International Trials and Reconciliation

<p>While there has been much discussion about whether criminal trials <i>can</i> aid reconciliation the extent to which they <i>actually</i> do so in practice remains under-explored. This book investigates the relationship between criminal trials and reconciliation through a particular focus on the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY). Using detailed empirical data - in the form of qualitative interviews and observations from five years of fieldwork - to assess and analyze the ICTY's impact on reconciliation in Bosnia-Hercegovina Croatia and Kosovo the book argues that reconciliation is not a realistic aim for a criminal court. Challenging many of the common yet untested assumptions about the benefits of criminal trials this innovative - and extremely timely - monograph will be invaluable for those with interests in the theory and practice of transitional justice. </p>