Donor Motivations and Contributions to War Crimes Tribunals

Steven D. Roper and Lilian A. Barria
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Steven D. Roper: Department of Political Science Eastern Illinois University, Charleston
Lilian A. Barria: Department of Political Science Eastern Illinois University, Charleston

Journal of Conflict Resolution, 2007, vol. 51, issue 2, 285-304

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: war crimes tribunals; foreign assistance; UN Chapter VII; ICTY; ICTR (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007
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DOI: 10.1177/0022002706297702

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