Archive for ICTY

“Today is a good day to be a (war) criminal”

Posted in Uncategorized with tags , , , , , on 18 November 2012 by delclem


“The ICTY appeals chamber has issued a judgment acquitting Ante Gotovina and Mladen Markač of crimes for which they were previously convicted. At first reading, the judgment seems to be a radical one that creates new law – and the new law it creates will be encouraging to military commanders who want to target civilians and to politicians who want to engineer the expulsion of civilians.” Reblogged text from EastEthnia.wordpress.com 2012

“My weekend at the ‘Hague Hilton’”

Posted in Uncategorized with tags , , , , , , , on 28 January 2012 by delclem

“As I entered, the first journalist ever allowed to report from inside, I had butterflies in my stomach. For I am a prisoner of my past. Some of the people detained here were accused of crimes against members of my family. We lived through the siege of Sarajevo.”

Photographer’s blog (c) REUTERS by Damir Sagolj who took pictures in the war crimes unit of the prison in The Hague.