Word: milosevicã
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...extent of the horror and destruction of more than a decade of his rule. The crimes, both those committed against his own people and against others in the name of his people, would fail to receive proper attention in the absence of the principal perpetrator. The opportunity to use Milosevic??€™s trial as one of the building blocks of democracy in Yugoslavia and ethnic tolerance in the Balkans would have been lost. Ironically, this is exactly what will happen if Milosevic is extradited to the Hague War Crimes Tribunal...
...Milosevic??€™s role in the Balkan tragedy can hardly be underestimated. He used a surge of Serbian nationalism in late 1980s to assume power and lead the Serbs into four bloody wars, producing hundreds of thousands of deaths and millions of refugees. At home, Milosevic??€™s regime bred widespread corruption, as an oligarchy of his closest allies became immensely rich at the expense of the state and the people. Meanwhile, during his 13-year rule, Milosevic clung to power by any means necessary: he rigged elections, crushed popular unrest and persecuted and killed independent journalists, opposition...
...have always been above the law, it is difficult both for the new rulers and the nation to fully understand the nature of a democratic system, its emphasis on public debate and its respect for legal procedures. A highly publicized trial in Yugoslavia would expose the full extent of Milosevic??€™s totalitarianism, establishing for good its legacy of violence and fear. More importantly, it would demonstrate the limits of legitimate governmental power to a nation new to democracy, placing current and future governments under closer scrutiny of the electorate...
...exists pertaining to his direct role in crimes against Kosovo Albanians. This evidence forms the basis of the Hague Tribunal indictment. But, as Yugoslav Ambassador to the U.S. Milan St. Protic emphasized in a recent speech at the Kennedy School, Yugoslav authorities are determined to add war crimes to Milosevic??€™s indictment at home. Trying Milosevic for war crimes in the country could help ease tensions in and around Kosovo. The new Yugoslav authorities have recently adopted a softer rhetoric in their contacts with ethnic Albanians, trying to reemphasize that Kosovo is still a part of Yugoslavia...
...West’s insistence on extradition is based on three misconceptions. First, most Western officials who push for Milosevic??€™s extradition are willing to admit the need for the Serbian people to confront their recent past, but underestimate the extent to which moving the trial to another country undercuts any such attempt. Second, it is argued that moving the trial to the Hague would serve as a deterrent to ethnic violence elsewhere, which is a weak argument indeed; if that were true, the Nuremberg trials should have served as a deterrent to the war criminals...