An eyewitness account
of the first major international war-crimes tribunal since the Nuremberg
trials, Twilight of Impunity
is a gripping guide to the prosecution of Slobodan Milošević for war
crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide. The historic trial of the
“Butcher of the Balkans” began in 2002 and ended abruptly with Milošević's
death in 2006. Judith Armatta, a lawyer who spent three years in the former
Yugoslavia during Milošević's reign, had a front-row seat at the trial.
Twilight of Impunity: The War Crimes Trial of Slobodan
Milošević
by Judith Armatta
In Twilight of
Impunity Armatta brings the dramatic proceedings to life, explains complex legal
issues, and assesses the trial’s implications for victims of the conflicts
in the Balkans during the 1990s and international justice more broadly.
Armatta acknowledges the trial’s flaws, particularly Milošević's
grandstanding and attacks on the institutional legitimacy of the
International Criminal Tribunal.
Yet she argues that the trial provided an indispensable legal and historical
narrative of events in the former Yugoslavia and a valuable forum for
victims to tell their stories and seek justice. It addressed crucial legal
issues, such as commanders’ responsibility for crimes committed by
subordinates, and it helped to create a framework for conceptualizing and
organizing other large-scale international criminal tribunals. The
prosecution of Slobodan Milošević in The Hague was an important step toward
ending impunity for leaders who perpetrate egregious crimes against
humanity.
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