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Memories Of Judgment: Constructing The Icty's Legacies, Diane Orentlicher
Memories Of Judgment: Constructing The Icty's Legacies, Diane Orentlicher
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As the title of this symposium reflects, a critically important dimension of the Tribunal's legacy is its role in understanding the war and genocide in Bosnia. In my remarks, I want to drill down on the word "understanding," one of the most complex facets of the ICTY's legacy. In brief, I will make four points. The first is that the ICTY's expected contribution to understanding the 1990s conflict in Bosnia and the atrocities associated with that conflict was deeply important to many individuals whom I have interviewed in Bosnia-Herzegovina, as well as in Serbia, about the ICTY's impact in their …
Shrinking The Space For Denial: The Impact Of The Icty In Serbia, Diane Orentlicher
Shrinking The Space For Denial: The Impact Of The Icty In Serbia, Diane Orentlicher
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This groundbreaking report published by the Open Society Justice Initiative examines the impact in Serbia of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY).Shrinking the Space for Denial: The Impact of the ICTY in Serbia is the most comprehensive analysis to date of the court's impact in a country directly affected by its work. The report by Diane Orentlicher, professor of international law at American University's Washington College of Law and special counsel to the Justice Initiative, is published in conjunction with the 15th anniversary of the ICTY's founding.The 134-page report provides a detailed look at the ICTY's role …
That Someone Guilty Be Punished: The Impact Of The Icty In Bosnia, Diane Orentlicher
That Someone Guilty Be Punished: The Impact Of The Icty In Bosnia, Diane Orentlicher
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In That Someone Guilty Be Punished, Diane F. Orentlicher, professor of law at American University, looks at the effects and effectiveness of the ICTY, including lessons to improve future efforts to provide justice for survivors of atrocious crimes. Perhaps most importantly, Orentlicher examines the impact of the tribunal through the words and experiences of those in whose name it was established: the victims and survivors. Their expectations, hopes, and disappointments are chronicled alongside the tribunal’s achievements and limitations. Based on hundreds of hours of interviews—and featuring the voices and perceptions of dozens of Bosnian interlocutors—That Someone Guilty Be Punished provides …
No Justice, No Peace: Accountability For Rape And Gender-Based Violence In The Former Yugoslavia, Diane Orentlicher
No Justice, No Peace: Accountability For Rape And Gender-Based Violence In The Former Yugoslavia, Diane Orentlicher
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The Women in the Law Project of the International Human Rights Law Group (Law Group) sponsored a delegation to the former Yugoslavia from February 14 to 22, 1993. The delegation, which was also endorsed by the Bar Association of San Francisco, had two principal objectives. First, the delegation provided training in human rights fact-finding methodology to local organizations documenting rape and other violations of international law committed in the context of the armed conflict in Bosnia-Herzegovina (Bosnia) and in Croatia. This part of the delegation's activities, undertaken in consultation with the United Nations Commission of Experts,' sought to enhance the …