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The atrocities, carried out mainly by Serbs but also by Croats and Muslims, cry out for punishment. So far, the U.N. and other international organizations have deliberately been dilatory in tackling them. Although a U.N. war-crimes tribunal has been appointed, it lacks the political support and the funding to...
Only a smattering of cases have been brought. In Bosnia two men have been tried for murder and rape, and authorities in Belgrade have sentenced a Serb to death for killing 16 Muslim civilians. Alleged war criminals have been arrested in Germany and Denmark, and France is investigating charges brought...
Since its anger is directed toward an entire, yet subtle societal system that perpetuates violence against women, any tribunal that fails to convict alleged rapists is further evidence of such a system.
What may come of this inquiry is hard to predict. Stephanopoulos testified to the grand jury last week and said afterward that "it was very refreshing to be before the tribunal that cared about the facts" -- an unsubtle dig at ! the press. He may well be recalled, however, after Steiner...
The first international war-crimes tribunal since the Nuremberg trials following World War II opened in the Hague, but the 11-judge panel investigating atrocities in the former Yugoslavia has none of the alleged perpetrators in custody and is not empowered to try defendants in absentia.