Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preliminary Material / Karine Lescure and Florence Trintignac -- Prefaces / Philippe Biberson -- Introduction / Karine Lescure and Florence Trintignac -- I. Organisation of the Court / Karine Lescure and Florence Trintignac -- II. Jurisdiction of the Tribunal / Karine Lescure and Florence Trintignac -- III. Procedure / Karine Lescure and Florence Trintignac -- I Financial and Institutional Aspects of AID and Protection / Karine Lescure and Florence Trintignac -- II Protection Given to Victims and Witnesses: Indispensable but Still Inadequate / Karine Lescure and Florence Trintignac -- III. Lightening the Burden of Proof: The Example of Sexual Assault / Karine Lescure and Florence Trintignac -- I. Trying the Criminals: Cooperation from States is a Necessity / Karine Lescure and Florence Trintignac -- II. Trying the Criminals: The Resources Allocated / Karine Lescure and Florence Trintignac -- Conclusion / Karine Lescure and Florence Trintignac -- Summary Bibliography / Karine Lescure and Florence Trintignac -- Organizations Which Took the Initiative to Produce this Book / Karine Lescure and Florence Trintignac -- Appendices / Karine Lescure and Florence Trintignac -- United Nations / Karine Lescure and Florence Trintignac -- United Nations Security Council S/Res/827 (1993) 25 May 1993 / Karine Lescure and Florence Trintignac -- United Nations / Karine Lescure and Florence Trintignac.

The extremely serious nature of the crimes committed in former Yugoslavia caused the United Nations Security Council, in its resolution 827 of 25 May, 1993, to establish an ad hoc international criminal Tribunal which would be required to ` try those persons responsible for serious breaches of international humanitarian law committed on the territory of former Yugoslavia between 1 January, 1991 and a date to be determined by the Council after peace has been restored. ' This international jurisdiction, which has been in existence in the Hague since 17 November, 1993, depends on the political will of the nations to provide it with the means to accomplish its allotted task and to organise international judicial cooperation to assist it. International Justice for Former Yugoslavia explains the way in which the Tribunal - unique of its kind - is designed to work, and to acquaint victims and witnesses with the means available to them to institute proceedings as well as the protective measures of which they may avail themselves. In other words, it is a key to access to the International Tribunal in the Hague. The information will also alert public opinion and mobilize holders of public office and public figures in regard to the need to bring war criminals to justice. The Tribunal is competent to render justice, thus making it possible to end immunity from punishment, a condition which is a sine qua non for a return to lasting peace. It also constitutes a vital link with the hoped-for future creation of an international criminal court.

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