Comparative study between the ICTY and ICTR on memory, victims and future generations
Comparative study between the ICTY and ICTR on memory, victims and future generations
Date
2024
Authors
Anduaga Mesa, Alazne
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Abstract
In this thesis, I will analyse how transitional justice relates to two conflicts, namely the
territories of the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda. Because transitional justice covers a
wide range of subjects, I have focused on memory. That is why I will first set out what
memory is and what aspects of it will be exposed in the course of the paper. Since there
are several ways in which these two complex conflicts can be studied, I have decided to
focus on the ad hoc tribunals that were created in both cases. These tribunals were created
specifically for the purpose of trying crimes committed in the territories. In the course of
the paper it will become clear that the interaction between the tribunals and memory,
although it may not be perceptible at times, does exist. In this paper I will not only focus
on the victims, witnesses, or perpetrators (who have a direct connection to the tribunals),
but also on future generations, who did not live through the conflict, but are living through
the process of the trials and do not fully understand their figure and involvement.
Description
Second semester University: Université du Luxembourg
Keywords
transitional justice,
memory,
genocide,
Rwanda,
Yugoslavia,
international criminal tribunals,
victims