Aleksandar Fatic deals with the issues of reconciliation after civil wars and the role international war crimes tribunals play in facilitating that reconciliation, apart from enforcing justice against perpetrators of war crimes. The author argues that a war crimes tribunal that is partial and operates with no regard for the policy purpose of reconciliation is likely to instill all the opposites of confidence and security in the regions infested by civil warfare and that their results will thus be counterproductive and will result in further loss of life and destruction.