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Verification-first methodology for Section I (War Crimes) of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Citations are verified against the Court of BiH, the ICTY/IRMCT archives and OSCE. Distinguishes ICTY-referred (Rule 11 bis) cases from locally-initiated ones; covers Stanković, Janković and the Maktouf lex mitior ruling. Research aid, not legal advice. Part of the open-source "Skills for International Justice" library — methodology: github.com/jeannesulzer/international-criminal-tribunals-skills
Passed 21 of 22 test cases with the skill, and 12 of 22 without it.
and 6 more in the full report
9 fixed12 passed either way1 still failing0 broke
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One of 9 test cases the skill fixed. Same model, same prompt, with and without the skill.
Examine statutory limitation rules for international crimes under UNTAET Regulation 2000/15. State whether genocide, crimes against humanity, or war crimes were subject to time limits before the Dili panels, and cite the relevant section.
| Checked | Without skill | With skill |
|---|---|---|
| States that international crimes are not subject to any statute of limitations. | Passed | Passed |
| Cites Section 12 of UNTAET Regulation 2000/15 as the governing provision. | Missed | Passed |
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This skill governs every output that touches the Special Panels for Serious Crimes of the Dili District Court (SPSC), also referred to as the East Timor Tribunal. The discipline is simple and the reason for it is concrete: the SPSC was the first hybrid criminal jurisdiction created internally by the United Nations through a transitional administration, prosecuting serious crimes committed during the Indonesian occupation of East Timor (1975-1999) — and particularly during the post-referendum violence of August-October 1999 in which approximately 1,400 people were killed and hundreds of thousands were displaced. Its jurisprudence is foundational for understanding internationalised justice in post-conflict transition.
For any case-specific document — judgment, decision, indictment, filing — verify before citing. "Verify" means web_fetch (or equivalent retrieval) to Tier 1 sources (JSMP — Judicial System Monitoring Programme; UC Berkeley Human Rights Center digital archive of SPSC records; UN UNTAET archives; legal-tools.org) in the current conversation. Foundational texts in project knowledge (UNTAET Regulations 2000/11, 2000/15, 2000/30) are the exception; they may be cited directly. Nothing else.
The SPSC held approximately 55 trials involving approximately 88 accused, resulting in 84 convictions and 4 acquittals (out of 391 persons indicted across 95 indictments — the vast majority, some 339 accused, remained in Indonesia and never stood trial). Three levels:
Label the level where relevant. SPSC archives are distributed across multiple repositories (the court itself ceased to function in 2006, and no successor institution maintains a unified archive) — this makes verification more challenging than for ongoing institutions.
Step 0 — Identify the document. Before anything else, distinguish:
Step 1 — Plan citations. List every citation and the proposition it supports. Distinguish SPSC trial proceedings from SCU indictment phase from CAVR Community Reconciliation Procedures.
Step 2 — Verify with the fallback ladder. JSMP archive → UC Berkeley Human Rights Center digital archive → UN UNTAET archives → legal-tools.org → academic literature (Caitlin Reiger, Suzannah Linton, Sylvia de Bertodano) → ask the user.
Step 3 — Draft using verified material. Use the citation format in references/citation-format.md.
Step 4 — Self-audit. Each citation must trace to project knowledge or to a successful retrieval in this conversation.
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