Category Archives: Balkans

The New Kosovo Tribunal – Turning Victors’ Justice on its Head?

Posted on January 18, 2016 by Mark Kersten

An international criminal tribunal has been set up to prosecute the victors of the 1999 war in Kosovo. Yes, you read that right. A court has been set up with a mission to investigate and bring to justice those members … Continue reading →

Posted in Balkans, Kosovo, Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA), Kosovo Relocated Specialist Judicial Institution (KRSJI) | 6 Comments

A New War Crimes Court is Born, but Who is Responsible in Kosovo?

Posted on August 10, 2015 by Mark Kersten

Aidan Hehir joins JiC for this critical examination of Kosovo’s war crimes tribunal and the need to pursue accountability for all parties directly and indirectly responsible for mass atrocities in the country. Aidan is a Reader in International Relations at … Continue reading →

Posted in Balkans, Guest Posts, International Criminal Justice, International Law, Kosovo, Serbia, Transitional Justice | Tagged , | 6 Comments

The aftermath of the ICTY’s Gotovina Trial: Due process and Historical truth

Posted on November 19, 2012 by Mark Kersten

The following is a guest-post by Rhodri C. Williams, a human rights consultant and commentator who recently began working on rule of law issues in Libya with the International Legal Assistance Consortium. Rhodri also writes at his fantastic  TerraNullius blog. In this … Continue reading →

Posted in Balkans, Croatia, ICTY, Serbia | Tagged , , | 4 Comments

Pursuing and Serving Justice Fairly: Is Mladic Fit to Stand Trial?

Posted on May 27, 2011 by Mark Kersten

In a post a few months back, I pondered what a trial of Gaddafi would be like, given his aptitude for emotional and delusional outbursts. It was at that time that legal scholar Dov Jacobs of Spreading the Jam suggested … Continue reading →

Posted in Balkans, Genocide, Human Rights, ICTY, Justice, Libya, Serbia, Slobodan Milosevic | 1 Comment

Mladic Reunited with Karadzic: Arrested and Heading to the Hague

Posted on May 26, 2011 by Mark Kersten

Ratko Mladic and Radovan Karadzic are united again, just not in the way they had hoped. Today, Mladic, seen by many as the Bosnian Serb architect of death for his role in the Bosnian war, was arrested by Serb authorities. … Continue reading →

Posted in Balkans, Genocide, Human Rights, ICTY, Peace Negotiations, Serbia, Slobodan Milosevic | 4 Comments

Did the UN Security Council Just Outsource Peace in Libya to the ICC?

Posted on February 28, 2011 by Mark Kersten

Is it possible that the UN Security Council referral of the situation in Libya to ICC was an act of outsourcing responsibility for peace? In the peace-justice debate, some critics of the ICC go so far as to argue that … Continue reading →

Posted in Balkans, International Criminal Court (ICC), Libya, Sudan, UN Security Council | 5 Comments

Thaci, accused of Human Organ-Trafficking, becomes PM of Kosovo

Posted on February 23, 2011 by Mark Kersten

Hashim Thaci, a man who was linked to charges of corruption and the trafficking of human organs, has been  elected as PM of Kosovo by an overwhelming majority. Thaci was a key political leader for the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) … Continue reading →

Posted in Balkans, Europe, Humour, Kosovo | Leave a comment