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Victor Peskin

Victor Peskin is a PhD candidate in the Department of Political Science at the University of California, Berkeley. His thesis examines the politics of state cooperation with the International Criminal Tribunals for the Former Yugoslavia and Rwanda.

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After Zoran Djindjic: the future of international criminal justice

War crimes tribunals for Rwanda and ex-Yugoslavia, and the International Criminal Court, involve supranational bodies in the affairs of states and their domestic politics. The assassination of Serbia’s prime minister illustrates the dangers of this process. How can the pursuit of international justice balance principle and political compromise?

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