Our research associate Andy Wilcoxson has written a cogent analysis of events in Srebrenica in July of 1995 which we are happy to pass on to our readers. His survey of the available evidence is realistic and meticulously documented. The author explains how Alija Izetbegovic’s regime held the civilian population of Srebrenica hostage, goaded the Bosnian-Serbs…
Conclusions of the Srebrenica Research Group (2005)
Two former senior UN officials, and a group of journalists and academic researchers, on July 12, 2005, cast serious doubt on what they said were “highly inflated casualty figures and a misleading portrayal of events by governments, non-governmental organizations and major news organizations” with regard to the 1995 capture of Srebrenica, in Bosnia, by Bosnian…
Chris Hedges: Exuberant journalism with egg on its face
The lamentable consequences of the toxic combination of pack journalism and rampant self-righteousness. Chris Hedges is a highly intelligent person who most of the time gets things right. He is totally wrong however on Srebrenica and the Bosnian war, including here in this YouTube lecture excerpt entitled “American Nonintervention and the Bosnian War”. In this…
Les enquêtes du TPIY. Entretien avec Jean-René Ruez
L’entrevue peu notée et à peine commentée que le chef des enquêtes du Procureur du TPIY, Jean Rene-Ruez, a donnée à Cultures & Conflits est très utile pour effectuer une analyse approfondie de la manière dont les preuves relatives a Srebrenica ont été rassemblées et utilisées et des critères qui ont guidé l’enquête même. L’interview…
ICTY investigations. Interview with Jean-René Ruez (Cultures & Conflits, Spring 2007)
The little noted and barely commented interview that the ICTY Prosecution’s Chief Investigator Jean Rene-Ruez gave to the journal Cultures & Conflits is very conducive to a better understanding of how Srebrenica evidence was collected and used, as well as the criteria that guided the process. The interview was published in the spring issue of…
Mirsad Tokača’s Bosnian War Crime Atlas: A critical review
A series of articles published in 2009 about the “Bosnian War Crime Atlas,” a major and groundbreaking publication of the Sarajevo based Research and Documentation Center. While some of the Atlas’ many praiseworthy methodological breakthroughs and bold conclusions challenging many standard premises about the war in Bosnia merit respect, it is also beset by a…
UN Commissioner for human rights Henry Wieland fails to locate crime witnesses shortly after the fall of Srebrenica
His British-sounding name notwithstanding, Henry Wieland was a Peruvian career diplomat and UN Commissioner for human rights. In the latter part of July 1995, Wieland was dispatched to Bosnia to investigate reported violations in Srebrenica. He conducted most of his investigation in Tuzla, which was the destination of most Srebrenica refugees, where he had an…
Edward S. Herman: The U.S. Media Coverage of Srebrenica
The late Prof. Edward S. Herman’s study of U.S. media’s deeply biased coverage of Srebrenica has lost none of its incisiveness. The media have evidently discarded the professional tenets of journalism in imitation of the Hague Tribunal, which did the same with the professional norms of jurisprudence. By the time of the “Srebrenica massacre” in…
ICTY Chamber decision on DNA samples
The attached March 19, 2010, Chamber decision in the Karadzic case on defense access to DNA data illustrates perfectly the Hague Tribunal’s skewed concept of “equality of arms” between the parties. Out of about 6,600 alleged DNA matches, in this ruling the Chamber is contemplating the disclosure of at most 300, or about 5%. The…
А. Б. Мезяев: Дело о геноциде
Решение Международного Суда ООН по делу О применении Конвенции о предотвращении преступления геноцида и наказании за него (Босния и Герцеговина против Сербии и Черногории.) Некоторые вопросы фактов и международного права. Замечательные рассуждения проф. А. Б. Мезяева. [1] Краткая история процесса. Проблема юрисдикции Суда. Решение Суда по существу спора (Документы, показания свидетелей и их оценка). Выводы. 26 февраля 2007…