This issue of the journal contains a special edition relating to sentencing at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY). The purpose of this special edition is to examine a critical aspect of the work of the ICTY, and one which might be said at this stage of work at the ICTY and its sister tribunal, the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), to be still in development. This issue contains articles by people well placed to bring different and diverse perspectives to this important issue, as well as an expertise across the fields of practice and academia.