Intervention and Prevention: The Lessons of Kosovo
December 12, 2000
"Intervention and Prevention: The Lessons of Kosovo" was a roundtable discussion held on the Brandeis campus. Members of the Independent International Commission on Kosovo joined scholars, journalists, diplomats, and activists for a roundtable discussion on the 1999 war and its lessons for the future. The Commission was chaired by Judge Richard Goldstone, Justice of the Constitutional Court of South Africa and former prosecutor of the United Nations War Crimes Tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda. Its report, presented to U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan in October, examines key developments prior to, during, and after the Kosovo war, including systematic violations of human rights in the region. The December 12 roundtable featured panels on intervention and prevention, the ideal of the multi-ethnic state, and lessons for the future.
For more information on the roundtable, read the roundtable summary in the International Justice portion of our site.