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Yugoslavia ( / ˌjuːɡoʊˈslɑːviə /; lit. 'Land of the South Slavs '; Serbo-Croatian: Jugoslavija / Југославија [juɡǒslaːʋija]; Slovene: Jugoslavija [juɡɔˈslàːʋija]; Macedonian: Југославија [juɡɔˈsɫavija] [a]) was a country in Southeast and Central Europe that existed from 1918 to 1992.
- South Slavs
South Slavs are Slavic people who speak South Slavic...
- Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia
The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia ( SFRY ),...
- Flag of Yugoslavia
Yugoslav flags at a ski jumping contest, 1962. The flag of...
- Breakup of Yugoslavia
The war in the western parts of former Yugoslavia ended in...
- Creation of Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia was a state concept among the South Slavic...
- Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina
The Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Serbo-Croatian:...
- Stjepan Filipović
Stjepan Filipović (27 January 1916 – 22 May 1942) was a...
- Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
The Kingdom of Yugoslavia [9] was a country in Southeast and...
- Socialist Republic of Montenegro
The Socialist Republic of Montenegro (Serbo-Croatian:...
- South Slavs
The former Yugoslav autonomous province of Kosovo subsequently proclaimed independence from Serbia in February 2008. SFR Yugoslavia. 1980. 1981. 1982. 1983. 1984. 1985. 1986. 1987. 1988. 1989. 1990. 1991. 1992. FR Yugoslavia. 1992. 1993. 1994. 1995. 1999. 2000. 2001. Serbia and Montenegro. 2006.
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Creation
United Nations Security Council Resolution 808 of 22 February 1993 decided that an "international tribunal shall be established for the prosecution of persons responsible for serious violations of international humanitarian law committed in the territory of the former Yugoslaviasince 1991", and called on the Secretary-General to "submit for consideration by the Council ... a report on all aspects of this matter, including specific proposals and where appropriate options ... taking into accoun...
Implementation
In 1993 the internal infrastructure of the ICTY was built. 17 states had signed an agreement with the ICTY to carry out custodial sentences. 1993–1994: In the first year of its existence, the Tribunal laid the foundations for its existence as a judicial organ. It established the legal framework for its operations by adopting the rules of procedure and evidence, as well as its rules of detention and directive for the assignment of defence counsel. Together, these rules established a legal aid...
Operation
In 1994 the first indictment was issued against the Bosnian-Serb concentration camp commander Dragan Nikolić. This was followed on 13 February 1995 by two indictments comprising 21 individuals which were issued against a group of 21 Bosnian-Serbs charged with committing atrocities against Muslim and Croat civilian prisoners. While the war in the former Yugoslavia was still raging, the ICTY prosecutors showed that an international court was viable. However, no accused was arrested. The court c...
While operating, the Tribunal employed around 900 staff.Its organisational components were Chambers, Registry and the Office of the Prosecutor (OTP).
Criticisms of the court include: 1. Carla Del Ponte, the chief prosecutor of the tribunal, said in 2021 that the US did not want the ICTY to scrutinise war crimes committed by the Kosovo Liberation Army. According to her, Madeleine Albright, the United States secretary of state at the time, told her to slow down the investigation of Ramush Haradina...
International Progress Organization: Monitoring of the ICTYDel Ponte, Carla (2003). The role of international criminal prosecutions in reconstructing divided communities, public lecture by Carla Del Ponte, Prosecutor, International Criminal Tribunal for th...The Yugoslav Wars were a series of separate but related ethnic conflicts, wars of independence, and insurgencies that took place in the SFR Yugoslavia from 1991 to 2001.
