The Witnesses: War Crimes and the Promise of Justice in the Hague

by Eric Stover

Book Overview

In recent years, the world community has demonstrated a renewed commitment to the pursuit of international criminal justice. In 1993, the United Nations established two ad hoc international tribunals to try those responsible for genocide and crimes against humanity in the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda. Ten years later, the International Criminal Court began its operations and is developing prosecutions in its first two cases (Congo and Uganda)...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812219945
• ISBN13: 9780812219944
• Release Date: March 2007
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.0"