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INFO::: Transitional Justice > Bosnia

HEARING ON BALKANS

Source: Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe - United States Helsinki Commission (CSCE)

Date: 02 Apr 2009

Unofficial transcript

REPRESENTATIVE ALCEE HASTINGS (D-FL): Ladies and gentlemen, if I could call the hearing to order. I'd appreciate it very much if we could get the hush in the back of the room toned down a little bit. It would be deeply appreciated. We're in the process of a series of votes on the budget, and what's going to happen is I'm just coming from a vote. I believe some other...   MS Word (122kb) >>>

THE WESTERN BALKANS: CHALLENGES FOR U.S. AND EUROPEAN ENGAGEMENT

Ivo Banac, Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe in the United States Congress

2 April 2009; Bosnian Institute, 8 April 2009

Washington, D.C. -- Mr. Chairman and Distinguished Members of the Commission:
In your kind invitation you expressed an interest in my views on the overall trends in the countries of the Western Balkans as well as the Balkan region as a whole, and the potential impact the United States, the European Union and...   MS Word (42kb) >>>

HELSINKI COMMISSION HEARING

Dr. James Lyon, Senior Associate - Democratization Policy Council

April,2009

Mr. Chairman and Distinguished Members of the Commission:
Thank you for the opportunity to address you and discuss developments in the Western Balkans. The Democratization Policy Council thanks you for your committed interest in the region, ongoing support, and recognition of the need for continued international attention to the problems facing the Balkans. I have been asked to speak today about overall...    MS Word (40kb) >>>

HAGUE WITNESS DESCRIBES MEETINGS BETWEEN PERISIC AND MLADIC

Rory Gallivan (IWPR) and Sense News Agency,

27 March, 2009. Bosnia Report,
29 march 2009

Two reports on revealing evidence given at the trial of Momcilo Perišic, former FRY army chief, before the ICTY

The Hague -- A witness in the Hague war crimes trial of former Yugoslav army (VJ) chief Momcilo Perišic testified that Ratko Mladic remained in contact with the accused well into the...
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KRAJISNIK APPEAL MAY PRESENT PROBLEMS FOR KARADZIC PROSECUTORS

Appeals verdict in Momcilo Krajisnik case suggests prosecution could have trouble proving charges against former Bosnian Serb president.

By Edina Becirevic in Sarajevo

(TU No 594, 27-Mar-09)

Last week's appeals judgement against Momcilo Krajisnik surprised many by reducing the sentence awarded and clouding the trail of responsibility for atrocities committed...
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INDICTMENT OF
RADOVAN KARADZIC

Hague Tribunal (ICTY), Bosnian Institute, 17 March, 2009

The latest amendments to the Karadžic indictment have significant implications for the possibility of Bosnia-Herzegovina being able to re-open its case against Serbia before the International

1.RADOVAN KARADŽIC
Indicted for genocide, extermination, murder, persecutions, deportation, inhumane acts, acts of violence the primary purpose of which was to spread terror among the civilian population, unlawful attack on civilians...
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BOSNIA: WHAT IS TO BE DONE?

By Morton Abramowitz and Daniel Serwer

Posted by Daniel Serwer on 03/09/2009

Bosnia is stuck. Its Bosniak Muslim leader, Haris Silajzic, stridently calls for abolition of the Serb entity (Republika Srpska), whose prime minister, Milorad Dodik, wants increased autonomy and threatens a referendum on independence. By taking extreme positions, Dodik and Silajdzic polarize voters, frightening most Serbs and many Muslims into lending...   More >>>

BOSNIAN SERBS TOLD TO PAY $42 MILLION FOR
BURNT MOSQUES

Reuters, 24 February 2009

A local court has ordered Banja Luka authorities to pay compensation for mosques destroyed during the
1992-5 war

The authorities of the Bosnian Serb-controlled town Banja Luka must pay $42 million to its Islamic community for 16 local mosques destroyed during the 1992-5 Bosnian war, a local magistrate ruled on 20 February. The court...
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KARADZIC'S BROKEN BOSNIA REMAINS

Alan Little, BBC News 17 September 2008, Bosnian Institute,

18 September, 2008

In a powerful report from today's B-H, the BBC's former correspondent in wartime Bosnia describes how the country is being left behind by its former assailants on the path to European integration, and how 'Radovan Karadzic got much of what he set out to get'. In the old days we would trot along to see Radovan Karadzic often. He would...   More >>>

THE SERBIAN ELITES AND GENOCIDE IN BOSNIA

By Sonja Biserko

HCHRS

Ever since the foundation of the modern Serbian state in the 19th century, but especially since the Congress of Berlin, Serbia's elites have viewed Bosnia as a territory which could solve all their frustrations over borders. It was, namely, at that time that they set the goal of gaining access to the sea and expanding living space, something that could only be...
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