A Series of Hybrid Courts

This chapter begins with a brief examination of a series of hybrid courts. Such courts have been utilised in Kosovo, Sierra Leone, East Timor, and Cambodia. The chapter considers the arguments made for a special court for peacekeepers, which will include the tri-hybrid model put forward by academic Roisin Burke. The creation of a series of hybrid courts for peacekeepers calls for an entirely new structure, tailored to the legal and political landscape of peacekeeping mission. It examines the possible structure of the model, including the legal basis, administration, arrest and investigation, temporal jurisdiction, sentencing, and appeals. The chapter explores the three potential hurdles to this model: material jurisdiction (sexual exploitation and abuse as criminalised conduct), political will, and court resources. Overall, sexual abuse and sexual exploitation should be included within the material jurisdiction of a series of hybrid courts for peacekeepers as international crimes.