Donor Motivations and Contributions to War Crimes Tribunals

Bibliographic Data

ID10071532
AuthorsSteven D Roper (0000-0002-2166-9323, Department of Political Science Eastern Illinois University, Charleston), Lilian A Barria (Department of Political Science Eastern Illinois University, Charleston)
Year2007
Volume51
Issue2
Pages285-304
Publication date2007-03-29
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Conflict Resolution (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-0027 • E-ISSN: 1552-8766
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0022002706297702
OpenAlexW2120231564
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited20

We investigate why states provide a voluntary contribution to war crimes tribunals despite the fact that these tribunals are located in states that offer few economic and strategic advantages. We view tribunal financing as a form of foreign assistance and place the funding of tribunals within the broader foreign assistance literature to explain the motivations of donor states. We examine voluntary contributions to four tribunals, and our analysis shows that there are differences between the gatekeeper stage and the secondary decision to allocate assistance. However, donors generally make no distinction among tribunals for purposes of foreign assistance. As a consequence, purely voluntarily funded tribunals are at a disadvantage, since they are not seen by states as unique and requiring special consideration. Ultimately, the lack of funding calls into question the ability of these tribunals to provide justice to victims as well as serve as a mechanism for national reconciliation

Criminology · Disadvantage · Economic Justice · International law · Political science · Sociology · Tribunal · War crime · Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography · Global Peace and Security Dynamics · International Development and Aid · Law

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