Posted by Sinisa Boljanovic to Global Voices Online On the 4th of August 1995 the largest European land offensive since World War II started in Central Croatia, in the area of Krajina. Until then Serbian Croats were the majority population there, but a few days later there were no Serbian families left in this area. […]
Karadzic’s Arrest May Increase Legitimacy of International Courts
Posted by Chris Coats to findingDulcinea Dogged by criticism surrounding their effectiveness and cost, the International Criminal Tribunal of the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) has recently ramped up efforts to bring more high-profile suspects to justice. The recent arrest and upcoming trial of accused war criminal Radovan Karadzic may provide an opportunity for courts such as […]
A Life on the Run for Karadzic
Karadzic’s cat and mouse game with his pursuers ends in bizarre circumstances. By Caroline Tosh in London As details emerge of captured Bosnian Serb war crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic’s life in hiding, it becomes easier to understand how he managed to evade arrest for so long – in spite of a five million US dollar […]
Crime Without Punishment
By Aleksandar Roknic in Belgrade "I don’t remember a day without beating and terror. We were in impossible conditions, tortured physically and mentally." Zoran Sangut, head of the NGO Vukovar 1991, last month spoke of the suffering he endured in prisoner-of-war camps run by the Yugoslav army, JNA, in Serbia during the early Nineties. His […]
Secrecy and Justice at the ICTY
By Simon Jennings in The Hague Lingering claims that the former prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, ICTY, struck a deal with Belgrade which led to controversial Serbian military documents being kept under wraps have fuelled a debate on whether there should be greater transparency of proceedings at the court. Tribunal-watchers have […]
Politicians Stymie Belgrade War Crimes Trials
By Caroline Tosh in London and Aleksandar Roknic in Belgrade The failure of Serbian politicians to back war crimes prosecutions is severely hampering work at the Belgrade war crimes court, say observers. Prosecutors, who are subject to frequent intimidation, complain they lack adequate funding, while rights groups say investigators are prevented from pursuing high-level suspects. […]