This video was created by the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia in late 2017, as the Tribunal was drawing to a close and its few remaining functions were to be taken over by the awkwardly named successor “Mechanism.” The video is more than self-promotional, it is unabashedly self-adulatory. Judge Carmel Agius’ arrogant opening…
28th Division arrival in Tuzla after the breakout from Srebrenica, July 2018
This video shows the arrival in mid-July 1995 of the column of the 28th Division of BH Army troops and civilians from Srebrenica to the Tuzla area, which was under the control of the Sarajevo authorities. It is of interest for at least three reasons. First, the physical appearance of column members is very different…
Višeslav Simić: Perceptions of Misuse of Justice: The Yugoslav War Crimes Tribunal as a Future Conflict Seeding Tool
R v Sussex Justices, Ex parte McCarthy ([1924] 1 KB 256, [1923] All ER Rep 233) is a leading English case on the impartiality and recusal of judges. It is famous for its precedence in establishing the principle that the mere appearance of bias is sufficient to overturn a judicial decision. It also brought into…