Book launch for ‘Hybrid Justice: Innovation and Impact in the Prosecution of Atrocity Crimes’

The last 15 years has seen the unexpected re-emergence of hybrid and internationalised courts — institutions which operate with varying combinations of national and international law, procedure, and staff. Whilst the establishment of the permanent International Criminal Court should have made hybrid mechanisms largely obsolete, hybrids have recently been established or proposed for atrocity crimes committed in Chad, South Sudan, Israel/Palestine, the Central African Republic, Kosovo, Syria, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, The Gambia, Liberia, and Ukraine.

Hybrid Justice: Innovation and Impact in the Prosecution of Atrocity Crimes brings together lawyers, academics, and activists to critically examine the resurgent promise of hybrid courts. Focusing on the fields, practices, innovations, and impact of hybrid courts, the book’s contributors, six of whom will speak at this event, evaluate hybrids' successes and challenges. In doing so, they help to clarify the conditions and mechanisms that make hybrids likely to succeed in their mandates and goals. In addition, the authors evaluate the relationship of hybrid courts and resilience: the resilience of hybrid mechanisms to withstand political and other pressures to deliver justice and accountability, and the potential contribution of hybrids to the resilience of affected communities.

The book was produced as part of the Hybrid Justice project, funded by the Rockefeller Foundation, which also included the publication of the Dakar Guidelines on the Establishment of Hybrid Courts, a comprehensive practical reference guide on the establishment of hybrid courts.

Event Chair: Dr Ntina Tzouvala

Speakers:

Dr Mark Kersten (speaking via Zoom)

Prof Sarah Williams

Dr Camilo Sanchez

Dr Rosemary Grey

Dr Shannon Torrens

Prof Kirsten Ainley