Battle of ideas, delivery of justice: How Justice Rapid Response contributes to the “project of International Criminal Justice”

Abstract

Justice Rapid Response (JRR) is an intergovernmental mechanism that is designed to support and complement the international community’s efforts to ensure accountability for the most serious international crimes. It has grown out of the recognition, some ten years ago, that for all the talk of ending impunity for mass atrocities, the tools to come anywhere near this worthy goal were largely insuffi cient, and this in spite of the many political successes of the “project of international criminal justice.”