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- catalog abstract "Balkan Justice provides the inside story of the United Nations' Yugoslavia War Crimes Tribunal, charged with conducting the first international war crimes trials since World War II. The pages are filled with behind-the-scenes information gleaned from the author's days as an official at the U.S. Department of State and from subsequent interviews with the key players involved in this international judicial drama. The first part of the book details how the tribunal barely survived attempts by the major powers first to block the collection of evidence, then to delay the selection of a prosecutor, and finally to starve the tribunal of funding. From investigation to judgment, the second part recounts the initial case to be tried before the tribunal - that of Dusko Tadic, a Bosnian Serb pub owner accused of murdering a dozen people, beating and torturing scores of his Muslim former neighbors, and raping several young girls ... all in the name of "ethnic cleansing." Billed by the international media as "the trial of the century," the Tadic case was punctuated by gripping testimony of atrocities, controversial judicial rulings, recanting star witnesses, and performances worthy of an Academy Award. What emerges is a compelling account of the historic trial which documented the full horror of the inhuman acts committed in the former Yugoslavia.".
- catalog contributor b10326751.
- catalog created "c1997.".
- catalog date "1997".
- catalog date "c1997.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1997.".
- catalog description "Balkan Justice provides the inside story of the United Nations' Yugoslavia War Crimes Tribunal, charged with conducting the first international war crimes trials since World War II. The pages are filled with behind-the-scenes information gleaned from the author's days as an official at the U.S. Department of State and from subsequent interviews with the key players involved in this international judicial drama. The first part of the book details how the tribunal barely survived attempts by the major powers first to block the collection of evidence, then to delay the selection of a prosecutor, and finally to starve the tribunal of funding. From investigation to judgment, the second part recounts the initial case to be tried before the tribunal - that of Dusko Tadic, a Bosnian Serb pub owner accused of murdering a dozen people, beating and torturing scores of his Muslim former neighbors, and raping several young girls ... all in the name of "ethnic cleansing."".
- catalog description "Billed by the international media as "the trial of the century," the Tadic case was punctuated by gripping testimony of atrocities, controversial judicial rulings, recanting star witnesses, and performances worthy of an Academy Award. What emerges is a compelling account of the historic trial which documented the full horror of the inhuman acts committed in the former Yugoslavia.".
- catalog description "From Nuremberg to Bosnia -- History of the Yugoslav crisis -- Collecting the facts -- Establishing the tribunal -- Launching the prosecution -- The first defendant : the tale of Dusko Tadic -- On trial -- Eyewitnesses -- The defense -- Epilogue and assessment.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 317-324) and index.".
- catalog extent "xvii, 340 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Balkan justice.".
- catalog identifier "0890899185 (pbk.)".
- catalog identifier "0890899193".
- catalog isFormatOf "Balkan justice.".
- catalog issued "1997".
- catalog issued "c1997.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Durham, N.C. : Carolina Academic Press,".
- catalog relation "Balkan justice.".
- catalog spatial "Bosnia and Hercegovina.".
- catalog spatial "Netherlands Hague.".
- catalog subject "341.6/9/0268 21".
- catalog subject "International Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of the Former Yugoslavia since 1991.".
- catalog subject "JX5445 .S33 1997".
- catalog subject "Tadić, Dušan Trials, litigation, etc.".
- catalog subject "War crime trials Netherlands Hague.".
- catalog subject "War crimes Bosnia and Hercegovina.".
- catalog subject "Yugoslav War Crime Trials, Hague, Netherlands, 1994-".
- catalog subject "Yugoslav War, 1991-1995 Atrocities.".
- catalog tableOfContents "From Nuremberg to Bosnia -- History of the Yugoslav crisis -- Collecting the facts -- Establishing the tribunal -- Launching the prosecution -- The first defendant : the tale of Dusko Tadic -- On trial -- Eyewitnesses -- The defense -- Epilogue and assessment.".
- catalog title "Balkan justice : the story behind the first international war crimes trial since Nuremberg / Michael P. Scharf.".
- catalog type "Trials, litigation, etc. fast".
- catalog type "text".