Mina Rauschenbach

University of Lausanne | UNIL ·  Institut des sciences sociales (ISS)

This chapter takes stock of experiences gained through a research project on the perspective of individuals accused by the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY). Using interviews, it analyses the discourse of eighteen individuals accused of having indirectly (i.e. ordered, planned, not prevented) or directly (i.e. persona...

Cet article présente, à travers l’analyse d’entretiens menés avec dix-huit personnes jugées par le Tribunal pénal international pour l’ex-Yougoslavie (TPIY), le vécu et la perception du parcours judiciaire international, en se concentrant particulièrement sur la dimension procédurale (ou justice procédurale ) de leur expérience. Il met en exergue l...

The workings of international criminal trials situate themselves in an era where the concept of truth is heralded as a key aspect in the production of understandings of the past within transitional justice (TJ) settings. Yet, in such contexts where representations of the past are multilayered, trials tend to put to the fore certain narratives as le...

There is a growing recognition in transitional justice research of the crucial significance of context-appropriate measures of justice practices and needs, which account for the diversity, locality, and complexity of individuals’ experiences of the past. In this perspective, this paper highlights the significance of oral history collections for exp...

This study explores discourses about involvement in violent intergroup conflict and international crimes from the perspective of perpetrators. Through a critical discourse analysis of 12 personal interviews carried out with individuals accused by the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) for crimes committed during the Yu...

Almost 20 years after the end of the armed conflict in the former Yugoslavia, the debates on how to deal with the past in Serbia are still ongoing. From the very start the international community has put major emphasis on the criminal prosecution and conviction of the persons mostly responsible for the war crimes in the region, both by establishing...

La légitimité d'une institution judiciaire, tout comme celle de la justice, s'analyse notamment par son acceptation par les usagers. En matière pénale, la société dans son ensemble, comprenant aussi bien les victimes que les accusés, est concerné. L'analyse de cette légitimité de la justice internationale pénale n'est apparue que tardivement dans l...

Noelle Languin Noelle, Christian Nils-Robert, C., Milena Abbiati M., Mina Rauschenbach, M. (2011), Victims and the penal process: roles, expectations and disappointments, Resisting Punitiveness in Europe?, Snacken, S. & Dumortier, E. (Eds.), Routeledge, London

Despite the growing attention being paid to “victims” in the framework of criminal proceedings, this attention does not seem to be meeting their needs under either national criminal justice systems or the international regime. In the latter, the difficulties encountered by the victims are aggravated by factors specifically arising from the prosecut...

Pratiques de Discrimination et Arrêts de la Cour Européenne des Droits de l’Homme Représentations Sociales chez une Population Etudiante à Genève This questionnaire study on the social representations of discrimination presents 25 situations in which people are treated differently. Of these situations, 9 were considered discriminatory by the Europ...