Overview
“Global Atrocity Justice Constellations” (JUSTICE-360) is an Action of COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology) funded by the European Union (EU) from 2019 until 2023, with the reference number CA18228 (you can find the Action’s website in COST here). The Action’s Memorandum of Understanding, where detailed information can be found on the overview, research coordination and capacity building objectives, review of the relevant scholarship, novel contributions by the Action to that scholarship, working groups and their description, impact of the Action on society at large, dissemination plan, timetable (e.g. GANTT) and deliverables, risk analysis, and other relevant information, was approved by COST Association on 4 June 2019.
JUSTICE-360 focuses on International Criminal Courts and Tribunals (ICTs), aiming to reverse the adjudicating-focused and ICT-centered analysis dominant in popular and political discourse, instead analyzing how ICTs are received in domestic contexts and how this reception shapes the space in which they work. The Action offers a panoramic 3600 view of global atrocity constellations to understand how ICT ideas and practices are received in domestic settings and how this shapes global responses to international crimes, victims and perpetrators. This broader angle is crucial not only as a way to reliably assess the ICTs’ impacts and to map out various ways they may shape legal and social realities in other contexts, but also because the ICTs themselves rely deeply on cooperation from national stakeholders and are in turn shaped by them. This has become particularly visible in the growing opposition to ICTs over the past decade. Disentangling the atrocity justice constellations of which the ICTs are key elements will reveal how their practices and impacts are structured by surrounding legal, political, societal and cultural landscapes.
COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology) is a funding agency for research and innovation networks. Our Actions help connect research initiatives across Europe and enable scientists to grow their ideas by sharing them with their peers. This boosts their research, career and innovation.
Objectives
– To develop a new conceptual model and methodologies for a 3600 analysis of international criminal justice as part of global atrocity justice constellations.
– To coordinate empirical data collection and build an original, unprecedented database on the response to ICTs in different domestic contexts.
– To disseminate research results based on an analysis and systematic comparison of the ICTs’ impacts across the main scenarios of ICT involvement and different case studies.
Working Groups (WGs)
WG1: Academic Perspectives
Working Group 1 will focus on developing the common academic perspective of the Action and adapt it to the research as it progresses.
WG2: Data Collection & Organization
Working Group 2 will organize the data collection and develop a common database that can be used for all participants.
WG3: Stakeholders/Practitioners
Working Group 3 will work to secure close cooperation with the relevant stakeholders and practitioners