NATO and the ICC: Time for Cooperation? (Transatlantic Current, no. 4)

Abstract

Following the wars in the Balkans, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) established solid cooperation, whereby NATO supported ICTY in its quest to bring persons indicted for war crimes (PIFWCs) to justice. NATO Headquarters has provided substantial material used as evidence in various ICTY cases. NATO members have participated as witnesses to ICTY. Personnel of the NATO-led operations in Bosnia and Herzegovina,1 as well as Kosovo,2 have detained and handed PIFWCs over to ICTY personnel who arrested them based on indictments issued by the tribunal s prosecutor.3 The solid working relationship, while possibly temporarily challenged, was not put in serious jeopardy when the ICTY prosecutor investigated NATO s conduct of operations during Operation Allied Force (also known as the Kosovo Air Campaign). The investigation did later clear NATO of the allegations of war crimes levied against it.4

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 2012
Accession Number
ADA577617

Entities

People

  • Ulf Haeussler

Organizations

  • National Defense University

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Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Behavior And Behavior Mechanisms
  • Cooperation
  • Correctional Facilities
  • Crime
  • Criminals
  • Geneva Conventions
  • Humanities
  • Information Operations
  • International Organizations
  • Military Operations
  • National Security
  • Recognition
  • Security
  • United Nations
  • United States
  • War Colleges

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  • International Relations and Conflict Resolution
  • International Relations and European Studies
  • Political Violence and Terrorism Studies.