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…

Confessing at the Hague Tribunal

Public confessions of guilt by prisoners charged with various crimes are a standard operating feature at the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia [ICTY]. Dramatic and emotional courtroom confessions, accompanied by undignified self-abasement before the chamber and the prosecution, have been made by some high-profile prisoners as well as lower ranking accused. Their groveling,…