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When case IT-02-54 is finally heard at the International War Crimes Tribunal in the Hague this week, it will mark a moment many despaired would never come. The Serb strongman and former President of Yugoslavia who presided over a decade of mass murder and mayhem across the Balkans...
Normal trials follow a prescribed, orderly path. But no one knows what to expect in this one on the last great crimes of the 20th century--a test case for international justice, the first trial of a head of state. The prosecution must convict Milosevic not just in the eyes...
Speculation is mounting in Serbia that the former Yugoslav President Zoran Lilic may be called to testify against Slobodan Milosevic. Recently the Yugoslav press published information that Lilic was "taking intensive English classes" and is "the protected witness [known as] K-3" who will be the first to testify against...
The tribunal has named "amicus" attorneys - friends of the court - for Milosevic, to challenge evidence and offer exculpatory facts, even if he won't. If he tries to put NATO on trial as an unlawful aggressor by calling world leaders as witnesses, they would likely refuse to appear. Only the...
If the Serb leader presents no legal defense, prosecutors believe they can make a swift case for conviction that is able to withstand appeal. But that would present its own problem. "It will be difficult to explain the lack of adversarial picture that people expect in court," says Dicker. "For...