Designing Criminal 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.