Unspoken Truths: The Uses of Secrecy in War Crimes Trials
12. November 2024. 14:00 - 15:30
ELTE Faculty of Law – classroom B/II (1053 Budapest, Kecskeméti u. 10-12, 1½ floor, Room 112.)
2024. November 12. 14:00 - 15:30
ELTE Faculty of Law – classroom B/II (1053 Budapest, Kecskeméti u. 10-12, 1½ floor, Room 112.)
War crimes courts use a lot of secrecy, much more than domestic courts. And for good reason, if you think about what can happen if the identity of an important witness to terrible atrocities were to leak out. But how does this secrecy work, and what are its costs for justice and reconciliation?
As part of Professor Péter Hack’s Transitional Justice course, this lecture will look at the many types of secrecy produced in courts – protected witnesses, ex parte hearings, redacted documents, and more – and consider the effects secrecy has on trials, including their processes, judgments, and relationship to broader efforts to achieve transitional justice.
All students interested in the lecture are cordially invited to attend, only a pre-registration is required here.