Detailed project information

Title Post-conflict-justice and 'local ownership'
Applicant : Prof. dr. C. Stahn
Research institute : Universiteit Leiden
Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
Departement Publiekrecht
Team members : Dhr. C. M. de Vos
Dr. S. Kendall
Duration : 06/01/2010 tot 09/05/2014
Strategic goal : NWO thema
Finance : Eur 480.310
Subsidy Conflict and Security - Fast Track
 
Summary
International judicial responses to conflict have been characterised by ad hoc-ism and deference to externally driven reform agendas. This project revisits contemporary practice from the perspective of domestic constituencies. It examines the role of local ownership from three angles. Pillar 1 reviews rationales and methodologies of external intervention in justice responses. Pillar 2 examines the societal impact of international criminal proceedings, based on analysis of the first practice of the International Criminal Court (ICC). Pillar 3 analyses whether and under what circumstances ICC justice may contribute to capacity-building and legal harmonisation in post-conflict situations.