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The 33 pages that link to International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, each with the reason it gives.
International humanitarian lawRelated: Its judgments clarified legal standards for war crimes and other conflict-related offenses.
International Criminal CourtRelated: Its work helped build support for a permanent criminal court.
War crimeRelated: Its jurisprudence developed legal tests for armed conflict, individual liability, and specific war crimes.
Command responsibilityRelated: Its judgments developed detailed tests for effective control, knowledge, and a superior’s failure to act.
Bosnian WarRelated: Its trials documented crimes and assessed responsibility for wartime leadership and operations.
Ethnic cleansingRelated: Its cases addressed crimes committed in campaigns commonly described as ethnic cleansing.
International criminal lawBroader topic: Its cases developed doctrines and procedures later used across international criminal law.
Kosovo WarRelated: The tribunal prosecuted senior officials for crimes linked to the Kosovo conflict.
Breakup of YugoslaviaRelated: Its trials documented atrocities and established individual responsibility for wartime crimes.
Yugoslav WarsRelated: Its trials established individual criminal responsibility for atrocities committed during the wars.
Srebrenica massacreRelated: Its judgments established the massacre as genocide and convicted senior perpetrators.
Rome StatuteRelated: Its experience with ad hoc prosecutions informed debates about creating a permanent court.
Witness protectionRelated: Its proceedings relied on measures to protect witnesses testifying about grave crimes.
Croatian War of IndependenceRelated: The tribunal investigated crimes connected to the war and tried senior political and military figures.
Siege of SarajevoRelated: The tribunal tried senior figures for crimes connected to the campaign against Sarajevo.
International Criminal Tribunal for RwandaRelated: Its design and legal precedents informed the ICTR's creation and operation.
Slobodan MiloševićRelated: It indicted Milošević in 1999 and tried him for crimes connected to Kosovo, Croatia, and Bosnia.
ImpunityBroader topic: Its trials tested whether senior perpetrators could be held accountable after mass atrocities.
NATO bombing of YugoslaviaRelated: Its review of NATO’s bombing addressed whether to open a criminal investigation.
Republika SrpskaRelated: Its judgments established legal records of crimes by leaders and forces associated with the entity.
Ratko MladićRelated: The ICTY indicted, tried, and convicted Mladić.
Franjo TuđmanRelated: The tribunal investigated crimes involving Croatian forces and examined Tuđman’s policies, though he died before any indictment.
Greater SerbiaRelated: Its cases documented crimes committed in campaigns associated with territorial expansion and ethnic separation.
Radovan KaradžićRelated: The tribunal indicted, tried, and convicted Karadžić.
Uyghur TribunalCompared with: Unlike this international court, the Uyghur Tribunal could neither prosecute suspects nor issue enforceable verdicts.
War crimes trialsBroader topic: Its judgments developed doctrines on sexual violence, command responsibility, and crimes against civilians.
Operation StormRelated: Its proceedings examined alleged crimes during and after the offensive.
Army of the Republic of Bosnia and HerzegovinaRelated: Its cases examined crimes involving members of Bosnian government forces as well as their adversaries.
Republic of Bosnia and HerzegovinaRelated: Its cases documented crimes committed during the republic’s war and held perpetrators accountable.
Battle of VukovarRelated: It tried senior officers over crimes following Vukovar’s capture.
Croat–Bosniak WarRelated: The tribunal tried political and military leaders for crimes committed during the Croat–Bosniak conflict.
Naser OrićRelated: The tribunal tried Orić for crimes related to his wartime command.
Slobodan PraljakNarrower topic: This tribunal tried Praljak and issued his final conviction.