The book shows how transitional justice experiences influence domestic change and what the role of the international community in these processes is. The contributions prove that transitional justice measures are not universal. Rather they must be characterized by the principle of local ownership and be crafted to circumstances on the ground.

Klaus Bachmann is a Professor of political science at SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities in Warsaw (Poland). His research focuses on Transitional Justice, International Criminal Law and Modern European History. Dorota Heidrich is an Assistant Professor at the Institute of International Relations, University of Warsaw. Her interests focus on forced migration, international crimes prevention and international organizations.

Contents: Patrick Wegner: Regional and Local Perceptions of Justice and their Impact on International Investigations – Allan Rutambo Ngari: Dealing with the Legacy of Mass Atrocities in the Great Lakes - Rwanda, Burundi and the Democratic Republic of the Congo – Jan Hofmeyr: Restorative Justice in Post-Apartheid South Africa. The Truth and Reconciliation Commission and its Deferred Promise – Anna Grzywacz: Transitional Justice in East Timor: Timorese Political Pragmatism and its Effectiveness – Gjylbehare Bella Murati: A Surrogate State’s Approach to Transitional Justice. The Kosovo Experience – Klaus Bachmann: The Loathed Tribunal. Public Opinion in Serbia Toward the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia – Ana Ljubojevi?: The Vukovar and Ov?ara Trials and Their Influence on Popular Narratives about the War in Croatia and Serbia – Allan Rutambo Ngari: Foreign Judicial Intervention and the Media - The Case of the ICC and Kenya – Patrycja Grzebyk: International Tribunals’ Selective Justice towards African States – Isabelle Tallec: The Role of International Criminal Justice in French Foreign Policy – Agnieszka Bie?czyk-Missala: Early Warning and the Prevention of Atrocity Crimes: The Role of the United Nations – Dorota Heidrich: Responsibility to Protect - a Tool for Atrocity Crimes Prevention?