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Victor Peskin

Victor Peskin is an assistant professor in the school of global studies at Arizona State University. He is the author of International Justice in Rwanda and the Balkans: Virtual Trials and the Struggle for State Cooperation (Cambridge University Press, 2008)

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Serbia’s tipping-point arrest


The astonishing detention of war-crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic may repair the stony path to accountability over the wars of former-Yugoslavia, says Victor Peskin.

The Omar al-Bashir indictment: the ICC and the Darfur crisis

The intended prosecution of Sudan's head of state by the International Criminal Court is a transformative event in the history of the Darfur genocide as well as of the court, says Victor Peskin.

After Zoran Djindjic: the future of international criminal justice

War crimes tribunals for Rwanda and ex-Yugoslavia, and the International Criminal Court, involve supranational bodies in the affairs of states and their domestic politics. The assassination of Serbia’s prime minister illustrates the dangers of this process. How can the pursuit of international justice balance principle and political compromise?