The Globalization of Justice
When the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia was established by the UN Security Council on May 25, 1993, many regarded it as a meaningless gesture. Twenty years later, the tribunal's contribution to ending impunity for war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide has proved to be enormous.
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PARIS – When the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) was established by the United Nations Security Council 20 years ago, on May 25, 1993, many regarded it as a meaningless gesture. At the time, the war in Bosnia was already more than a year old; the city of Sarajevo was under siege; tens of thousands of civilian noncombatants had already died; and hundreds of thousands had been forcibly displaced.