Dear Colleagues,
I've just returned from The Hague, where last week (8 July) I had my
second close encounter in court with Slobodan Milosevic, who is on trial
charged with war crimes and genocide before the International Criminal
Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY). In my report for the tribunal
and in my testimony I presented documentation on the widespread and
systematic destruction of hundreds of mosques (60 percent of them built
during the Ottoman and Austro-Hungarian eras) and Roman Catholic churches,
as well as historical archives, libraries, and manuscript collections
in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Unfortunately, my appearance in court passed without attracting much
notice from the wire services and other international media (it's summer
and much of the Hague press corps have probably left for the beach).
But there is a good article reporting on my testimony, by Judith Armatta,
on the website the Coalition for International Justice (CIJ).
http://www.cij.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewReport&reportID=353&tribunalID=1&languageID=1
My expert report and testimony were also covered by the local news media
in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia and Montenegro, and Croatia, e.g.:
http://arhiva.glas-javnosti.co.yu/arhiva/2003/03/26/srpski/K03032503.shtml
http://www.hrt.hr/vijesti/arhiv/2003/07/08/HAG.html
Those interested can also watch on-line video (in RealPlayer format) of
what transpired in the courtroom on July 8 on the Milosevic trial archive
website hosted by Bard College
http://hague.bard.edu/video.html
The text of my expert report for the U.N. tribunal will also be posted
on the Bard website in the coming weeks.
Andras Riedlmayer
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