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Deterring Wartime Atrocities: Hard Lessons from the Yugoslav Tribunal

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People queue to enter the new headquarters of the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands, January 12, 2016.

Summary

Wartime international criminal tribunals (ICTs) are most likely to deter government and rebel forces from employing violence against civilians when all three of the following conditions are present: (1) ICT officials have secured prosecutorial support; (2) combatant groups rely on support from liberal constituencies; and (3) combatant groups have centralized structures.

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Jacqueline R. McAllister, “Deterring Wartime Atrocities: Hard Lessons from the Yugoslav Tribunal,” International Security, Vol. 44, No. 3 (Winter 2019/20), pp. 84–128, doi.org/10.1162/ISEC_a_00370.

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