From her unique vantage point as a reporter directly covering the reality and aftermath of genocide in Bosnia and Rwanda, Elizabeth Neuffer tells the compelling stories of two parallel journeys towards justice- that of the International War Crimes Tribunals in The Hague and in Arusha, and that of the people who lived through the darkest of times and survived. It is a book about the essential human need to understand why something appalling has happened, what prompted such evil, and the overwhelming desire for justice as part of the healing process. In a narrative packed with powerful stories - sometimes heart-breaking, sometimes blood-chilling, sometimes inspiring, and including those of victims and perpetrators, forensic experts and tribunal judges - two accounts form the book's backbone. We follow Hasan Nuhanovic, a young Bosnian Muslim student determined to discover the fate of his family lost at Srebrenica, as he matures over the years from a gangling youth to a man with the authority to testify before Congress in Washington DC. And in counterpoint, we follow Witness JJ, a shy Tutsi woman of immense courage, who overcomes her modesty and the dictates of her culture to testify about her rape - an act that resulted in war-time rape being classified as a war crime. The truths that emerge - about the fragility of human society, about trust between people, about trust between people, about the imperatives of justice - make this a staggering work of reportage.