Radislav Krstic – The First Person Convicted of Genocide by the ICTY
byDeputy Commander, Chief of Staff and eventually Major General of the Bosnian Serb Army. In 1998 Radislav Krstic was indicted for war crimes by…
General Mladic
The Siege of Sarajevo
byThe siege of Sarajevo was the longest siege of a capital city in the history of modern warfare. It lasted from 6th April 1992…
The Aftermath of Srebrenica
byBosnian Serb forces went to great lengths to hide the traces of the crimes committed at Srebrenica. United States intelligent experts assisted to locate…
Srebrenica Massacre
byIn July 1995 more than 8000 Muslim men and boys were killed in the town of Srebrenica during the Bosnian war. It is known…
The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
byThe International Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of the Former Yugoslavia since…
War Crimes
byMass violence resulted in ethnic cleansing, deportation, murders, torture, rape, concentration camps, devastation of villages, besieged cities, destruction of cultural and religious monuments and…
After Dayton – Significant Events
by1996 The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, a United Nations court of law established to handle the war crimes that took place…
Timeline – The Bosnian War
by1992 1st March Bosnia’s Muslims and Croats vote for independence from Yugoslavia in a referendum boycotted by the majority of the Serbs 3rd March…
The Bosnian War – 1995
by1995 saw the eventual end to the fighting of the Bosnian War, but it also saw the worst atrocities to happen in Europe since…
The Bosnian War – April 1993 to February 1994
byThe attempt to keep Bosnia intact under a federal state was finally abandoned in May 1993 when the Bosnian Serbs rejected the Vance-Owen peace…