The Long Road to The Hague
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The Long Road to The Hague

By THE IRRAWADDY SEPTEMBER, 2010 - VOL.18 NO.9
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Some Burma watchers argue that calling for a CoI and pursuing accountability for serious international crimes may negatively affect the conduct of the elections by driving the Burmese military further into isolation, making it more resistant to pressure for greater democratization. If anything, the opposite will be true. Experience in countries that have undertaken an accountability process shows that a CoI, by demonstrating that there may be penal consequences for serious international crimes by all sides, may deter further criminality and help marginalize highly abusive figures, providing space for a more reformist leadership to emerge.  



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