We are always happy to present views that differ from our own, in particular if they are well argued. Such is undoubtedly the case with Prof. Klinkner’s (Bournemouth University, UK) analysis of the forensic evidence and its impact on the guilty verdict in the Karadžić trial. Rather than attempting to highlight the weak points in…
2004 Republika Srpska Srebrenica Commission’s questionable report annulled by parliament
The government of the Republic of Srpska was ordered in 2003 by Bosnia’s then High representative, Paddy Ashdown, to form a commission to report on some events “in and around Srebrenica” in July of 1995. The order was triggered by a lawsuit filed by the survivors of 49 missing Moslems who – quite understandably –…
Dr. Dušan Dunjić’s expert witness forensic Report in the Karadžić case (2012)
Defense forensic expert witness Dušan Dunjić’s submission in the Karadžić case in 2012 pinpoints numerous shortcomings in the procedures adopted by the international team of pathologists and forensic specialists who were engaged to conduct exhumations at Srebrenica-related burial sites 1996 – 2001. Not the least of them is active participation of ICTY prosecutor Peter McCloskey…
Background sources on the “Srebrenica: a town betrayed” controversy (2011)
After the airing of Ole Flyum and David Hebditch’s documentary “Srebrenica: A Town Betrayed” in 2010, first in Norway, then in Sweden, the international Srebrenica Lobby was outraged. It did not matter that the main feature of the documentary was not advocacy for one side in the Bosnian conflict (1992-1995), as was the case with…
Miša Djurković: La dimensión política en el trabajo del tribunal internacional para la antigua Yugoslavia: TPIY como una forma de justicia política
por Miša Djurković1 “La OTAN es amiga del Tribunal… Los países de la OTAN son los que han financiado la creación del Tribunal, estamos entre los financiadores mayoritarios” Jamie Shea, vocero de la OTAN, explicando por qué no espera acusaciones del TPIY contra funcionarios de la OTAN, mayo 16, 1999. Introducción La idea de la…
Aleksandar Pavic: Angelina Jolie and CNN Perpetuate Srebrenica Fake News Narrative
Long before Donald Trump successfully hung the “fake news” label on CNN, more discerning observers of the wars of the Yugoslav succession of the 1990s came to similar conclusions regarding the network’s news coverage of that tragedy. Headlined by Christiane Amanpour, CNN’s reporting, especially from Bosnia-Herzegovina and Kosovo, showed a clear pro-Muslim, anti-Serbian bias, painting the conflict in stark…
ICTY self-promotional farewell video
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…
Edward S. Herman and David Peterson: Marlise Simons on the Yugoslavia Tribunal: A Study in Total Propaganda Service (2004)
This outstanding discussion of the Hague Tribunal and its operational principles, told as a tale of sycophantic journalism practiced by New York Times correspondent Marlise Simons, was penned by the late Professor Edward Herman and his research assistant and co-author David Peterson. We recommend to readers to listen to this brief audio clip from the…