International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia unclosed documentation of war criminal in Bosnia and Herzegovina Cover Image

Деятельность Международного трибунала по бывшей Югославии: незакрытое досье криминальной войны в Боснии и Герцеговине
International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia unclosed documentation of war criminal in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Author(s): Oktaj Aliev, Mehti Abdullaev
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, Criminal Law, Human Rights and Humanitarian Law
Published by: Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek
Keywords: International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia;post-Yugoslav space;war criminals;ethnic cleansing and genocide;the ICTY exit strategy

Summary/Abstract: The article examines the work of the International Criminal Tribunal for the For-mer Yugoslavia (ICTY) over twenty years. It shows the internal conflicts of the ICTY relating to the different positions of countries which had influence on the judicial investigation of war crimes committed during the wars in the post-Yu-goslav space.Special role of the USA in creating financing and follow-up activities of the ICTY is noted. The attention is paid to the political importance of the ICTY. At-tention is also paid to the political importance of the ICTY as a factor in prevent-ing crime and the international community – ethnic cleansing and genocide in the future.The ICTY’s activity in the context of search and punishment of the major war criminals of the Bosnian – Radovan Karadzic and Radco Mladic is discussed.The article also tells about the so-called "exit strategy” of the ICTY, that is the completion time of its activities.

  • Issue Year: 7/2014
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 53-74
  • Page Count: 22
  • Language: Russian