Kosovo and Transitional Justice

This book analyses efforts to achieve justice in Kosovo for victims of crimes committed during the conflict in the 1990s, relating this to broader debates on transitional justice.

Autorentext

Dr Aidan Hehir is a reader in International Relations at the University of Westminster, UK.

Furtuna Sheremeti is a doctoral researcher at the Institute of Criminology in KU Leuven, Belgium.

Inhalt

Introduction: power and the pursuit of "justice" in Kosovo Chapter 1 - Kosovo on trial at the ICTY: narratives of war, history, justice and injustice Chapter 2 - Frustrated justice: revisiting the ICTY's involvement in adjudicating crimes committed during the Kosovo war Chapter 3 - The effectiveness of UNMIK and EULEX in the pursuit of criminal justice in Kosovo Chapter 4 - Reparations after large-scale conflicts: can Kosovo learn from international courts and practises?' Chapter 5 - Authors of their own transitional justice: survivors of wartime sexual violence Chapter 6 - Sexual violence as a tool of war in Kosovo: where do we stand over 20 years later? Chapter 7 - The "re-appearing of the feminine": Kosovo's theatres of war memories after Yugoslavia Chapter 8 - A critical analysis of the evolution of the Kosovo Specialist Chambers and the Specialist Prosecutor's Office and the rationale for their existence Chapter 9 - The strategy behind the Serbian government's support for the Kosovo Specialist Chambers Chapter 10 - The strategic logic of ethnic cleansing in post-intervention Kosovo and its Implications for the Kosovo Specialist Chambers Conclusion: addressing the lack of justice in Kosovo