Why read Balkan Justice?

Book cover of Balkan Justice: The Story Behind the First International War Crimes Trial Since Nuremberg

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This book is about the First International War Crime Trial since Nuremberg. Balkan Justice provides the inside story of the United Nations Yugoslavia War Crimes Tribunal charged with conducting the first international war crimes trials since World War11.

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1 author picked Balkan Justice as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Naomi Roht-Arriaza

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Slobodan Milosevic’s trial by the first post-Cold War international court, the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, required the creation of a whole new court and set of procedures, and established many of the current rules on trying war crimes and crimes against humanity. There’s a lot written on the ICTY, but I like Scharf’s book because he tells the backstories, explains the different choices that the court could have made, and makes for a fascinating read.

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