war crimes tribunals
Genocide justice panels
War crimes tribunals are courts established to prosecute individuals for violations of the laws of war—crimes like genocide, torture, and targeting civilians.
The Nuremberg trials after World War II set the precedent.
Some tribunals address specific conflicts: the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia.
The permanent International Criminal Court now handles cases that national courts cannot or will not prosecute.
- Hague ConventionsInternational laws of warfare
- JudgesSeventh Old Testament book
- Geneva ConventionsWartime humanitarian treaties
- United Nations Security CouncilInternational peace enforcement body
- truth commissionsOfficial bodies investigating past atrocities
indictment · witness · peace treaties · Nuremberg · war crimes · Slobodan Milošević · due process · memorialization · crimes against humanity · reparations · international law · reconciliation efforts · never again · complementarity · atrocities · refugee crises · defendants · trauma
- Balkan Institutions
- war crimescrimes against humanity, Nuremberg, prisoner abuse, war criminals, summary execution
- courtsfamily court, civil court, district court, criminal court, circuit court
- peacemakingnegotiation, mediation, peace agreement, mediate, pacifying
- international lawinternational law, treaty, treaties, conventions, protocols
- BalkansAlbania, Bosnia, Croatia, Bulgaria, Kosovo
war crimes tribunalsimpunity
Freedom from consequences
amnesty · immunity from prosecution · whitewashing · cover-ups · victor's justice