Defining Complementarity: National Justice and the International Criminal Court

An internationally recognized expert on transitional justice, Senior Fellow Michael Johnson considers how to improve the complementary relationship between higher judicial bodies such as the International Criminal Court and national judicial institutions responsible for handling war crimes. The expected closure of the ad hoc tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda in the next several years demands a focus on the shared relationship between international courts and their national complements.

Johnson served as the Registrar for the War Crimes Chamber of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina since 2004. In 2001–2004, he was the Chief of Prosecutions for the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. The New Hampshire Bar Association named him the Daniel Webster International Lawyer of the Year in 2006. Johnson holds a J.D. from the Columbus School of Law at the Catholic University of America.

Speakers

• Michael Johnson
  Senior Fellow, U.S. Institute of Peace
• Lynn Tesser, Moderator
  Program Officer, U.S. Institute of Peace

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