WWII Pacific Theater



WWII Pacific Theater

Archival documents: yokohama, Singapore, Philippines

Papers:

Press: San Francisco Chronicle 6.6.2002Center hunts trial records in war crimes - Ambitious attempt at UC to save post-WWII data

Framing the Questions Justice in the Balance: David Cohen reflects on war crimes tribunals of the past, present, and future

American Radio Works The Berkeley War Crimes Studies Center collects trial documents from World War II war crimes trials and modern day trials.

Wall Street Journal -4.7.2005-"Will Old Rulings Play a Role in Terror Cases?"

Current Projects: Japan: Researchers are currently working with the National Archives of Japan in Tokyo to locate and reproduce trial records of Japanese war criminals after WWII. An online database with searchable details of over 200 trials of Japanese war criminals is currently being tested in beta-version here.

Singapore-The Center is collaborating with a variety of individuals and institutions in Singapore on an ambitious project focusing on the war crimes trials held there in the aftermath of WWII. This project includes documentation, an oral history of the trials, doctoral research, publication of trial records, and a conference and public exhibition. Our partners include the National University of Singapore (ProfessorsTan Tay Yeong and Kwa Chong Guan), The National Heritage Board (Professor Kevin Tan and Lily Tan), and the National Archives of Singapore.

Australia-In collaboration with the Australian National Archives, we are identifying and digitizing the most important records, including the case files, from the Australian War Crimes Program (1945-1951). These will be available online in the near future.

WWII European Theater

Trial Records

List of records in the collection at U.C. Berkeley War Crimes Studies Center

Sample Records (sample records link broken)

 Introduction to German Trials

Full Report

Compensation

Denazification

Domestic Courts

The Marshall Plan

Nuremburg

all reports by Emily Harpster

Intern, U.C. Berkeley War Crimes Studies Center

Current Projects: The Center is compiling information on the post-WWII war crimes trials in Europe and Asia, in cooperation with the International Documentation Center for War Crimes Trials in Marburg, Germany (Director Professor Hening Radtke). As our archive continues to grow, we are now focused on digitizing and making searchable our current microfilm records.

Papers: From War Crimes Studies Center Director David Cohen: "Transitional Justice in Divided Germany After 1945"

Rwanda

 

Introduction: Introductory Information on the Rwandan Conflict

A Brief History of the Rwandan Conflict

Compensation

Domestic Victim's Groups

Gacaca

International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda

Other Measures of Reconciliation

By Emily Harpster, Intern

 Reports: Gacaca Courts in Post-Genocide Rwanda

By Radha Webley, Researcher Based on Fieldwork in Rwanda, Summer 2003

(missing Rada’s thesis paper)

Sierra Leone:

Current Projects: Monitoring Program of trials, as well as the Special Court's Outreach and Witness Programs, in cooperation with the Human Rights Center (U.C. Berkeley), and the International Center for Transitional Justice. These reports, as well as periodic analyses, are posted on our website here. To see a copy of our interim report, which covers the first eight months of the court's activities, click here.

Reports: Updated 10/13/05 Read Weekly Reports from the Special Court for Sierra Leone Updated 6/29/05 BWCSC Special Report - "Silencing Sexual Violence: Recent Developments in the CDF Case at the Special Court for Sierra Leone" 5/5/05 Interim Report on the Special Court for Sierra Leone on CNN: "Prosecutor Wants Liberia's Former President to Face Tribunal"

Weekly Updates

Press

5/5/05 Interim Report on the Special Court for Sierra Leone on CNN: "Prosecutor Wants Liberia's Former President to Face Tribunal" (article no longer available)

East Timor and Indonesia

Current Projects: cooperating with the Serious Crimes Unit in East Timor to maintain their data after the court closes at the end of June.

(out of date!!!) East Timor-Internships with the U.N. Panel for Serious Crimes in Dili, East Timor. Researchers from the Center will be analyzing the tribunals currently underway in Dili, East Timor and conducting various independent projects in summer 2005. We are also translating many of the judgements into English (a selection available here). We have also begun hosting the website of the Serious Crimes Unit, which will be shutting down at the end of June 2005.

Indonesia-The monitoring of the Ad Hoc Tribunal in Jakarta, Indonesia is currently underway. An assessment report by Professor David Cohen, director of the UCB War Crimes Studies Center is available here. We are also working on a variety of judicial training and reform programs with the Ad Hoc Court, the Supreme Court of Indonesia, and the Regional Human Rights Courts (see an announcement about the January 2005 training here).

Papers: Special Report on Indonesia and East Timor: "Intended to Fail: The Trial Before the Ad Hoc Human Rights Court in Jakarta" \

Reports by UCB War Crimes Studies Center and ELSAM

"Seeking Justice on the Cheap: Is the East Timor Tribunal Really a Model for the Future?" Forthcoming in the East-West Center's AsiaPacific Issues series, by David Cohen, 14 pages. To see the pre-publication manuscript, check

Berkeley War Crimes Studies Center co-sponsors International Humanitarian Law Seminar for the Indonesian Supreme Court (January 2005)

Trial Records: Online Complete trial records

SPSC Documents

SCU Website

Introductory Material:

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