In the late 1990s NATO dropped bombs and supported armed insurgencies in Yugoslavia while insisting that its motives were purely humanitarian and that its only goal was peace. However, George Szamuely argues that NATO interventions actually prolonged conflicts, heightened enmity, increased casualties, and fueled demands for more interventions. Eschewing the one-sided approach adopted by previous…
The genocide issue: Was there demonstrable intent to exterminate all Muslim prisoners?
This is question must be asked if we wish to deal with Srebrenica in a serious manner. In light of the common depiction of events in Srebrenica immediately following July 11th 1995, there are only two ways to characterize the ensuing executions: (1) as a massacre of significant proportions which is a major violation of…
Judge Prisca Nyambe dissenting opinion in the Tolimir case
Although she found herself in the minority on the three-judge panel which tried Gen. Zdravko Tolimir, Judge Nyambe composed an articulate and professionally impeccable analysis of the majority opinion. [wpdm_package id=’229′]
Separate and partly dissenting opinion of judge Antonetti
Although ultimately going along with General Tolimir’s conviction of genocide in Srebrenica and Žepa, as dictated by the political exigencies of the moment, ICTY Judge Jean-Claude Antonetti nevertheless took it upon himself to compose a separate and partly dissenting opinion articulating his own perception of the case. His opinion is a cogent analysis of the…