Milosevic On Trial - Links

For more information on the Milosevic case, the Crimes of War Project has put together the following list of websites:

Amended version of the ICTY indictment.

Basic facts about ICTY’s indictment.

BOSNET’s
A computer group/forum run by volunteers which presents and distributes information of various Bosnia-focused initiatives of foundations and NGOs – guide to arresting Milosevic.

"Dream Time of Vengeance in Kosovo"
A Crimes of War Magazine article about a man who survived one of the massacres for which Milosevic is indicted.

Human Rights Watch
Human Rights Watch background document and two diagrams on Milosevic and the chain of command relating to the 1999 Kosovo war, which detail the organizational structures of the Yugoslav Army and the Serbian Ministry of Internal Affairs.

The official indictment issued by the ICTY.

ICTY site
Transcripts - Milosevoc's initial appearence - 3 July 2001

Institute of War and Peace Reporting
Balkan Crisis Reports from the Institute of War and Peace Reporting, a non-profit organization that supports democratization and development of the media in crisis zones.

The International Committee of the Red Cross’ (ICRC)
Compilation of the basic rules of humanitarian law in armed conflicts, including the Geneva Conventions.

"Legal Precedents in Yugoslav Court"
A Crimes of War Magazine article about what the ICTY accomplished prior to the indictment of Milosevic, including the conviction of numerous perpetrators of atrocities with landmark decisions that established multiple precedents for the worldwide pursuit of justice.

Policy or panic, flight of the Albanians
An overview of Kosovar Refugee migration to Morina, Albania.

Political Killings in Kosova/Kosovo, March-June 1999
A joint report by the Central and East European Law Initiative of the American Bar Association and the Science and Human Rights Program of the American Association for the Advancement of Science on the killings which took place in Kosovo during the war. The report helped assemble and code information necessary to conduct a statistical analysis of the killings and come up with a number of estimated dead.

"Reality Demands"
A report by the International Crisis Group which reconstructs focusing on violations of international events from March to June 1999 during the Yugoslav offensive in seven municipalities in south-western Kosovo, humanitarian law within the jurisdiction of the ICTY.

Refugee Flow Patterns in Kosovo, March-May 1999
"Much of the continuing debate about the March-June 1999 war between NATO and Yugoslavia turns on how many people left their homes in particular places and at certain times. Solid information about the flow of refugees out of Kosovo would help investigators to link patterns in the flow to patterns of NATO bombing, Yugoslav strategic plans for "cleansing" Kosovo, and Yugoslav and irregular troop deployments. At its heart, this debate is about whether refugees left their homes fleeting NATO attacks and fighting between the KLA and Yugoslav forces, or whether they left their homes after being threatened, assaulted, and robbed by Yugoslav police, army, and irregular units."


Related Articles from Crimes of War, the book:

Crimes Against Humanity, by Cherif Bassiouni
Defines what acts are included in the legal category of Crimes Against Humanity and traces the historical roots of the term.

Categories of War Crimes, by Steven Ratner
Defines the various categories of war crimes, including The Violations of the Laws and Customs of War and traces their origins.

Deportation, by Roy Gutman
Examines the deportations that took place in Bosnia and explains that they are defined as war crimes by the 1949 Geneva Conventions.

Willful Killing, by Peter Maass
Exposes the common practice of snipers targeting civilians in Bosnia and explains that such willful killing of civilians is a war crime as defined by Common Article 3 of the Geneva Conventions.

Command Responsibility, by Nomi Bar-Yaacov
Explains the concept of command responsibility using the example of the Intifada uprising against Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip. It also explains that command responsibility is spelled out in the Protocol I of the 1949 Geneva Conventions.


Related Articles from other sources
Those indicted along with Milosevic