- Summary
- An eyewitness account of the first major international war-crimes tribunal since the Nuremberg trials, this work is a guide to the prosecution of Slobodan Milosevic for war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide. The historic trial of the "Butcher of the Balkans" began in 2002 and ended abruptly with Milosevic's death in 2006. The author, a lawyer who spent three years in the former Yugoslavia during Milosevic's reign, had a front row seat at the trial. In this work she brings the dramatic proceedings to life, explains complex legal issues, and assesses the trial's implications for victims of the conflicts in the Balkans during the 1990s and international justice more broadly. She acknowledges the trial's flaws, particularly Milosevic's grandstanding and attacks on the institutional legitimacy of the International Criminal Tribunal. Yet she argues that the trial provided an indispensable legal and historical narrative of events in the former Yugoslavia and a valuable forum where victims could tell their stories and seek justice. It addressed crucial legal issues, such as the responsibility of commanders for crimes committed by subordinates, and helped to create a framework for conceptualizing and organizing other large scale international criminal tribunals. The prosecution of Slobodan Milosevic in The Hague was an important step toward ending impunity for leaders who perpetrate egregious crimes against humanity.
- Variant Title
- War crimes trial of Slobodan Milosevic
- Format
- Book
- Author/Creator
- Armatta, Judith.
- Published
- Durham, NC : Duke University Press, 2010
- Locale
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
Netherlands
Hague
- Contents
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Opening statements
Milosevic was warned
The lead-up to war
War in Kosova
Massacre and cover-up
Milosevic's rise to power
The exercise of (de facto) power
War in Croatia and attempts at peace
War comes to Bosnia
Concentration camps and safe areas
Genocide
Interregnum
The world according to Milosevic
Milosevic's loyalists
Croatia and Bosnia : a case of self-defense?
Conclusions and recommendations.
- Notes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 517-522) and index.
Opening statements -- Milosevic was warned -- The lead-up to war -- War in Kosova -- Massacre and cover-up -- Milosevic's rise to power -- The exercise of (de facto) power -- War in Croatia and attempts at peace -- War comes to Bosnia -- Concentration camps and safe areas -- Genocide -- Interregnum -- The world according to Milosevic -- Milosevic's loyalists -- Croatia and Bosnia : a case of self-defense? -- Conclusions and recommendations.
