Author Archives: Leah Owen

About Leah Owen

Leah Owen is a lecturer in politics and international relations at the School of Social Sciences, Swansea University. She is a specialist in the study of genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity, looking at perpetrator mobilization, securitization, discourse, and bureaucracies as well as postconflict justice in international and national courts. She also writes on trans issues in international relations and security studies.

The United Nations War Crimes Commission 1943–1948: A Forgotten Highway to Postconflict Justice?

This article offers a critique of the Nuremberg-inspired paradigm of international criminal justice, which focuses on high-profile, top-down approaches to post-conflict accountability. To this end, it appraises the work of the United Nations War Crimes Commission as a “path not taken.” We discuss the very different approach to supporting post-conflict justice adopted by the UNWCC—from its original support base beyond the major geopolitical powers, to the impact of its more deliberative system, to the role of the UNWCC as a hub in which new practices Continue reading → Continue reading →