International War Crimes Tribunals and the Challenge of Outreach

Author: Clark, Janine Natalya

Source: International Criminal Law Review, Volume 9, Number 1, 2009 , pp. 99-116(18)

Publisher: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, an imprint of Brill

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Abstract:

A significant challenge facing international war crimes tribunals is to reach out to and to communicate their work to the local populations concerned. The purpose of this article, therefore, is to analyze and to explore the Outreach programmes of three particular courts, namely the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) and the International Criminal Court (ICC). It will argue that notwithstanding the important and creative Outreach work being undertaken by these courts, more resources must be invested in their Outreach sections if they are to achieve their ambitious objectives, not least the goal of contributing to peace.

Keywords: OUTREACH; INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL TRIBUNAL FOR THE FORMER YUG; SPECIAL COURT FOR SIERRA LEONE (SCSL); INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT (ICC)

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/157181209X398835

Affiliations: 1: Department of International Politics, Aberystwyth University, Wales, UK

Publication date: 2009-02-01