Judith Armatta is a lawyer, journalist, and human-rights
advocate who monitored the trial of Slobodan Milošević on behalf of the
Coalition for International Justice. Her dispatches from The Hague appeared
in national and international newspapers. Joining efforts to promote the rule of law,
Armatta worked for the American Bar Association’s Central and
East European Law Initiative, opening offices in Belgrade, Serbia (in 1997)
and Montenegro (in 1999). In this role she collaborated with women lawyers in the
former Yugoslavia and supported the work of an independent judiciary. During the Kosova War,
she headed a War Crimes Documentation Project among Kosovar Albanian refugees in Macedonia. Finally,
Armatta assisted the Justice Ministry of Montenegro on
sweeping law reform.
For over two decades, she has worked to
increase awareness of and response to violence against women and
children—in her home state of Oregon, as well as at the national
and international level. Celebrated for her efforts in Oregon, she
moved into International Law and Justice in the late
1990's.
Armatta currently consults and writes on international humanitarian,
human rights, and U.S. Criminal Justice issues
Armatta’s book, Twilight of Impunity: the War Crimes Trial of
Slobodan Milošević, was published in 2010 by Duke
University Press. 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.
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here
to read Judith Armatta's blog post on the American Constitution Society
website, "An Eyewitness' Reflections on the Trial of Slobodan Milošević."
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