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Affirming Brahimi: East Timor Makes The Case For A Model Criminal Code, Megan A. Fairlie
Affirming Brahimi: East Timor Makes The Case For A Model Criminal Code, Megan A. Fairlie
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In August of 2000, the Report of the Panel on United Nations Peace Operations (the “Brahimi Report”) considered the issue of transitional civil administration as an element of United Nations field operations. The Brahimi Report recommended the creation of an interim legal code as part of a U.N. justice package so that any future UN transitional administrations would be able to address the issue of “applicable law” in the early stages of its mission. Using the experience of the United National Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET) as a case study, this article establishes how and why a complete model …