War Criminals - Testing the Limits of Military Force,
Abstract
The coming year will see a critical phase in the international effort to bring peace to Bosnia and Herzegovina. Stabilization Force (SFOR) has an ambitious mission that will continue into summer 1998. Although the war has ended, efforts to build institutions and promote reconciliation have faltered. The promises of the Dayton peace agreement are largely unfulfilled after more than a year and the region has drawn into ethnic enclaves divided by the inter-entity boundary line and long-standing hatred. A critical milestone will come with local elections set for September 1997. One of the most controversial aspects of the peace process has been the NATO policy for arresting those indicted by the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY). After three years the tribunal has only a handful of indicted war criminals in confinement; most are believed to be at large in the former Yugoslavia. There have been public calls for NATO to take an aggressive role in apprehending them. Many political pundits in the United States claim that there can be no peace unless these war criminals are brought to justice and that their very freedom is an Impediment to refugee resettlement and reconciliation.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 1997
- Accession Number
- ADA354165
Entities
People
- F. M. Lorenz
Organizations
- Dwight D. Eisenhower School for National Security and Resource Strategy