Today was a really incredible day, and while I would like to describe it as being exciting, it would be an inappropriate word. Today was the day when two years of law school were drawn upon, when reserves of emotional calm were tapped. I was in my first witness proofing, going through the testimony of a survivor of the Srebrenica massacres. The investigator in the room described it as the most intense testimony from one person he had heard in 15 years at the Tribunal. I don't have adequate words to describe what it was like to look at the face of a man who witnessed some of the most vicious and depraved acts this side of WWII, listening to him first-hand describe what he lived through. This was the most humbling day I have had at the court, and the reasons for me being here and learning as much as I can from these attorneys could not have been clearer. I have two more witness proofings this month, and as trite as the phrase is I really feel as though I am getting the experience of a lifetime.
This article was written before the extent of the massacre was even known.
I just have to think that the goal of an international criminal law attorney is to not have any work at all.
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Your blog is such an amazing way to memorialize your experience. Kudos for keeping it up!!
ReplyDeleteThanks dear! I'm glad you are still reading it - I am writing for that very reason!
ReplyDeleteHi Emily,
ReplyDeleteThanks for including me in the invitations. You did beautiful work on the blog, and you are obviously doing significant and important work at the Tribunal. Say hello to your parents for me when you see them next month. When exactly do you return to the U.S.?