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19 Wash. U. Global Stud. L. Rev. 381 (2020)
Mandate Interrupted: The Problematic Legacy of the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia

handle is hein.journals/wasglo19 and id is 399 raw text is: MANDATE INTERRUPTED: THE PROBLEMATIC LEGACY OF THE UNITED NATIONS INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL TRIBUNAL FOR THE FORMER YUGOSLAVIA DAVID PETTIGREW, PH.D.* ABSTRACT The mandate of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), which was founded in 1993, was to bring to justice those responsible for serious violations of international humanitarian law committed in the former Yugoslavia since 1991 and thus contribute to the restoration and maintenance of peace in the region. However, this essay will argue that the proceedings and Judgements of the ICTY have not contributed to the restoration of peace in the region, and in certain respects, have rather bred disappointment and cynicism. This analysis does not deny the virtues of certain aspects of the operations of the Tribunal nor does it refute the Tribunal's claim that it irreversibly changed the landscape of international humanitarian law, provided victims an opportunity to voice the horrors they witnessed and experienced, and proved that those suspected of bearing the greatest responsibility for atrocities committed during armed conflicts can be called to account.' The Tribunal's Indictments and Judgements have indeed provided extensive documentation of the atrocities that were committed. Through the testimony of the survivors, the proceedings gave a profoundly important voice to those who the perpetrators attempted to erase from the world and memory. However, in spite of those procedural * David Pettigrew is a Professor of Philosophy at Southern Connecticut State University. 1 United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, Mandate and Crimes under ICTY Jurisdiction, http://www.icty.org/en/about/tribunal/mandate-and-crimes-under- icty-jurisdiction. 2 International Criminal Tribunalfor theformer Yugoslavia 1993-2017, https://www.icty.org/ 381

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