Efforts to investigate and prosecute war crimes have transformed over the past three decades—from the ad hoc tribunals of the 1990s to the International Criminal Court and today’s universal jurisdiction cases. New technologies and methods, from digital forensics and open-source intelligence to survivor-led documentation, are reshaping how justice is pursued.
Hosted b The Reckoning Project and Yale University’s Genocide Studies Program, symposium “How to catch a war criminal in the 21st century” brought together leading practitioners, scholars, lawyers, and journalists to examine how accountability mechanisms have evolved—and how they must continue to adapt to meet the challenges of our time.
PCRC’s President and Founder, Velma Šarić spoke on the panel “Accountability and Lessons Learned” with Garentina Kraja, former adviser to the President of Kosovo, Kip Hale, Director of Legal Affairs of The Reckoning Project, and Ambassador Peter Galbraith, political advisor and former diplomat, moderated by Janine di Giovanni, President of The Reckoning Project. Together, they reflected on the region of the Western Balkans and the early years of the ICTY’s existence, sharing the lessons learned from Kosovo, and Bosnia and Herzegovina.