Chloé Gaillard holds an MA in International and European Law, Law of State Rebuilding in Post-Conflict Societies. She has always been interested in the connection that exists between law, justice, democracy and media.
To understand mass atrocities in a global historical context, it is essential to draw connections between them. This encourages critical thinking, generates constructive knowledge, and furthers our general understanding of these events and what can be learned from them. Tali Nates, the founder and director of the Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Center in South Africa, advocates this approach.
The ICTY is getting ready to close its doors permanently in 2017. During their 24 arduous years, the ICTY prosecuted over 160 of those responsible for serious violations of international humanitarian law during the Yugoslav wars of the 1990s.