Longer than Life

How the ICTY Strengthened the Rule of Law in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia

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The ICTY closed its doors in 2017. It had been set up in 1993 in order to prosecute crimes committed during the Yugoslav wars in the 1990s. Although its mandate was limited to that of a criminal court, the Tribunal aimed at strengthening the rule of law in the countries under its jurisdiction.

This book examines in what respect the ICTY had an impact on the Bosnian and Serbian criminal justice systems. It examines five areas where the footprint of the international tribunal is most tangible: national war crimes institutions, domestic criminal legislation and jurisprudence, witnesses’ and victims’ matters, and the use of technology in the criminal process. In the end, it is determined whether this influence indeed contributed to the rule of law in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia.

Academics might be interested in this research as it contributes to understanding the domestic impact of international institutions. Practitioners will be guided in setting up and operating international war crimes courts, if strengthening the rule of law is a desired (side) effect of that court.

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List of Abbreviations xvii

1 Introduction: The ICTY between Hope and Disappointments 1
1 The New Era of Global Justice 1
2 The ICTY’s Broader Effects 5
2.1 High Expectations towards the Tribunal 5
2.2 LittleKnowledge about the Potential ofInternationalCriminal Courts and Tribunals 7
2.3 The ICTY and the Rule of Law 11
3 Structure of This Book 13
4 The Political Context: Societies in Transition 16
5 Terminology 19
6 Epilogue 21

Part I Conceptual, Theoretical, and Methodological Framework
2 The Rule of Law in Transitional Justice 25
1 A Short History of the Rule of Law 28
1.1 Ancient Roots, the Medieval Period, and Liberalism 28
1.2 Which Essentialia Can Be Distilled for a Modern Rule of Law Conception? 31
2 Formal Versus Substantive Conceptions of the Rule of Law 32
2.1 Formal Conceptions of the Rule of Law 33
2.2 Substantive Conceptions of the Rule of Law 36
2.3 The Rule of Law: An Essentially Contested Concept 39
3 Ordinary Rule of Law Versus Transitional Rule of Law 40
3.1 The Rule of Law as Core Transitional Business 40
3.2 Transitional Justice and Its Goals 43
3.3 The Law in Transition: Enabling and Softening the Transition 48
3.4 The Rule of Law in Transition 50
4 The Rule of Law in Transitional Justice 51
4.1 The Two Main Characteristics: Maximalist and Interim 51
4.2 Purposes of the Transitional Rule of Law 52
4.3 Existing Proposals for a Rule of Law in Transitional Justice Contexts 54
4.4 The First Pillar: Three Components of the Transitional Rule of Law 58
4.5 The Second Pillar: Implicating the Whole of Society 60
4.6 The Transitional Rule of Law 61
5 Conclusion 63

3 The Impact Model: How War Crimes CourtsInfluence the Domestic Rule of Law 67
1 Impact Factors: War Crimes Courts’ Capacity Building and Demonstration Abilities 71
1.1 Theoretical Origins 71
1.2 Direct Impact Factors: Capacity Building Abilities 72
1.2.1 Providing Material Resources 74
1.2.2 Advice on Legal Reform 75
1.2.3 Transfer of Knowledge 75
1.2.4 Empowering the Civil Society 77
1.3 Indirect Impact Factors: Demonstration Abilities 80
1.3.1 Legality: Legal Establishment 86
1.3.2 Effectiveness: Fighting Impunity 86
1.3.3 Compliance: Cooperation and Deterrence 87
1.3.4 Perceived Legitimacy: The War Crimes Court’s Demonstration of the Rule of Law 88
1.4 ‘Impact Receivers’: Key Constituents of War Crimes Courts 91
2 Impact Mechanisms: The Rule of Law Cascade 93
2.1 Theoretical Origins 93
2.1.1 Why Obey? Logic of Appropriateness Versus Logic of Consequentialism 93
2.1.2 Why States Obey International Law in their International Relations 94
2.1.3 Why States Obey International Law Domestically 96
2.1.4 Norm Internalisation: The Norm Cascade Model and the Spiral Model 97
2.2 Mechanisms to Impact the Rule of Law by War Crimes Courts 103
2.2.1 Advocacy Networks for the Rule of Law 106
2.2.2 War Crimes Courts’ Rule of Law Cascade 108
3 Conclusion 113
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