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Book SynopsisThe Witnesses presents findings from the first study of victim-witnesses who have testified before an international war crimes tribunal. Witnesses describe their family tragedies, their moral duty to testify on behalf of the dead, their courtroom encounters with the accused, their aspirations for justice, and their disappointments.
Trade Review"Stover's important study illuminates new terrain and provides a valuable tool for evaluating and improving the performance of the international human rights courts that emerged in the 1990s. . . . Highly recommended." *
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The Witnesses is clearly an important work. . . . Stover's interviews are often riveting, punctuated with critical evaluative and emotional voices of simple people describing unspeakable hardship. The author's compelling presentation succeeds where no structured randomized sample would shed light, namely, in demonstrating the very human moral sensitivities of the respondents as they talk about their family tragedies, their self-styled moral duty to testify on behalf of the dead, their aspirations for justice, and their disappointments." * Richard Pierre Claude, Professor Emeritus, University of Maryland *
Table of ContentsPreface
1. Introduction: The Pursuit of Justice
2. Witnesses in the System
3. The Tribunal
4. Crimes and Consequences
5. Bearing Witness
6. Returning Home
7. Justice and Reconciliation
8. Conclusion
Appendix A: Survey Questionnaire
Appendix B: Victims' Rights and the International Criminal Court
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Acknowledgments
Index
