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25 years after Srebrenica massacre, int’l crimes are still difficult to prosecute

Justice

In 1990, Bosnian Serb forces killed about 8,000 Muslim men and boys during the Balkan conflict in what’s now known as the Srebrenica massacre. It was the worst atrocity on European soil since World War II. But 25 years on, war crimes and crimes against humanity are rarely prosecuted. David Scheffer, who was the US ambassador-at-large for war crimes issues from 1997 to 2001, explains why.

The temporary monument "Pillar of Shame" in Berlin commemorated the 1995 mass murder in Srebrenica.

Serbia is finally seeking those responsible for the 1995 massacre in Srebrenica

Justice
View of Grbavica, a neighborhood of Sarajevo, Bosnia.

How wars end part V: Bosnia

Conflict & Justice

Lessons from Bosnia for Ending Syria’s Civil War

Global Politics

Srebrenica elections lays bare old tensions between Serbs, Bosniaks

Global Politics

Shades of Serbian massacres in Syrian violence

In the 1990s, thousands were massacred in the provinces of the former Yugoslavia. It took years, really, for the international community to intervene and stop the killing. Now some are worried the situation in Syria may devolve into that sort of mass killing — if it hasn’t already.

The World

In Srebrenica Election, a Horrific Past Looms Large in Vision for Future

Conflict & Justice

Race could give town first Serb mayor since Ratko Mladic’s forces killed 8,000 in Bosnian town. Serb candidate says it’s time to move, but survivors say moving on, is moving backward.

Mladic War Crimes Trial Suspended

Conflict & Justice

The war crimes trial of former Bosnian Serb commander Ratko Mladic was suspended Thursday because of a clerical error by the prosecution. Earlier, the court heard a detailed description of the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, which Mladic is accused of ordering.

Is Syria’s Idlib Like Srebrenica?

Conflict & Justice

Many Syrian fighters and refugees have fled over the border into Turkey. Some see similarities between what is happening now in Idlib and the massacres in the mid-90s at Srebrenica, in Bosnia.

Witnessing a Massacre: ‘I Was Lying Down Pretending to Be Dead’

Serbian military leader Ratko Mladic had been on the run for nearly 16 years. But when it was announced yesterday that he had finally been captured, it released a wave of memories of the genocide that led to the massacre of nearly 8,000 Muslim men and boys in Srebrenica in 1995. Mevludin Oric was one […]