Lessons Learned? The Kosovo Specialist Chambers’ Lack of Local Legitimacy and Its Implications

• Published in: Human rights review (Piscataway, N.J.) Vol. 20; no. 3; pp. 267 - 287
• Main Author: Hehir, Aidan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01.09.2019; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Court hearings & proceedings; Courts; Development Aid; Education; Equality and Human Rights; Human Rights; Justice; Legitimacy; Ownership; Philosophy; Political Philosophy; Prescription drugs; Public opinion; Qualitative research; Social Justice; Social Philosophy; Terrorism and Political Violence; Transitional justice; Kosovo; Legitimacy; Kosovo; Transitional justice; ICTY; Local ownership

The experiences of many transitional justice mechanisms have led to a general consensus on the central importance of local legitimacy and local ownership; this indeed is repeatedly avowed by both the UN and the EU in their prescriptions on effective transitional justice mechanisms. Yet, I argue that...