Illegitimate Justice

Izabela Steflja is associate professor of political science at Wilfrid Laurier University.

• Acknowledgments viiIntroduction: The Local Constituents of International Criminal Justice 31 Fieldwork and Researcher Positionality in Post-Conflict Settings 272 “To break up with nationalism is a very difficult thing”: BiH, Serbia, and the ICTY 503 Narratives About the ICTY in BiH and Serbia: Predetermination, Injustice, and Display of Power 844 “The war was like a volcano – when it splashes it goes everywhere”: Rwanda and the ICTR 1145 Narratives About the ICTR in Rwanda: Detachment, Otherness, and Costly Charades 1556 The Political Meanings of International Criminal Justice: Kenya, Uganda, Croatia 192Conclusion: The Local Legacies of International Criminal Justice 211Notes 221Index 283

“Steflja’s excellent analysis, grounded in deep ethnographic and cross-nationally comparative work, identifies policy-related challenges for those studying reconciliation and justice in post-conflict communities.” – Mila Dragojević, The University of the South “The international criminal justice system, Steflja argues, has been downplaying local-level processes and dynamics, despite the fact that the system is facing a legitimacy crisis in the very societies it is supposedly helping to overcome past injustices. This book is an outstanding contribution to our understanding of transitional justice.” – Chip Gagnon, Ithaca College