Pushing Back: Witnesses and Translation in the Radovan Karadžić Trial

Radovan Karadžić, a powerful political figure in Bosnia and Herzegovina during the Yugoslav wars, was charged with genocide and war crimes by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY). His trial lasted for four years, with 499 days in court that were recorded on over 48,0...

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Huvudupphovsman: Elias-Bursać, Ellen
Materialtyp: Article ou chapitre numérique
Språk:Anglais
Publicerad: Témoigner. Entre histoire et mémoire 2021
Länkar:Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
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Sammanfattning:Radovan Karadžić, a powerful political figure in Bosnia and Herzegovina during the Yugoslav wars, was charged with genocide and war crimes by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY). His trial lasted for four years, with 499 days in court that were recorded on over 48,000 pages of transcripts. Close examination of these proceedings, in which Karadžić chose to defend himself before the court without defence counsel, allows us to identify some of the ways in which ...