China, Myanmar and now Darfur ... the horror of genocide is here again
Simon Tisdall
Each time it happens, the world insists: ‘never again’. But the political and moral blindspots that allow these atrocities will persist until the lessons of history are learned
June 2021
How the ‘Hanging Woman’ revealed truth of Bosnia’s mass killer
In 1996, our writeridentified the suicide victim whose death symbolised the cruelty of Ratko Mladić. As his life sentence is upheld, she recalls a meeting with Ferida Osmanovic’s children
The case has closed on Ratko Mladić. Now we must honour those who survived him
Zrinka Bralo
The war criminal was not indicted for genocide over the horrors of Prijedor, but at least he will never be released, says Zrinka Bralo, chief executive of Migrants Organise
Ratko Mladić: life in prison is as close to justice as his victims will get
Analysis: upholding of genocide conviction for 1995 atrocities is a victorious end to a process few thought would succeed
May 2021
Radovan Karadžić: three other war criminals sent to UK prisons
Radovan Karadžić to serve rest of sentence in British prison
July 2020
Human rights in focus
'You simply die all over again': the agony of Srebrenica, 25 years on
The women who lost loved ones in the massacre of Bosnian Muslims are still burying bodies – and still seeking justice as the guilty walk free
July 2019
Dutch court reduces state liability for Srebrenica massacre
Responsibility for compensation to families of 350 victims reduced from 30% to 10%
May 2019
Radovan Karadžić investigated for taking part in event from prison cell
Former Bosnian Serb leader alleged to have used telephone to contribute to public talk in Montenegro
March 2019
Radovan Karadžić war crimes sentence increased to life in prison
Former Bosnian Serb leader given longer sentence over his role in bloody conflict
December 2017
Yugoslavia tribunal closes, leaving a powerful legacy of war crimes justice
The Observer view on the effectiveness of international law
July 2017
Testimony by Scott Turow review – legal eagle turns private dick
Finely researched history and clumsy sex scenes collide in this thriller about investigating war crimes in Bosnia
March 2017
Dutch election: Geert Wilders warns 'genie will not go back in the bottle'
Voting under way in the Netherlands as the prime minister, Mark Rutte, seeks to halt domino effect of ‘wrong sort of populism’
December 2016
Ratko Mladić must get life sentence, say war crimes prosecutors
Lawyers at The Hague say any lesser punishment for Bosnian Serb military commander would be ‘insult to his victims’
March 2016
Journalist jailed by Karadžić tribunal is released early
Bosnian war reporter Florence Hartmann was arrested at The Hague last week for 2009 contempt of court conviction
With Radovan Karadžić sentenced, Bosnia-Herzegovina must move forward
Vesna Maric
Twenty years on, a country torn in half by the former Bosnian Serb leader is still scarred. The UN tribunal’s verdict gives it a chance to look to the future
I saw Karadžić’s camps. I cannot celebrate while many of his victims are denied justice
Ed Vulliamy
Sarajevo residents respond to Karadžić sentence – video
Radovan Karadžić's sentence for Bosnia genocide exposes continuing divisions
