THE ROLE OF THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL TRIBUNAL (HAGUE TRIBUNAL) IN DETECTING AND SANCTIONING WAR CRIMES IN THE FORMER YUGOSLAVIA AND IN PARTICULAR IN THE REPUBLIC OF KOSOVO – CHALLENGES, EXPECTATIONS AND EFFICIENCY

Spahiu, Adem and Tuntevski, Nikola (2021) THE ROLE OF THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL TRIBUNAL (HAGUE TRIBUNAL) IN DETECTING AND SANCTIONING WAR CRIMES IN THE FORMER YUGOSLAVIA AND IN PARTICULAR IN THE REPUBLIC OF KOSOVO – CHALLENGES, EXPECTATIONS AND EFFICIENCY. International Scientific Conference “Towards a Better Future: State and Society” Conference Proceedings Faculty of Law - Kicevo, University “St. Kliment Ohridski” - Bitola.

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Abstract

With the outbreak of bloody conflicts in the former Yugoslav federation,
accompanied by numerous violations of the 1949 Geneva Convention, such as
the establishment of concentration camps, extrajudicial killings, rape of
women, mass arrests based solely on nationality and the persecution of
prisoners, with UN Security Council Resolution 827 was established the
International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, based in The
Hague, the Netherlands. The Hague tribunal has made a historic turn in
bringing many suspects to justice, regardless of their political and social status.
In that direction is the basic intention of this paper - to make a more detailed
study of the role of the Hague Tribunal in determining the responsibility and
punishment of persons suspected of having committed war crimes in the
former Yugoslavia, with special reference to the situation in the Republic of
Kosovo. The role of the Hague Tribunal in this area will be presented through
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the analysis of cases related to suspected and accused citizens of the Republic
of Kosovo, interviews with them and some of the victims of such crimes, as
well as through appropriate statistical indicators. We hope that with this
analysis we will convey the voice of the victims and their families to the
general public, but also the message to the current and potential perpetrators
that crimes of this kind will not go unpunished.
Key words: International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (Hague
Tribunal), war crimes and crimes against humanity and international law in the
former Yugoslavia, situation in the Republic of Kosovo

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	Scientific Fields (Frascati) > Social Sciences > Law
Divisions:	Faculty of Law
Depositing User:	Prof. d-r. Nikola Tuntevski
Date Deposited:	27 Jan 2022 11:47
Last Modified:	27 Jan 2022 11:47
URI:	https://eprints.uklo.edu.mk/id/eprint/6717

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