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Post-Conflict Justice In Iraq: An Appraisal Of The Iraq Special Tribunal, M. Cherif Bassiouni
Post-Conflict Justice In Iraq: An Appraisal Of The Iraq Special Tribunal, M. Cherif Bassiouni
Cornell International Law Journal
Argues that post-conflict justice is desperately needed in Iraq. The desire of the Iraqi people for post-conflict justice against Saddam Hussein's regime has been overshadowed by the 2003 invasion by coalition forces, post-occupation internal violence, & Abu Ghraib torture by American forces. The goals of post-conflict justice include enhancing social reconciliation while avoiding individual acts of vengeance; restoring an independent judiciary; holding officials responsible for systematic repression; & prosecuting Saddam. The evolution of post-conflict justice proposals over the last decade is traced. It is acknowledged that the establishment of the Iraq Special Tribunal was an important first step on the …
The Icty Trials And Transitional Justice In Former Yugoslavia, Natasa Kandic
The Icty Trials And Transitional Justice In Former Yugoslavia, Natasa Kandic
Cornell International Law Journal
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The Law And Politics Of Contemporary Transitional Justice, Ruti Teitel
The Law And Politics Of Contemporary Transitional Justice, Ruti Teitel
Cornell International Law Journal
In this article in the Symposium on Milosevic & Hussein on Trial, the author continues a project of tracing the genealogy of "transitional justice" in an analysis of the trials of the two Presidents. The author argues that an intellectual genealogy of "transitional justice" is defined in terms of periods of political change, & the relation of legal development to distinct political phases in world history & various political purposes are contextualized in the history of responses to political conflict. Three historical phases of the genealogy place the trials in Phase III of transitional justice seeking responses associated with post-Cold …