Designing Criminal Tribunals

Tracing the development of international humanitarian law especially since World War II, this volume focuses on the role of the international community in crafting international and mixed war crimes tribunals.

Contents: From impunity to imprisonment: individual accountability under international law; History in the making: the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda; The creation of hybrid Tribunals: the special court for Sierra Leone and the extraordinary chambers for Cambodia; Creating and reasserting State sovereignty: The serious crimes panel for East Timor and the Indonesian human rights court; Financial considerations in the maintenance of international tribunals; The completion strategy for the International Criminal tribunal for the former Yugoslavia and the International Criminal tribunal for Rwanda; Understanding the effectiveness of international, hybrid and domestic tribunals. Appendices: Structure, jurisdiction and composition of the tribunals; Resolutions for the international criminal tribunal for the former Yugoslavia; Resolutions for the international criminal tribunal for Rwanda; Resolutions for the special court for Sierra Leone; Resolutions for the serious crimes panel for East Timor; Resolutions for the extraordinary chambers for Cambodia; Bibliography; Index.