This thesis poses the question "do international tribunals effectively contribute to conflict resolution?", which it answers on the basis of the tribunal of Bosco Ntaganda. Building on available...Show moreThis thesis poses the question "do international tribunals effectively contribute to conflict resolution?", which it answers on the basis of the tribunal of Bosco Ntaganda. Building on available academic literature, the first chapter forms a theoretical framework that defines effective conflict resolution. It furthermore explains how justice should ideally be achieved, after which it offers the reader a schematized checklist. Chapter two forms a detailed case study on the Congolese conflict and how Ntaganda's trial is situated in it. Subsequently, Chapter three analyzes the trial along the checklist. This ultimately leads to conclude that, theoretically, the International Criminal Court could become fundamental to conflict resolution, but that it somehow fails to flawlessly translate this into practice. As such, this thesis proves useful to practitioners- and philosophers of international law, as it identifies the bottlenecks of the ICC.Show less
