Although this book has presented a troubling picture of international criminal fact-finding, it is largely a retrospective picture. I have closely examined the work of three international tribunals – the ICTR, the SCSL, and the Special Panels. One of those tribunals – the Special Panels – closed its doors in 2005 and was never taken very seriously even during its short lifetime. The other two tribunals are still in existence, having been afforded longer life spans and more plausible resources, but their prosecutions also are coming to an end. Certainly, it is useful to know about the fact-finding challenges that a subset of international tribunals have had to confront, but the findings and recommendations appearing in this book will be of lasting consequence only if those challenges will also afflict the ICC and the new generation of ad hoc tribunals. Sadly, early indications suggest that the ICC and Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) are already contending with just the sort of fact-finding impediments that have plagued their predecessors. Indeed, the very first witnesses in the ICC's and ECCC's very first trials have had difficulty understanding compound questions and basic terminology and have had difficulty answering questions seeking dates, duration, distance, numerical estimations, and other details about the crimes and their subsequent investigations. These very early transcripts have also featured serious inconsistencies between testimony and pretrial statements and even perjury.