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Symbolic Expression at the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia

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dc.contributor.authorAksenova, Marina
dc.contributor.editorStahn, Carsten
dc.contributor.editorAgius, Carmel
dc.contributor.editorBrammertz, Serge
dc.contributor.editorRohan, Colleen
dc.contributor.rorhttps://ror.org/02jjdwm75
dc.date.accessioned2025-02-05T12:13:57Z
dc.date.available2025-02-05T12:13:57Z
dc.date.issued2020-06-11
dc.description.abstractThe chapter argues that, at the creation of International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), conditions were ripe for establishing this kind of forum. The ICTY was instituted with one overarching aim: condemnation of evil deemed universal. The language of the UN Security Council resolutions demonstrates an intensifying concern over offences committed in the Balkan war. The overarching purpose of the tribunal was symbolic—to uphold the value of human dignity through the ritual of criminal prosecutions in the light of the inability of local actors to prevent further escalation of atrocities. The chapter relies on two theoretical frameworks to support its claim: the theory of discourse analysis developed by Michel Foucault, projecting the ICTY’s power outwards focusing on the content of its input, and an anthropological exploration of the symbolic nature of rituals by Maurice Bloch, identifying the structure within which this content is generated.
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dc.identifier.citationAksenova, Marina (2020) Symbolic Expression at the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia In: Legacies of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia. Edited by: Carsten Stahn, Carmel Agius, Serge Brammertz, Colleen Rohan, Oxford University Press .
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198862956.003.0010
dc.identifier.isbn9780191895531
dc.identifier.officialurlhttps://academic.oup.com/book/33759/chapter-abstract/288438854?redirectedFrom=fulltext
dc.identifier.publicationtitleLegacies of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia: A Multidisciplinary Approach
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14417/3529
dc.language.isoen
dc.page.total25
dc.publisherOxford Academic
dc.relation.departmentPublic Law & Global Governance
dc.relation.entityIE University
dc.relation.schoolIE Law School
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dc.subject.keywordICTY
dc.subject.keywordLanguage
dc.subject.keywordSymbolic purpose
dc.subject.keywordTheory of discourse
dc.subject.keywordMichel Foucault
dc.subject.keywordMaurice Bloch
dc.titleSymbolic Expression at the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia
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