Investigating Srebrenica

This volume is much more than agglomeration of interesting and important case studies Digesting thousands of pages of different reports and dissecting their content is a timely and insightful venture...It challenges conventional modes of historical, legal and political representation, yet demands to be addressed through responsible research and emphatic debate. Southeast European and Black Sea Studies The newest addition to Berghahn Books' outstanding 'Studies in Contemporary European History' series, [this book] is an impressive compilation of eight major papers that provide an informed and informative analytical description of how an horrific event has been reported by various governments and agencies. Enhanced with six area maps, a lengthy Bibliography, a Name Index, and a Subject Index, [it] is an important and highly recommended addition to academic library reference collections. Reviewer's Bookwatch [This book] provides us with a framework to analyse the hundreds of reports that are being written around the world in an effort to come to terms with past atrocities. Whether readers are interested in international relations, law, human rights, history or sociology, this book will have something to bear in the way in which we all approach the issue of understanding rationales behind knowledge. This work fills a gap in the current literature on the main reports and investigations of Srebrenica, since these had not been, until now, the objects of comparative analysis. LSE Blog

Isabelle Delpla is Professor of Philosophy at University Jean Moulin-Lyon III. Her research focuses on international ethics and justice and the relationships between philosophy and anthropology. She has conducted fieldwork in Bosnia with victim associations, Hague witnesses, and convicted war criminals.

List of maps Acknowledgements List of abbreviations and acronyms List of the Srebrenica reports and websites Chronology and Maps Introduction: The Judge, the Historian, and the Legislator Isabelle Delpla, Xavier Bougarel and Jean-Louis Fournel Chapter 1. The ICTY Investigations Jean-Ren Ruez Chapter 2. Introduction to the Report-Form: Characteristics and Temporalities of a Production of Public Truth Jean-Louis Fournel Chapter 3. Reassessing the French Parliamentary Fact-Finding Mission on Srebrenica Pierre Brana Chapter 4. A Tale of Two Commissions: Dutch Parliamentary Inquiries during the Srebrenica-Aftermath Christ Klep Chapter 5. Reflecting on the Dutch NIOD Report: Academic Logic and the Culture of Consensus Pieter Lagrou Chapter 6. Reopening the Wounds? The Parliament of Bosnia-Herzegovina and the Question of Bosniak Responsibilities Xavier Bougarel Chapter 7. The Long Way to Admission: The Report of the Government of the Republika Srpska Michle Picard and Asta Zinbo Chapter 8. Facts, Responsibility, Intelligibility: Comparing the Investigations and Reports Isabelle Delpla Bibliography Notes on contributors Index