Edward S. Herman: Srebrenica: The Star Witness. Review of Germinal Chivikov’s book. Devastating Indictment of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia

A review of Germinal Chivikov’s book Srebrenica: The Star Witness (orig. Srebrenica: Der Kronzeuge, 2009, transl. by John Laughland) – “a devastating indictment of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY).” The book shows that the Tribunal “does not behave according to the traditions of the rule of law”–it is a political rather…

Laurie Mayer: Presiding Judge at Mladic Appeal says he deserves a retrial

We recomment to our readers this remarkable analytical synthesis of Judge Prisca Nyambe’s separate and dissenting opinion in the trial of General Ratko Mladić, the commander of Serbian forces in Bosnia during the conflict from 1992 – 1995. Mladić was accused before the Hague Tribunal of committing a number of heinous crimes, including genocide. In the…

Prof. Milenko Kreća’s view of the Genocide convention and its applicability in the Bosnia v. Serbia ICJ litigation

Dr. Milenko Kreća is professor of international law at the University of Belgrade and was a judge on the International Court of Justice panel which considered Bosnia and Herzegovina’s application to ICJ to find Serbia guilty of genocide for certain events which took place on its territory during the conflict in the 1990s. Kreća’s separate and…

Christopher Black: JOINT CRIMINAL ENTERPRISE, WHY EVERYTHING YOU WERE TOLD ABOUT SLOBODAN MILOSEVIC AND THE SERBS IS WRONG: A Review. (Srebrenica Historical Project, 2021)

Canadian criminal law attorney Christopher Black, besides being an experienced legal practitioner who has handled cases in international ad hoc tribunals both at the Hague and in Rwanda, maintains a keen interest in the circumstances which brought about the bloody dismemberment of Yugoslavia. Srebrenica is a key component of those complex historical events. The text…