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opening montage clip ("Crimes of War")

opening montage clip ("Crimes of War"). THE STORY BEHIND THE STORY. Crimes and Justice. Crimes and Justice. Reporting differently Crimes Criminal responsibility Courts The media's role Effectiveness of justice mechanisms. Crimes and Justice Reporting differently.

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opening montage clip ("Crimes of War")

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  1. opening montage clip ("Crimes of War")

  2. THE STORY BEHIND THE STORY Crimes and Justice

  3. Crimes and Justice Reporting differently Crimes Criminal responsibility Courts The media's role Effectiveness of justice mechanisms

  4. Crimes and JusticeReporting differently • Have you ever faced asituation where knowing more about the law would have made you report differently? • What were the circumstances?

  5. Crimes and JusticeDifferent types of crimes

  6. Crimes and JusticeWho can be responsible for a crime? • one person • group • subordinate / superior

  7. Crimes and JusticeWhich court can try the accused? • national courts • international courts • ICTY/ICTR, ICC • 'hybrid' courts • e.g. in SCSL, ECCC, SPSC • ICRC ≠ court

  8. Crimes and Justice Crimes and courts FILM CLIP: http://video.msn.com/video.aspx?mkt=en-us&vid=48dd7768-a133-4cbd-9ecd-fae26dbcf535&fg=rss&from=34

  9. Crimes and JusticeThe media's role "As soon as I turned and walked away I heard firing. I looked around, over the corner of my shoulder and I saw people dropped. I just kept on walking…You know now that people are dead, they were shot… " (From interview with war photographer, Ronald Haeberle, re to attrocities committed in the Vietnam war, in My Lai) The … [ICTY] agrees (…) that war correspondents “play a vital role in bringing to the attention of the international community the horrors and reality of conflict". (ICTY, Randal case)

  10. Crimes and JusticeThe Media's role • Raising awareness • Witnessing • Obligation to testify?

  11. Crimes and JusticeEffectiveness of sanctions • Impact of sanctions • Additional mechanisms: reparation, truth-seeking, reconciliation

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