War Crimes Justice Project - Phase 2: Supporting the Transfer of Knowledge in War Crimes Cases among the National Jurisdictions of the Former Yugoslavia and with the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia: Final Report

The present report summarizes the objective, results and activities of the project “Supporting the transfer of knowledge in war crimes cases among the national jurisdictions of the former Yugoslavia and with the ICTY” (War Crimes Justice Project Phase II), implemented by ODIHR under its Rule of Law program. ODIHR’s Rule of Law work focuses on the following areas: judicial independence, trial monitoring, criminal justice reform, administrative justice, electoral dispute resolution and war crimes justice. ODIHR draws its mandate in war crimes justice activities from commitments made by OSCE participating States to respect and ensure respect in all circumstances for international humanitarian law (IHL) (Helsinki 1992, Budapest 1994) and to hold individuals personally responsible for war crimes and violations of IHL (Stockholm 1992).