International Criminal Tribunals as Actors of Domestic Change: The Impact on Media Coverage, Volume 2 (Studies in Political Transition)

Do International Criminal Tribunals trigger social change, provide reconciliation, stabilize fragile post-conflict societies? Many authors claim they do, but they base their assumptions mainly on theoretical considerations and opinion polls. The editors and authors of this book take a different position: based on extensive field research in nine European and African countries, they examine whether tribunal decisions resulted in changes in media frames about the conflicts which gave rise to the creation of these tribunals. International Tribunals hardly ever shape or change the grand narratives about wars and other conflicts, but they often manage to trigger small changes in media frames which, in some cases, even lead to public reflexion about guilt and responsibility and more awareness for (the respective enemy's) victims. On an empirical basis, this book shows the potential of International Criminal Justice, the possibilities, but also the limits of International Criminal Tribunals. Volume 2 presents the evidence from Kenya, Rwanda, Sudan and South Sudan. Cover Copyright information Foreword Contents Abbreviations Framing post-election violence in Kenya The Kenyan media system and the case selection criteria The characteristics of the media system The frames of The Standard and The Daily Nation before the confirmation of charges The frames of The Standard and The Daily Nation after the confirmation of charges The Impact of the 5 December 2014 decision to drop charges against Kenyatta on frames in The Standard and The Daily Nation The exception to the rule: frames and frame shifts in The East African Conclusion Rwanda: shifts in media frames and the ICTR Introduction Case selection criteria for the media and the ICTR cases The frames about the 1994 genocide before the trial of Théoneste Bagosora The frames of Imvaho Nshya and The New Times before the Bagosora trial about the person of Bagosora, the frames about victims/survivors, and about the “conspiracy frame” The frames of the ICTR trial judgment in the Bagosora case The frames of Imvaho Nshya and The New Times after the Bagosora trial The appeal in Bagosora Media frames after the appeal The grand narrative on the “Genocide against the Tutsi” and the impact of Rwanda’s system of social communication Frames from Sudanese media concerning the conflict in Darfur Introduction The conflict in Darfur The Sudanese media system Selection criteria for media frame analysis Frame shifts about Darfur in Al Ayam Frame shifts in Ray-Al-Shaab Frame shifts in Ajrass-elhurriya The Khartoum Monitor’s and The Citizen’s coverage of the Darfur conflict Was it the ICC? Conclusion: a transformative power of ICTs? Bibliography The editors and authors Index International Criminal Tribunals do not only do justice and judge the perpetrators of the most heinous crimes. This book present the first part of the results of a five-year international research project, based on field research in ten European and African countries. On an empirical basis, this book shows the potential of International Criminal Justice, the possibilities, but also the limits of International Criminal Tribunals. Volume 1 presents the evidence from Bosnia-Herzegovina, Montenegro, Kosovo, Serbia and Croatia.