International and Comparative Criminal Justice and Urban Governance Convergence and Divergence in Global, National and Local Settings
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of figures
- List of tables
- Notes on contributors
- Acknowledgements
- 1 International and comparative criminal justice and urban governance
- PART 1 International criminal justice
- 2 Unintended justice: the United Nations Security Council and international criminal governance
- 3 The International Criminal Court and the state of the American exception
- 4 Universal crimes, universal justice? The legitimacy of the international response to genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes
- 5 Locating victim communities within global justice and governance
- 6 Dealing with war crimes in Bosnia: retributive and restorative options through the eyes of the population
- 7 Shaping penal policy from above? The role of the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights
- PART 2 Comparative penal policies
- PART 3 Comparative crime control and urban governance
- Index
- References
6 - Dealing with war crimes in Bosnia: retributive and restorative options through the eyes of the population
from PART 1 - International criminal justice
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2011
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Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of figures
- List of tables
- Notes on contributors
- Acknowledgements
- 1 International and comparative criminal justice and urban governance
- PART 1 International criminal justice
- 2 Unintended justice: the United Nations Security Council and international criminal governance
- 3 The International Criminal Court and the state of the American exception
- 4 Universal crimes, universal justice? The legitimacy of the international response to genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes
- 5 Locating victim communities within global justice and governance
- 6 Dealing with war crimes in Bosnia: retributive and restorative options through the eyes of the population
- 7 Shaping penal policy from above? The role of the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights
- PART 2 Comparative penal policies
- PART 3 Comparative crime control and urban governance
- Index
- References
Summary
Introduction
The entry into force of the Rome Statute, on 1 July 2002, has been heralded by many observers as the final start of a new era, the era of international justice. The importance of the International Criminal Court (ICC) can indeed hardly be overstated. It is the first permanent international court in the world's history that is competent to judge individuals for having committed crimes in various parts of the globe. Some go even further and see it as the ultimate panacea that will not only react to crimes but also deter future crimes, promote reconciliation between former enemies and bring peace to the world. Both perspectives strongly rely on the ICC, and international criminal justice as a whole, as a new form of governance.
Notwithstanding the importance of the ICC and other institutions of criminal justice, some cautionary remarks seem warranted. First of all, the creation of the ICC is the result of a lengthy process that was far from linear, but was instead fraught with piecemeal changes and huge leaps, full of strange coincidences and even stranger alliances. This long and curving road to The Hague has displayed little coherence, let alone convergence, and it remains to be seen if and how convergence may come about.
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