War Crimes Studies Center

Special Reports

War Crimes Studies Center

Sierra Leone

The Trial of Charles Taylor Part I: Prosecuting "Persons who bear the Greatest Responsibility"
Jennifer Easterday (June 2010)

Effective, Efficient, and Fair? An Inquiry into the Investigative Practices of the Office of the Prosecutor at the Special Court for Sierra Leone
Penelope van Tuyl (September 2008)

Second Interim Report on the Special Court for Sierra Leone
"Bringing Justice and Securing Lasting Peace": Some Reflections on the Trial Phase at the Special Court
Michelle Staggs (March 2006)

Child Witnesses at the Special Court for Sierra Leone
Kyra Sanin and Anna Stirnemann (March 2006)

Interim Report on the Special Court for Sierra Leone
From Mandate to Legacy: The Special Court for Sierra Leone as a Model for “Hybrid Justice”
Sara Kendall and Michelle Staggs (April 2005)

Silencing Sexual Violence: Recent Developments in the CDF case at the Special Court for Sierra Leone
Sara Kendall and Michelle Staggs (28 June 2005)

The Special Court for Sierra Leone: Media Coverage of Charles Taylor
Leslie Lang (Summer 2005)

 

 

East Timor and Indonesia

Indifference and Accountability: The United Nations and the Politics of International Justice Special Report
David Cohen (Published by and accessible through the East-West Center)

Intended to Fail: The Trials Before the Ad Hoc Human Rights Court in Jakarta
David Cohen (Edited by the International Center for Transitional Justice)

Seeking Justice on the Cheap:  Is the East Timor Tribunal Really a Model for the Future?
David Cohen (Free PDF download published by the East-West Center)

'Justice on the Cheap' Revisited: The Failure of the Serious Crimes Trials in East Timor
David Cohen (Free PDF download published by the East West Center)

The Failure of Leipzig Repeated in Jakarta: Final Assessment on the Human Rights Ad-Hoc Tribunal for East Timor
Lembaga Studi Dan Advokasi Masyarakat (ELSAM) (9 September 2003)

Rwanda

Report on Rwanda
Radha Webley

WWII European Theater

Transitional Justice in Divided Germany After 1945
David Cohen