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9 U. C. Davis J. Int'l L. & Pol'y 13 (2002-2003)
What Lessons Can Be Learned from the Ad Hoc Criminal Tribunals

handle is hein.journals/ucdl9 and id is 19 raw text is: MILOSEVIC, KILLING FIELDS, AND KANGAROO COURTS: SYMPOSIUM ON AN EMERGING INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM WHAT LESSONS CAN BE LEARNED FROM THE AD Hoc CRIMINAL TRIBUNALS? Marieke L. Wierda* Moderator Prof. Szasz: I now turn it over to the the first panel, and first of all to Ms. Wierda to talk about the ad hoc international tribunals. PRESENTATION BY MARIEKE L. WIERDA My subject matter this afternoon will be the ad hoc and the internationalized tribunals, to which Paul Szasz has given an excellent and extensive introduction in regard to some of the structural matters. Other speakers will concentrate on the permanent international criminal court, which of course is much in the news today, at least outside the United States. If you read the newspapers, you might come across mentions of these other tribunals dealing with exotic places as diverse as Yugoslavia, Sierra Leone, East Timor, Rwanda and Cambodia. Unfortunately, of course, the establishment of these tribunals is reflective of the fact that more than ever, civilians are targeted in armed conflicts and the need for these tribunals is real. Our task this afternoon is to discuss whether we are witnessing the development of a viable system of international criminal enforcement. There are two aspects to this question; first, is the system viable, and second, is it actually a system - this pertains especially to these ad hoc arrangements that tend to sprout up in various places almost like mushrooms. The first of these ad hoc criminal tribunals, as Paul mentioned, was the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, which is now about nine years into its lifespan. This court had to be established from scratch. Its founders had to establish an office of the prosecutor and a registry, and appoint judges. The Prosecutor and Appeals * Senior Associate, International Center for Transitional Justice; former clerk at the Yugoslav War Crimes Tribunal.

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