Prosecution of International Crimes

The post-World War Two period has witnessed numerous armed conflicts characterized by extensive violations of relevant obligatory international norms. Responding to these events the United Nations General Assembly created a per­manent international court in 2003 with jurisdiction over selected international crimes. The International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia was a precursor to this permanent court. It was established for the purpose of prosecuting persons responsible for serious violations of international humanitarian law committed in the territory of the former Yugoslavia. As a precedent for what we may expect in the future it deserves special attention from a historical politi­cal and especially an international law point of view.The Prosecution of International Crimes comprehensively examines the creation mandate and challenges of the Inter­national Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia. Derived from a special issue of Criminal Law Forum: An International Journal a peer-review journal dedicated to the advance­ment of criminal law theory practice and reform through­out the world it is now available in paperback.