Looking for Justice

Introduction...................................................................................................................................

II.Background to the Establishment and Mandate of the War Crimes Chamber......

III.The Office of the Prosecutor...................................................................................................

Overview of the Special Department for War Crimes.....................................................

Progress towards effective prosecutions............................................................................

Resource shortages....................................................................................................................

Prosecutors...................................................................................................................................

Investigators.................................................................................................................................

Translation....................................................................................................................................

Cooperation with the War Crimes Chamber....................................................................

ICTY cooperation......................................................................................................................

Regional cooperation................................................................................................................

IV.Defense.........................................................................................................................................

Overview of the Criminal Defense Support Section......................................................

OKO efforts to enhance existing capacity of defense counsel...................................

Challenges that could undermine effective representation...........................................

Payment of defense counsel...................................................................................................

Investigators.................................................................................................................................

Witness Protection and Support...........................................................................................

Role of the Witness Protection Support Unit before and during trial......................

Role of the Witness Support Office before and during trial........................................

Protection and support post-trial..........................................................................................

VI.Outreach and Communications............................................................................................

Overview of the Public Information and Outreach Section........................................

Initiatives of the PIOS..............................................................................................................

Court Support Network...........................................................................................................

Initiatives to engage the media...............................................................................................

Other Initiatives..........................................................................................................................

VII.The War Crimes Chamber's Potential for Impact..........................................................

VIII.Recommendations.....................................................................................................................

To the War Crimes Chamber................................................................................................

To the Registry....................................................................................................................

To the Public Information and Outreach Section...................................................

To the authorities of Bosnia and Herzegovina.................................................................

To the authorities of Serbia and Montenegro and of Croatia.....................................

To the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia...........................

To the international donor community..............................................................................

IX.Acknowledgements...................................................................................................................