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Article: A Critique of the Yugoslavia War Crimes Tribunal.(Report of the International Law Association)
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- Denver Journal of International Law and Policy
- Article date:
- January 1, 1997
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In his historic opening statement, Robert Jackson, the U.S. Chief Prosecutor at Nuremberg said, "we must never forget that the record on which we judge these defendants today is the record on which history will judge us tomorrow. To pass these defendants a poisoned chalice is to put it to our lips as well."(1) It is ironic that history has not been altogether kind to the Nuremberg Tribunal, labeling it "victor's justice," denouncing its application of ex post facto law, and rebuking its procedural shortcomings. Fifty years later, the world community has created another war crimes tribunal -- the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia. In its first ...