Journal article
Scales of Justice: “International Standards” and “Local Ownership” at a Hybrid Tribunal
R Hughes, M Elander
Antipode | WILEY | Published : 2022
DOI: 10.1111/anti.12789
Abstract
This paper argues that a politics of scale plays a fundamental but uninterrogated role in internationalised criminal justice processes such as hybrid tribunals. Scale discourses—producing specific notions of “the international” and “the local”—are so naturalised in these endeavours that their regressive effects remain unacknowledged. Following Annelise Riles’ ground-breaking analysis of the politics of scale in colonial law, and feminist critiques of scale discourse in accounts of globalisation and conflict, we think critically about “the international” and “the local” in a postcolonial and post-conflict justice context. Using the case of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia ..
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Funding Acknowledgements
The Khmer translation of the abstract was produced by SBS In Language.The ideas explored in this paper benefited greatly from the workshop "Redress and the Ethics of the International: Legalities, Histories, Geographies" held at the Australian National University in March 2018; thanks to our fellow organisers, participants, and invited speakers. We are especially indebted to Nesam McMillan, Alex Jeffrey, and Christoph Sperfeldt for their generous engagement with earlier versions of this paper. Helen Jarvis has provided fieldwork and intellectual support over many years. Sincere thanks to the anonymous reviewers, and to Dave Featherstone and Andy Kent at the journal. Finally, we thank our interviewees in and around the ECCC for their time and insights.R Hughes acknowledges funding from the Australian Research Council, via grant DE160100501.