IT in a War Crimes Tribunal
Finding evidence in the rubble, building cases amid chaos, the International Criminal Tribunal for the rormer Yugoslavia is leveraging IT to help hold the butchers of Bosnia and the criminals of Kosovo responsible for their sins.
Blewitt and Chartier both say that the biggest changes in the Tribunal's last five years are that things have become somewhat routine, that in some ways the place has begun to run itself. The organization just has to respond to problems as they come up, points out Blewitt. "I think Kosovo was a good test of how well we perform," he says.
Despite having its procedures and staff in place, and being able to handle the new problems that constantly crop up, the enduring pressure of its task remains. Christian Chartier sums up the feeling of many ICTY staff when he says, "I feel personally, very deeply, that we are the Tribunal for Yugoslavia. It's important that people there see justice done while they are living, if it is to help them restart life, begin healing. So the challenge of time is always with us."
Photo credits: City by Georges Merillon/Liaison Agency; ICTY team by Bart Marijnen/Liaison Agency; Courtroom by AP Photo/Peter Dejong.
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