Justice in the Balkans: Prosecuting War Crimes in the Hague Tribunal

2004 ◽  
Vol 83 (1) ◽  
pp. 181
Author(s):  
Robert Legvold ◽  
John Hagan
Keyword(s):  
War Crimes ◽  
The Balkans ◽  
The Hague

Solving Kosovo’s problems becomes harder without Thaci

2020 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
War Crimes ◽  
Criminal Enterprise ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Balkans ◽  
Joint Criminal Enterprise ◽  
High Profile ◽  
The Hague ◽  
Will Force ◽  
Second Wave

Significance Thaci resigned ahead of extradition to The Hague, following indictment for war crimes, including murder and torture, and participation in a joint criminal enterprise. The charges arise from Thaci’s role as a commander in the Kosovo Liberation Army (UCK). Three other high-profile political figures were also indicted and transferred to The Hague. Impacts The prospect of a crisis in Kosovo will force the incoming Biden administration to maintain its predecessor’s focus on the Balkans. The crisis will handicap a government battling a coronavirus second wave, which has already forced the country into partial lockdown. Mounting obstacles to a negotiated solution to Kosovo’s status increase the risk of a chaotic outcome, involving other parts of the Balkans.

scholarly journals Bulgarian crimes against civilians in occupied Serbia during the First World War

Balcanica ◽  
2013 ◽  
pp. 357-390
Author(s):  
Milovan Pisarri
Keyword(s):  
War Crimes ◽  
First World War ◽  
Historical Background ◽  
Comparative Approach ◽  
World War ◽  
The Balkans ◽  
The First World War ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Great War ◽  
First World

Since sufferings of civilian populations during the First World War in Europe, especially war crimes perpetrated against civilians, have - unlike the political and military history of the Great War - only recently become an object of scholarly interest, there still are considerable gaps in our knowledge, the Balkans being a salient example. Therefore, suggesting a methodology that involves a comparative approach, the use of all available sources, cooperation among scholars from different countries and attention to the historical background, the paper seeks to open some questions and start filling lacunae in our knowledge of the war crimes perpetrated against Serb civilians as part of the policy of Bulgarization in the portions of Serbia under Bulgarian military occupation.

Bringing “Justice” Home? Bosnians, War Criminals and the Interaction between the Cosmopolitan and the Local

2011 ◽  
Vol 12 (7) ◽  
pp. 1389-1407 ◽  
Author(s):  
Olivera Simic
Keyword(s):  
Nongovernmental Organizations ◽  
Bosnia And Herzegovina ◽  
Prime Minister ◽  
War Crimes ◽  
War Criminals ◽  
The Hague ◽  
Republika Srpska

One day before the historic trial against Radovan Karadžić was due to begin, Biljana Plavšić, a former Bosnian Serb leader, was released from prison after serving two-thirds of an 11-year sentence for war crimes. She flew in from Sweden to Belgrade, where she was welcomed by the Prime Minister of Republika Srpska. While Plavšić was on her way home, more than a hundred representatives of Bosnian nongovernmental organizations were heading from home to the Hague, to be present for the beginning of the Karadžić trial. Drawing on cases of returning war criminals, this article argues that similar to Bosnian citizens and war criminals who are commuting in different directions, cosmopolitan and local forms of justice in Bosnia and Herzegovina are also progressing in opposite destinations.

Briefly Noted

2019 ◽  
Vol 58 (3) ◽  
pp. 664-667
Keyword(s):  
International Criminal ◽  
International Criminal Tribunal ◽  
War Crimes ◽  
Trial Chamber ◽  
Former Yugoslavia ◽  
Crimes Against Humanity ◽  
The Balkans ◽  
Life Sentence

On March 20, 2019, the Appeals Chamber of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals set aside Radovan Karadžić's prior sentence of forty years and imposed a life sentence. Karadžić was convicted of genocide, crimes against humanity, and violations of the laws or customs of war in March 2016 by a Trial Chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia and sentenced to forty years in prison. His crimes relate to war crimes he committed during the 1990s conflicts in the Balkans, in particular the 1995 Srebrenica massacre of 8,000 Bosnian Serbs and the three-year long siege of Sarajevo. The Appeals Chamber reversed part of Karadžić's convictions related to the Overarching JCE and dismissed the rest of his appeal, while also dismissing most of the Prosecution's appeal, aside from the sentence. The Appeals Chamber judges found that the Trial Chamber “committed a discernible error and abused its discretion in imposing a sentence of only 40 years of imprisonment,” and consequently imposed a life sentence.

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