guantanamo Bay on their human rights, worked on the defence of the Deputy Prime Minister of Kenya, and has expertise in many other cases. For more information about the International Criminal Court Student Network, please refer to http://www.iccsn.com/

On Tuesday 29th January 2013, the International Criminal Court Student Network hosted a talk at the Faculty of Law by Steven Kay QC, head of the international team at 9 Bedford Row and leading barrister at the International Criminal Court. Steven Kay QC was involved in the defence of Slobodan Milosevic at the ICTY, advised detainees at Guantanamo Bay on their human rights, worked on the defence of the Deputy Prime Minister of Kenya, and has expertise in many other cases. For more information about the International Criminal Court Student Network, please refer to http://www.iccsn.com/

On Tuesday 29th January 2013, the International Criminal Court Student Network hosted a talk at the Faculty of Law by Steven Kay QC, head of the international team at 9 Bedford Row and leading barrister at the International Criminal Court. Steven Kay QC was involved in the defence of Slobodan Milosevic at the ICTY, advised detainees at Guantanamo Bay on their human rights, worked on the defence of the Deputy Prime Minister of Kenya, and has expertise in many other cases. For more information about the International Criminal Court Student Network, please refer to http://www.iccsn.com/

On Tuesday 29th January 2013, the International Criminal Court Student Network hosted a talk at the Faculty of Law by Steven Kay QC, head of the international team at 9 Bedford Row and leading barrister at the International Criminal Court. Steven Kay QC was involved in the defence of Slobodan Milosevic at the ICTY, advised detainees at Guantanamo Bay on their human rights, worked on the defence of the Deputy Prime Minister of Kenya, and has expertise in many other cases. For more information about the International Criminal Court Student Network, please refer to http://www.iccsn.com/

The permanent International criminal Court - the ICC - was long in planning and finally came into existence after the ad hoc Yugoslavia and Rwanda Tribunals (the ICTY and the ICTR) were seen to have had some success. However, problems facing the permanent court that involves itself in continuing conflicts have been seen to be different from those of the ad hoc tribunals that deal with conflicts that had been largely concluded when the tribunals first sat. African countries whose citizens have been brought before the ICC complain of unfairness and bias and that the ICC has become a court for Africa, nowhere else. May they be right? Has the court dealt evenly with different countries or has it shown itself to be vulnerable to political influences? When the ICC becomes involved in continuing conflicts - as it has done in Africa - does it inevitably become involved in the politics of regime change and even in the conflicts themselves? Does the tension between the universal jurisdiction claimed by international criminal courts and the immunity of heads of state from pursuit in courts help or harm when the tension leads to some heads of state remaining in office simply to maintain their immunity from pursuit? Sir Geoffrey Nice's involvement in the Sudan, Kenya and Libya cases may provide insight and indicate how a venture some think doomed could yet be saved.

William Clegg QC, head of chambers at 2 Bedford Row, spoke about "International criminal law: does the system achieve justice?" on 29th February 2012 at Trinity Hall, Cambridge.Over a 40 year career at the Bar William Clegg has been involved in some of the most high profile criminal cases in history. Mr Clegg has extensive experience of war crimes including defending in the ICTY cases of Prosecutor v Tadic and Prosecutor v Jelisic. This event was kindly Sponsored by Slaughter & May.

William Clegg QC, head of chambers at 2 Bedford Row, spoke about "International criminal law: does the system achieve justice?" on 29th February 2012 at Trinity Hall, Cambridge. Over a 40 year career at the Bar William Clegg has been involved in some of the most high profile criminal cases in history. Mr Clegg has extensive experience of war crimes including defending in the ICTY cases of Prosecutor v Tadic and Prosecutor v Jelisic. This event was kindly Sponsored by Slaughter & May. For more information about THLS, please see http://thlawsoc.wordpress.com/

William Clegg QC, head of chambers at 2 Bedford Row, spoke about "International criminal law: does the system achieve justice?" on 29th February 2012 at Trinity Hall, Cambridge.Over a 40 year career at the Bar William Clegg has been involved in some of the most high profile criminal cases in history. Mr Clegg has extensive experience of war crimes including defending in the ICTY cases of Prosecutor v Tadic and Prosecutor v Jelisic. This event was kindly Sponsored by Slaughter & May.

Seminar given on 22nd February 2010 by Peter Robinson, Legal Advisor for former Bosnian Serb President, Radovan Karadzic, ICTY and Lead Counsel for former President of the Rwandan National Assembly, Joseph Nzirorera, ICTR.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. A panel discussion on the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia.The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) was established by the United Nations Security Council in 1993 to investigate and prosecute crimes of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes committed in the former Yugoslavia since 1991. This panel discussion explores how the impending closing of the ICTY will affect justice and accountability in the Balkans including: the integration of international human rights standards on a national level, the challenges and opportunities confronting the domestic courts and the role of the media/civil society.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. A panel discussion on the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia.The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) was established by the United Nations Security Council in 1993 to investigate and prosecute crimes of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes committed in the former Yugoslavia since 1991. This panel discussion explores how the impending closing of the ICTY will affect justice and accountability in the Balkans including: the integration of international human rights standards on a national level, the challenges and opportunities confronting the domestic courts and the role of the media/civil society.

This panel explores how the impending closing of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) will affect justice and accountability in the Balkans including: the integration of international human rights standards on a national level, the challenges and opportunities confronting the domestic courts and the role of the media/civil society. Distinguished panelists included: M. Cherif Bassiouni, Distinguished Research Professor of Law at DePaul University College of Law and President Emeritus of the International Human Rights Law Institute; Gordana Igric, Regional Network Director of the Balkan Investigative Reporting Network (BIRN); Judge Shireen Avis Fisher, International Judge to the War Crimes Chamber of Bosnia & Herzegovina. From the World Beyond the Headlines series. Co-Sponsored by the Center for Eastern European and Russian/Eurasian Studies and the Human Rights Program in partnership with Amnesty International USA Program for International Justice and Accountability.

This panel explores how the impending closing of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) will affect justice and accountability in the Balkans including: the integration of international human rights standards on a national level, the challenges and opportunities confronting the domestic courts and the role of the media/civil society. Distinguished panelists included: M. Cherif Bassiouni, Distinguished Research Professor of Law at DePaul University College of Law and President Emeritus of the International Human Rights Law Institute; Gordana Igric, Regional Network Director of the Balkan Investigative Reporting Network (BIRN); Judge Shireen Avis Fisher, International Judge to the War Crimes Chamber of Bosnia & Herzegovina. From the World Beyond the Headlines series. Co-Sponsored by the Center for Eastern European and Russian/Eurasian Studies and the Human Rights Program in partnership with Amnesty International USA Program for International Justice and Accountability.

This panel explores how the impending closing of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) will affect justice and accountability in the Balkans including: the integration of international human rights standards on a national level, the challenges and opportunities confronting the domestic courts and the role of the media/civil society. Distinguished panelists included: M. Cherif Bassiouni, Distinguished Research Professor of Law at DePaul University College of Law and President Emeritus of the International Human Rights Law Institute; Gordana Igric, Regional Network Director of the Balkan Investigative Reporting Network (BIRN); Judge Shireen Avis Fisher, International Judge to the War Crimes Chamber of Bosnia & Herzegovina. From the World Beyond the Headlines series. Co-Sponsored by the Center for Eastern European and Russian/Eurasian Studies and the Human Rights Program in partnership with Amnesty International USA Program for International Justice and Accountability.