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39 Va. J. Int'l L. 135 (1998-1999)
The U.N.'s International Criminal Tribunal, is it Justice or Jingoism for Rwanda--A Call for Transformation

handle is hein.journals/vajint39 and id is 145 raw text is: The U.N.'s International Criminal Tribunal, Is It Justice or Jingoism for Rwanda? A Call for Transformation TODD HoWLAND & WILLIAM CALATHES' TABLE OF CONTENTS I. Introduction ................................................................................ 136 II. Objectives of the ICTR ............................................................. 140 III. Difficulties in Achieving the ICTR's Objectives .................... 145 A. No Unifying Vision of a Legal Culture ............................ 146 B. Practical and Theoretical Evaluation of the ICTR's O bjectives ............................................................................ 149 1. E ducation ..................................................................... 150 2. D eterrence ................................................................... 150 3. R etribution ................................................................... 151 4. Incapacitation .............................................................. 153 5. R estoration .................................................................. 154 IV. Recommendations ..................................................................... 156 A. Individualizing Complex Criminal Acts .......................... 157 B. An Example, the ICTR's First Case ................................ 158 C. Lack of Coherent U.N.-wide Approach .......................... 159 D. Orientation and Structure of ICTR .................................. 160 Mr. Howland is currently a visiting fellow with the Human Rights Program at Harvard Law School. Previously he has served as the head of the Legal and Hu- man Rights Promotion Unit of the U.N. Human Rights Field Operation in Rwanda and as the International Legal Advisor for the Office of the Special Prosecutor of the Transitional Government of Ethiopia whose primary purpose was to prosecute Mengistu era human rights violators. Mr. Calathes is currently an associate professor of criminology at New Jersey City University. The authors would like to thank the Harvard Human Rights Pro- gram for its administrative support.