From Nuremberg to the Hague and beyond: International criminal law in courts: Court of Bosnia And Herzegovina as an example

Authors

  • Manfred Dauster Institute for Economic Criminal Law, International and European Criminal Law at the University of Saarland, Saarbrücken https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7582-1127

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.46282/blr.2019.3.2.149

Keywords:

genesis of humanitarian law, international criminal law, failures in institutionalizing the adjudication, genocide in Former Yugoslavia, UN-ad hoc Tribunal, making of a national War Crimes Court, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Abstract

International criminal law in courts will seize our interest forever. Adjudication of international criminal law violations have to happen in and by courts. They may be national courts; they also may be international (permanent or ad hoc) courts. Not to forget: It is also proposed to prosecute internationally active terrorists by international courts. It is worthwhile to take a short look at the historical development of such discussions. The so-called International (Legal) Community has discussed all forms of international criminal jurisdiction and will keep on discussing. In Bosnia and Herzegovina once the so-called internationals started an experiment with the (national) Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina, which in its nutshell was an administrative court that then was turned into a hybrid court predominantly for war crimes (and other serious felonies). As such a hybrid institution the Court was successful. International judges have left and the court became a purely national institution again. The short hybrid history of this court in a corner of the Western Balkans is worthwhile to be studied shortly.

Author Biography

Manfred Dauster, Institute for Economic Criminal Law, International and European Criminal Law at the University of Saarland, Saarbrücken

Presiding Judge at the Bavarian Supreme Court/Munich and
Presiding Judge at the High Court of Appeal of Munich.

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Published

31-12-2019

How to Cite

Dauster, . M. (2019). From Nuremberg to the Hague and beyond: International criminal law in courts: Court of Bosnia And Herzegovina as an example. Bratislava Law Review, 3(2), 76–83. https://doi.org/10.46282/blr.2019.3.2.149