A man examines a human bone he picked up from a table that has many other bones.

A man examines a human bone he picked up from a table that has many other bones.

Dead Reckoning

Dead Reckoning

A new three-hour PBS series follows war crimes investigators and prosecutors as they pursue some of the worlds most notorious war criminals. The tactics that emerged from those pursuits now inform the effort to expose, prosecute, and punish present day human rights violators whose depredations have left millions dead and displaced.

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Civilians worldwide are increasingly the targets of war crimes.

This work has nothing to do with the dead

This work has nothing to do with the dead

This work has nothing to do with the dead

The Guatemalan Forensic Anthropology Foundation

Vukovar: The Search for the Missing

Vukovar: The Search for the Missing

Vukovar: The Search for the Missing

The International Commission on Missing Persons has accounted for 70% of the missing.

Rwanda: The Convicted

Rwanda: The Convicted

Rwanda: The Convicted

Gacaca formally ended in 2012 with over 400,000 murder cases judged.

Twenty-two seats in the dock

Twenty-two seats in the dock

Twenty-two seats in the dock

The International Military Tribunal

There's this one killer who came back

There's this one killer who came back

There's this one killer who came back

Genocide in Rwanda

Amassing Evidence and Testimony: Witness

Amassing Evidence and Testimony: Witness

Amassing Evidence and Testimony: Witness

Witness has promoted the documentation of human rights abuses around the world.

Interview: Thierry Cruvellier

Interview: Thierry Cruvellier

Interview: Thierry Cruvellier

Thierry Cruvellier has dedicated his career to examining international criminal justice.