BASEES 2014 Annual Conference 5-7 April 2014, Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge, UK Dr. Alex Jeffrey Spaces of Justice: the unruly geographies of War Crimes Trials

The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sarajevo

“So, then you can tell an eighty year old victim that everything is on a website [...] well, everything is on a website, what do you want? [Laughs] Well, I’m maybe being too harsh but that’s what we sometimes [...] hear from the victim” (Legal Advocacy NGO Representative, Sarajevo, 4 November 2011)

How can we reach other individuals who have survived rape in Prozor, Mostar, Čapljina, Stolac and other places where it took place? How can these people open up and come to institutions in order to claim some kind of benefit at least to cover their medical expenses [...] I think that victims have no protection at all” (President of Camp Detainees Association, Sarajevo, 18 May 2012) “How can we reach other individuals who have survived rape in Prozor, Mostar, Čapljina, Stolac and other places where it took place? How can these people open up and come to institutions in order to claim some kind of benefit at least to cover their medical expenses [...] I think that victims have no protection at all” (President of Camp Detainees Association, Sarajevo, 18 May 2012)

“I decided to act. With a white armband and a white plastic bag I bought in the local shop, I went to the town square where I performed solo. That act drew great media attention. Which prompted me with another idea, instead of being in Prijedor on the International White Armband Day, 31 May, I decided to visit other places where civilians were held captive and tortured” (Activist, Prijedor 12 th October 2012)

BASEES 2014 Annual Conference 5-7 April 2014, Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge, UK Dr. Alex Jeffrey Spaces of Justice: the unruly geographies of War Crimes Trials