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About
The Magazine
About Expert Analysis
About The Archive
About CWP
Monitor
Responding to the increasing worldwide focus on legal and moral
issues surrounding contemporary conflicts, the Crimes of War
Project has spent several months re-conceptualizing and designing
our Web site to better address these concerns.
To
provide our readers with the best possible coverage of warfare
and the applicable humanitarian law, we have created a Crimes
of War online magazine, an Experts Analysis section to provide
legal interpretation, as well as an Archive of all previously
published material. The site will also keep readers informed
of all upcoming CWP activities. Please let us know what you
think of this new site and the issues we address. You can reach
us at [email protected].
The
Magazine
The Magazine is a unique collaboration of leading
scholars, journalists, writers, and legal experts on war crimes,
crimes against humanity, genocide, and international law as
it is developing to confront these atrocities and the social
and political crises they engender. Published bimonthly on the
worldwide web and continually updated, The Magazine provides
on-the-ground coverage and in-depth analysis of specific crisis
zones and important legal and political developments. In the
belief that personal testimony is essential to documenting,
deciphering, and publicizing human rights disasters, The
Magazine offers a venue for survivors and witnesses to tell
their stories.
Each issue also features photography, art, video, and audio
elements to provide more layers of documentation, texture, and
nuance.
The
Magazine is intended to be a source for news editors, reporters,
policy makers, educators, and the general public. Our present
issue focusses on the brave new world of international prosecutions:
the precedents set by the UN ad hoc tribunals for the former
Yugoslavia and Rwanda; the innovative but imperfect model for
the Special Court for Sierra Leone; and the problematic justice
meted out in East Timor. CWP is also monitoring developments
for the trial of Khmer Rouge criminals against humanity, projected
to take place this fall in Cambodia, and will provide updates
as events unfold.
Upcoming issues are devoted to Colombia, Sudan, the International
Criminal Court (ICC), sex crimes, and an exploration of war
crimes potentially committed by the U.S. and NATO.
Expert
Analysis
For breaking stories that are especially controversial Experts'
Round-Up, we assemble a group of experts for clarification,
analysis, and debate. "Did Bob Kerrey Commit War Crimes?"
is our latest Experts Round-Up; recent debates have focussed
on Chechnya, The Middle East, and The Pinochet Precedent.
Archives
Here is everything published to date by Crimes of War: the
entire run of The Magazine; every Expert's analysis Round-Up;
articles from the Crimes of War book; all of our visuals.
CWP
Monitor
The CWP Monitor is a new feature designed to aid journalists
who are covering war crimes and crimes against humanity. Our
aim is to summarize and clarify key aspects of international
humanitarian law essential to analyzing these extremely difficult
breaking stories. We also provide a list of other useful websites.
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