Product Description

The International Criminal Court, the world's first global war crimes court, began work formally on 1 July 2002, after a long battle to see it established. This work tells the story of how it was forced into being and the lengths to which its prosecutors went to indict Slobodan Milosevic.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #920728 in Books
• Published on: 2004-07-08
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 320 pages

Tim Judah
'A vital and accessible book.'

John Jones, Barrister and War Crimes Lawyer
'Essential reading for anyone interested in the millennial project of ending man's inhumanity to man.'

About the Author
Chris Stephen has reported widely on the wars of the former Yugoslavia, and subsequently on war crimes issues for The Guardian, The Evening Standard, and Prospect.

Customer Reviews

A new way to regulate wars
This is a book full of surprises. First off, how a bunch of lawyers got idealistic and fought to create a war crimes court, and then to keep it funded against the predictable cynicism of the big powers. And then how the court was built not by the UN but by the Americans. The same guys who are now reviled across the world did something idealistic, check it out. It is a good read and good to see something positive happening in this screwed-up world.

when politics and justice juxtapose
I've read some of Chris Stephen's work previously, mainly through the Afghanistan conflict, Bosnia, Chechnya and other flash points around the globe and know him to be a no-nonsense journalist.
This book gives the good news, the hard truths and the hopes/lessons for the future that can be gleaned from his close scrutiny of the Milosovic trial.
Only time will tell if a conviction can be secured but Stephen's book tells us so much more about the machinations and manipulations in a trial of an obviously corrupt, solipsistic, unremorseful and unfortunately, powerful man enjoying his infamy.

Brilliant read
This book offers a real "behind the scenes" view of how the International Criminal Court came into existence and all of the stories that only an insider would be privelege to know. Stephen goes on to reveal to the reader the many sides of Milosevic as observed up front and personal by prosecution and defense lawyers as well as politicians. I loved this book because the style and language made the whole subject accesible and interesting to a lay person like myself. I would highly recommend it.