Analysis of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia using the social justice model: Review of The Republic Srpska international commissions

• In Event: Atrocity Crimes: New Approaches in the Analysis and Teaching of Atrocity Crimes (ECACTJ)

Abstract

The Republic Srpska (RS) of Bosnia commissioned two interdependent international commissions in 2020 to evaluate outcomes from the Bosnian War with focus on a commission of Sarajevo and another for Srebrenica. Two of us were on both commissions (my colleague died from COVID). The commissions comprised of noted experts in international law, sociology, archeology, history and political sciences. Two of us had clinical credential (psychologist/psychiatrist). The final conclusions, when reviewed through the lens of social justice provided insights into the role of historical and personal biases that unwittingly colored outcomes.

Author

• Laurence Armand French, Affiliate Professor, College of Liberal Arts, Univ. of New Hampshire, Durham, NH