ICMP (International Commission on Missing Persons) was founded on then US President Bill Clinton’s initiative in 1996 at the G-7 Conference in Lyon, France. Its ostensible task was to aid governments in disaster relief and other humanitarian missions requiring victim identification. But in fact the bulk of its work was focused on assisting the Prosecution…
Evidence that “one case” is not “one body”
ICTY Prosecution forensic teams which were conducting exhumations of Srebrenica-related mass graves between 1996 and 2001 produced 3,568 “cases.” In their terminology, a case is a file referring to a distinct collection of body parts, usually accompanied with an autopsy report. Even though the number of “cases” ultimately created falls far short of the alleged 8,000…
Dr. Ljubiša Simić: General presentation and interpretation of Srebrenica forensic data (Pattern of injury breakdown)
The subject of this presentation is the results of the forensic analyses performed by expert teams of The Hague Tribunal (“ICTY”) between 1995 and 2002 at several locations in the region of Eastern Bosnia during the exhumation and examination of human remains from thirteen locations that were presumed to contain the bodies of Srebrenica victims.…
What are the Tribunal and ICMP trying to hide?
The comment below has provoked lively responses. One of them is by Canadian barrister Christopher Black. He points out some fundamental flaws in the strategy followed by the Karadžić defence. By acquiescing to the rules for the admission of evidence being turned on their head, Mr. Black seems to be suggesting that Dr. Karadžić is,…
ICMP: The unseen evidence
One of the key evidentiary issues that arose during several ICTY Srebrenica trials was the right of the accused to conduct an independent examination of the forensic evidence used against them. That right exists as a matter of course in all non-political criminal trials in all civilized legal jurisdictions. Specifically, that is the right of…
Popović judgment analysis: Does DNA help the faltering Srebrenica lobby? (2010)
Although originally published in 2010, this analysis of ICTY’s trial judgment in the Popović case is as pertinent today as when it was written. In particular because of legislation to ban “Srebrenica genocide denial” that is pending before the Canadian parliament. Interestingly, the same Srebrenica lobby outfit that unsuccessfully attempted to ban criticism of “Srebrenica…
Dr. Oliver Stojkovic’s forensic evidence, 27 and 30 June, 2008
Dr. Oliver Stojkovic’s expert evidence in the Popovic et. al. trial on the reliability of prosecution Srebrenica forensic data is significant even though the Chamber chose to ignore it. Significant segments of Stojkovic’s testimony reproduced below are shaded yellow, with side comments. The main issues will easily be sorted out by intelligent readers. One of…
Dr. Ljubiša Simić: An analysis of Srebrenica forensic reports prepared by ICTY Prosecution experts
A thorough analysis of forensic evidence used in Srebrenica-related trials at ICTY in the Hague is an important tool not only for sorting out what actually happened in Srebrenica in July of 1995, but also for understanding the procedures followed by that Tribunal. These insights are all the more significant since over the last decade…
Research and Documentation Center data on Srebrenica victims, 1992 – 1996
The Sarajevo based Research and Documentation Center (Istraživačko dokumentacioni centar, or IDC) and its director Mirsad Tokača have made a significant contribution to clarifying many residual issues concerning the conflict in Bosnia during the 1990s. One of the most important of these issues is the number of victims. By using for the most part credible…
Case Study: The Branjevo/Pilica Execution Site
Chapter from the monograph “ICTY and Srebrenica.” How does ICTY get away with proving mass murder ascending to the level of genocide when the bulk of the evidence does not support many of its factual conclusions? We can try to answer this question by reviewing the evidence which various ICTY chambers used to reach their…