"This powerful documentary explores how the tribunal investigating war crimes in the former Yugoslavia and in particular the killing of more than 8,000 Bosniak men and boys in Srebrenica led to the founding of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague. The film looks at the Balkan conflicts of the 1990s in parallel with the pursuit of justice after the Dayton Accords."
"It shows the horrors of ethnic cleansing, mass killings and displacement beginning when Yugoslavia started to break apart. Raw survivor testimonies highlight the human cost of the war from the siege of Sarajevo to the Srebrenica genocide. It also shows how the investigators and prosecutors of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia built cases against those responsible, including Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic, and how this tribunal ultimately gave birth to the ICC."
The Srebrenica genocide killed more than 8,000 Bosniak men and boys and became a focal point for international prosecution of mass atrocities. Investigations by the tribunal for the former Yugoslavia documented ethnic cleansing, mass killings and widespread displacement during the breakup of Yugoslavia. Survivor testimonies convey human suffering from the siege of Sarajevo to Srebrenica. Investigators and prosecutors assembled cases against perpetrators, including Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic. The tribunal's work established legal precedents and institutional momentum that contributed to founding the International Criminal Court in The Hague. Ongoing questions remain about whether legal accountability can genuinely heal a shattered region and the future of international justice.
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