The International Criminal Tribunal for former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) – are they independent actors or instruments of a new world order? This book reveals how initially controversial frames like the ones about the genocide in Srebrenica or Rwanda became almost undisputed notions.

Klaus Bachmann is a professor of political science at the University of Social Sciences and Humanities in Warsaw. He was an observer at the ICTY during the trials of Biljana Plavšić and Slobodan Milošević. Thomas Sparrow-Botero is a journalist and translator. He currently works for the BBC in the United States. Previously, he reported on Central and Eastern European topics for Latin American media outlets. He covered, among other events, the judgement of Ante Gotovina and the capture of Ratko Mladić. Peter Lambertz is a PhD candidate at the University of Leipzig. He holds a from the Université Libre de Bruxelles and an MA in Global Studies from the universities of Leipzig and Wrocław.

«This book offers a valuable reading and an important empirical test of optimistic expectations of Tribunals' independence and contribution in transitional justice. It reveals a novel insight into the several aspects of contested relation of justice vs. politics in global arena and sets new approaches in dealing with the subject.» (Katarina Ristic, H-Soz-u-Kult 11/2013)

Contents: International Criminal Tribunals – Justice – Politics – Reconciliation – Europeanisation – International Organisations – European Integration – EU Enlargement – Framing – Agenda Setting – Rwanda – Genocide – Yugoslavia – Croatia – Serbia – Srebrenica – United Nations – France – The Netherlands – United States – Belgium – Security Council – Rhetorical Action – Theories of Justice – Judicial Behaviour.