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An eyewitness account of the first major international war-crimes tribunal since the Nuremberg trials, Twilight of Impunity is a gripping guide to the prosecution of Slobodan Milosevic for war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide. The historic trial of the “Butcher of the Balkans” began in 2002 and ended abruptly with Milosevic’s death in 2006. Judith Armatta, a lawyer who spent three years in the former Yugoslavia during Milosevic’s reign, had a front-row seat at the trial. In Twilight of Impunity she brings the dramatic proceedings to life, explains complex legal issues, and assesses the trial’s implications for victims of the conflicts in the Balkans during the 1990s and international justice more broadly. Armatta acknowledges the trial’s flaws, particularly Milosevic’s grandstanding and attacks on the institutional legitimacy of the International Criminal Tribunal. Yet she argues that the trial provided an indispensable legal and historical narrative of events in the former Yugoslavia and a valuable forum where victims could tell their stories and seek justice. It addressed crucial legal issues, such as the responsibility of commanders for crimes committed by subordinates, and helped to create a framework for conceptualizing and organizing other large-scale international criminal tribunals. The prosecution of Slobodan Milosevic in The Hague was an important step toward ending impunity for leaders who perpetrate egregious crimes against humanity.
- Sales Rank: #1607961 in Books
- Published on: 2010-07-30
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 9.70" h x 1.60" w x 6.40" l, 2.15 pounds
- Binding: Hardcover
- 576 pages
Review
“[An] amazing book. . . . Armatta . . . has brought a boots-on-the-ground understanding of the Balkans from previous work in Serbia, Montenegro, and Macedonia. In her observations, she proves to be an acute student of law, character, strategy, and history. . . . [T]his is a wonderful and important book. Armatta has captured not only the sights and sounds of the court, but also of the Balkans itself, and the book emerges analyzing the biggest themes of international justice. It has enormous implications for the future. . . . Every practitioner and student of international relations should read Armatta’s book.” - Wesley Clark, Washington Monthly
"Will Armatta’s book, or others like it, get us any closer to achieving what is arguably the most valuable and probably the most realisable objective of these courts, which would be to lay out a record of evidence that could be used to justify earlier and more decisive political and military action in future conflicts with a similar potential for war crimes? We can hope so." - Geoffrey Nice, London Review of Books
“[Armatta’s] is the front-row view of a first-rate court reporter, giving the reader a TiVo-like version, culled of dead space and repetition, that is still exhausting in its arduous pace and detail. Diligently, she watched and recorded as the court probed all three charges from Kosovo, back through the Croatian and Bosnian wars, tediously piling up the evidence as Milosevic bobbed and weaved. One comes away half heartened by the effort to answer unspeakable cruelty and suffering with justice but, in a way, more saddened by Milosevic's slippery success in persuading his partisans and many of his countrymen that they, not he, were on trial, the victims of great power bullies.“ - Robert Legvold, Foreign Affairs
“Armatta’s encyclopedic compendium is impeccably researched, meticulous, detailed, prudent, and careful. It distinguishes itself as a must-read.” - Mark A. Drumbl, Law and Politics Book Review
“As the only independent lawyer to have monitored and reported regularly from the Milosevic trial courtroom from its first day, Judith Armatta has produced an unparalleled, firsthand account of the first truly international war crimes trial of a national leader. She captures the courtroom atmosphere and personalities with a thoroughly engaging reportorial style, but brings her legal and regional expertise to bear in explaining and analyzing important testimony and judicial decisions. Twilight of Impunity is not only a singular history of the trial, but a compelling narrative of the major battles and convoluted diplomatic struggles of the Balkan wars. The book is filled with previously unreported insights arising from the testimony of major figures of the era, including Milosevic, former world leaders, NATO officials, victims, judges and prosecutors. A compelling and thorough source of unconventional wisdom on the trial and its impact, this book must be read by anyone hoping to understand the Balkans and the new era of international war crimes trials.”—Nina Bang-Jensen, former Executive Director/Counsel, Coalition for International Justice
“In Twilight of Impunity, Judith Armatta has done for the trial of Slobodan Milosevic, the Butcher of the Balkans, what Hannah Arendt did for the trial of Adolf Eichmann, the Architect of the Holocaust: present an unflinching depiction of the crimes, the anguish of the victims and witnesses, the arrogance of the killers, the virtues and flaws of the judicial process, and the banality of the evil that can arise when leaders assume they enjoy impunity.”—Chuck Sudetic, author of Blood and Vengeance: One Family’s Story of the War in Bosnia and co-author of Madame Prosecutor: Confrontations with Humanity’s Worst Criminals and the Culture of Impunity
“Judith Armatta spent three incredible years with a front row seat in the trial that many hope will signal a beginning of the end to impunity. Through this book the reader is granted a rare privilege to share Judith’s journey through the trial of Milosevic. As such, Twilight of Impunity serves as an indispensable cornerstone to the historical record of the Yugoslav conflict, and is a must read for anyone who seeks to understand how and why genocide returned to Europe.”—Paul R. Williams, Rebecca I. Grazier Professor of Law and International Relations, American University Washington College of Law
“[An] amazing book. . . . Armatta . . . has brought a boots-on-the-ground understanding of the Balkans from previous work in Serbia, Montenegro, and Macedonia. In her observations, she proves to be an acute student of law, character, strategy, and history. . . . [T]his is a wonderful and important book. Armatta has captured not only the sights and sounds of the court, but also of the Balkans itself, and the book emerges analyzing the biggest themes of international justice. It has enormous implications for the future. . . . Every practitioner and student of international relations should read Armatta’s book.” (Wesley Clark, Washington Monthly)
“[Armatta’s] is the front-row view of a first-rate court reporter, giving the reader a TiVo-like version, culled of dead space and repetition, that is still exhausting in its arduous pace and detail. Diligently, she watched and recorded as the court probed all three charges from Kosovo, back through the Croatian and Bosnian wars, tediously piling up the evidence as Milosevic bobbed and weaved. One comes away half heartened by the effort to answer unspeakable cruelty and suffering with justice but, in a way, more saddened by Milosevic's slippery success in persuading his partisans and many of his countrymen that they, not he, were on trial, the victims of great power bullies.“ (Robert Legvold, Foreign Affairs)
“Armatta’s encyclopedic compendium is impeccably researched, meticulous, detailed, prudent, and careful. It distinguishes itself as a must-read.” (Mark A. Drumbl, Law and Politics Book Review)
"Will Armatta’s book, or others like it, get us any closer to achieving what is arguably the most valuable and probably the most realisable objective of these courts, which would be to lay out a record of evidence that could be used to justify earlier and more decisive political and military action in future conflicts with a similar potential for war crimes? We can hope so." (Geoffrey Nice, London Review of Books)
"Armatta is quite evenhanded in her description of the court and its procedures." (William Pruitt H-Genocide)
From the Back Cover
"Judith Armatta spent three incredible years with a front row seat in the trial that many hope will signal a beginning of the end to impunity. Through this book the reader is granted a rare privilege to share Judith's journey through the trial of Milosevic. As such, "Twilight of Impunity" serves as an indispensable cornerstone to the historical record of the Yugoslav conflict, and is a must read for anyone who seeks to understand how and why genocide returned to Europe."--Paul R. Williams, Rebecca I. Grazier Professor of Law and International Relations, American University Washington College of Law
About the Author
Judith Armatta is a lawyer, journalist, and human-rights advocate who monitored the trial of Slobodan Milosevic on behalf of the Coalition for International Justice. Her dispatches from The Hague appeared in Tribunal Update, published by the Institute for War and Peace Reporting; Monitor, a magazine of political commentary published in Montenegro; the International Herald Tribune; and the Chicago Tribune. Prior to her work in The Hague, Armatta worked for the American Bar Association’s Central and East European Law Initiative, opening offices in Belgrade, Serbia (in 1997) and Montenegro (in 1999). During the Kosova War, she headed a War Crimes Documentation Project among Kosovar Albanian refugees in Macedonia. Armatta currently consults on international humanitarian, human rights, and other rule-of-law issues, most recently in the Middle East. She lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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9 of 12 people found the following review helpful.
the future of international trials
By Mark bennett
The author was a firsthand viewer of the Milosevic war crimes trial. She was involved in human rights in the Balkans for some years before the trial. She has a good understanding of events. The trail of Milosevic dragged out a long time and eventually Milosevic died in custody. The book, as with the trial, added little new understanding to the wars and war crimes of Serbia/Milosevic. But the author is very critical of the trial and those criticisms raise important questions about the whole concept of international tribunals.
The author seems to see the flaws in the proceedings as being that it was a trial and that attempted to follow the norms of law. She takes particular offense at the court for allowing Milosevic to mount a defense. But ultimately, rather than a problem of court procedure, she is raising questions about how these matters should be dealt with.
She doesn't seem to see these trails as being about an actual trial of an individual. Rather, the trial is about creating a legal and historical record of the crimes the individual was involved in. Guilt is established by the indictment. A defense is an unnecessary waste of time. Rules of evidence and procedure simply get in the way of the truth.
Armatta would have seemed to have favored a political show trial. Put him a cage in court, do not allow him to speak, and have the court appoint a lawyer who will decide a defense for him and speak for him on all occasions. The usual reasoning for having a lawyer represent a client in court is that the lawyer will be more effective than the defendent. But in this particular case, the opposite seemed to be true. The author was against him being his own lawyer because he was effective in the role. Not in proving himself innocent of course, but effective in providing political theater equal to that of the prosecution and complicating the simple narrative the prosecution wished to establish. It can't be forgotten that he was a laywer and he proved anything but inept in court.
The book is also flawed in that the author is in no way objective or even open minded. The trial exists not to discover any new information, but to simply confirm what she already thought. All witnesses against Milosevic are beyond any question or doubt. Even when they manipulate the proceedings like Wesley Clark. She also has an annoying habit of the book of going beyond the evidence presented at trial to make her own case against Milosevic which confuses her account of the trial.
The author rightly points to cases where both the Serbian and American governments held back classified material from the court. But fails to understand the complexity of the legal issues involved. In a fair trial, both sides have to have access to all the relivant information. If one says that under international law that Serbia is compelled to hand any document over to the court for inclusion in the public trial record, fairness would require that other countries would have to cooperate to the same degree. But thats not likely to happen. Absent a situation such as Germany in 1945 where the international court has control of the criminal government's archives, its almost impossible to see how this sort of thing will ever work.
In the end, the book is unintentionally raising questions about what the purpose of these courts and trials is to be. There seems to be a conflict between the idea of a court to punish the guilty and a court that is to produce other things. Those other things being (a) a legal/historical archive concerning the crimes in their most broad sense, (b) political theater for the prosecution (c) A forum for victims to confront criminals, (d) framing a historical narrative for the crimes and (e) a forum in which to publically shame a criminal.
The question for international justice is are all those "other things" best accomplished in an adversarial court proceeding?
So it is clear, I have no doubts about the guilt of Milosevic and nothing I've written should be considered a defense. But I disagree with those, like the author, who would have denied him a fair trail.
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16-Nov-2012 - an update
With the release of the two leading Croatian War Criminals, it would be more appropriate to say that we have reached the noontide of impunity rather than its twilight. These men have not only got away with ethnic cleansing of hundreds of thousands, international judges have now legally validated their actions. They have gone home to cheering crowds as the world looks on with indifference. The court really seems now to serve no other purpose than to grant a sham legal cover to the foreign policy decisions of a handful of countries.
3 of 5 people found the following review helpful.
A front row seat to history
By Jo Larsen
This is a well-written and insightful look at Slobodan Milosevic and his place in the history of the Balkans. While it is an academic tome of great value, it is also written in a style that holds the attention of the average reader. In this book, Armatta offers us a front row seat to history in the making. While we know the outcome, the writer engages us from the beginning, not only explaining for the lay person the legal machinations, but giving voice to the victims of the Balkan wars. She also makes clear that, while the trial was not perfect, it served as a groundbreaking precedent in international law and justice. Being the first of its kind, the trial now serves as a lesson from which to learn in future international criminal trials. Perhaps this trial really was the "Twilight of Impunity" for the despots of the world. We can but hope. A must read for anyone hoping to understand the Balkan wars.
0 of 1 people found the following review helpful.
My Favorite Book!
By Avid Reader
I loved this book! From the first pages, I was drawn into this fascinating narrative that reads as much like a courtroom mystery or epic novel as a political history. The author did a fantastic job telling the story of this landmark trial, and its legacy for international justice, while weaving in the back story, the underlying history of the Balkan wars. This is by far the best book I've found for understanding the complex history of Balkan wars and war crimes that rocked the rest of Europe and the world during the 1990's and continues to haunt us today.
While this book may be something of a classic for international legal scholars, human rights activists, and East European history buffs, I am none of these, and found it a great read. I would highly recommend it to anyone who likes to stay reasonably informed about major world events, as well as anyone who just like a grand, absorbing story.
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