The Witness Experience

Kimi Lynn King, J.D./Ph.D. is a distinguished teaching professor at the University of North Texas (UNT), founding member of the American Moot Court Association, director for the Texas Undergraduate Moot Court Association, and coach of the nationally ranked UNT Moot Court team. Along with partner James David Meernik, she led the undergraduate/graduate study abroad courses which won the American Political Science Association Award, and together they have co-authored fifteen articles or book chapters on the Supreme Court and foreign policy, as well as in-depth research on the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY). James David Meernik, Ph.D. is a professor of political science and Director of the Castleberry Peace Institute at the University of North Texas (UNT). From 2003–2008 Meernik was Associate Editor of the flagship journal of the International Studies Association, International Studies Quarterly. He co-leads a UNT Study Abroad Program to the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) that won the 2007 American Political Science Association award for the most innovative course in the United States. He has authored or co-edited four books on international relations.

1. Introduction to the survey and survey methodology; 2. Exploring the gender, ethnicity and trauma characteristics of the witness sample; 3. The witnesses and their encounter with international justice; 4. The witnesses and human security: the social, economic and security consequences of testimony; 5. The impact of testifying; 6. Perceptions of justice; 7. Conclusions.