International War Crime Tribunals are sometimes marred by political wrangling and perhaps even tampering. But is this a reason for doing away with them entirely?
Is the trial of war by law a process the citizen can trust, or is it, in reality, a process whereby selections of conflicts and individuals within a conflict are political or politicised decisions? Is the very law, by which those selected for trial will be tried, itself politicised in a way that is out of reach of the citizens affected?
Sir Geoffrey Nice QC (a man with vast experience of such tribunals, from the former Yugoslavia, Sudan and elsewhere) argues that there are "immensely positive outcomes" of international war crime tribunals and so outlines three of the most significant reasons for their continued existence.
This is an extract from the lecture 'International Criminal Tribunals: Experiments? Works in progress? Institutions that are here for good, or maybe not?' which was given as a part of Sir Geoffrey Nice's series of free public lectures given as Gresham Professor of Law. The full hour-long lecture be accessed on the Gresham College website here:
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