ABSTRACT
This introduction presents an overview of key concepts discussed in the subsequent chapters of this book. The book provides key background information about the wars in the former Yugoslavia and the creation of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY). It outlines the various developments which preceded the adoption of UN Security Council Resolution 827 and the establishment of the ICTY in 1993. The book examines the origins of the posited linkage between international criminal courts and reconciliation. It focuses on justice, analyzes whether and to what extent ordinary people in Bosnia-Hercegovina (BiH) associate the ICTY's work with justice; it identifies some of the main grievances that Bosniaks, Bosnian Serbs and Bosnian Croats have with the Tribunal; and it reflects on whether a greater use of outreach activities aimed at filling in crucial knowledge gaps could have helped to alleviate popular dissatisfaction with the ICTY.
