 | The Witnesses: War Crimes and the Promise of Justice in The Hague Subjects: War crime trials -- Netherlands -- The Hague; Witnesses -- Former Yugoslav republics; Evidence Criminal -- Psychological aspects; Yugoslav War 1991–1995 -- Atrocities; The Witnesses presents findings from the first study of victim-witnesses who have testified before an international war crimes tribunal. Witnesses describe their family tragedies, their moral duty to testify on behalf of the dead, their courtroom encounters with the accused, their aspirations for justice, and their disappointments. Eric Stover is Faculty Director of the Human Rights Center and Adjunct Professor of Public Health at the University of California, Berkeley. He is the author of numerous books, including Witnesses from the Grave: The Stories Bones Tell (with Christopher Joyce), and editor of The Breaking of Bodies and Minds: Torture, Psychiatric Abuse, and the Health Professions (with Elena O. Nightingale). |
