When Justice Moves Slowly: Consequences that last a lifetime

“We’ve got them literally on the run, which hadn’t happened up until now. Foot soldiers and corporals and captains, et cetera always thought that they could keep on vacationing in Europe and other exotic places, and they can’t do that anymore. And I think they’re waking up to the fact that they will be pursued legally wherever they are.”

— Haroon Raza, March 30 Movement

  • Travel bans and prosecution to haunt war criminals, signalling to them that they cannot hide from consequences.
  • Being on a watchlist becomes a label that follows them for the rest of their lives.

Nuremberg vs Hague :

Same but different

Over 200,000 perpetrators of Nazi-era crimes. 140,000 individuals were brought to court between 1946 and 2005, only 6,656 ended in convictions.

The IDF boasts a manpower strength of over half a million.

Digital evidence provides opportunity for speed for justice in many forms

It has been implemented Post-Nuremberg, by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (1994-2015) and by the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (1993-2017)