Lecture by Kathryn Sikkink on the Decline of Prosecutions

On 24 June, in collaboration with FAU’s Center for Human Rights and the International Nuremberg Principles Academy, we hosted a talk by Harvard professor Kathryn Sikkink on the emergence of individual criminal accountability for war crimes, mass atrocities and human rights violations, as well as the global decline in prosecutions for these crimes since 2010. Professor Sikkink analysed shifts in the demand for and supply of justice in order to explain new transitional justice data. Despite the hot summer weather, she drew a large audience.