Is Plea Bargaining in International War Crimes Tribunals an Effective Tool in the Process of Reconciliation?
This essay explores the role that international war crime tribunals have in the process of reconciliation and restoration of peace. In this paper, particular focus shall be placed on the role of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) in achieving these goals and the appropriateness of the current Rules of Procedure for reaching the goal of reconciliation. It explores the meaning of reconciliation and shows that truth about past events is a prerequisite for it. It shows that plea bargaining distorts the truth and therefore may impede with the process of reconciliation.
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