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
Serbian secret police chiefs face verdict over atrocities in Croatia and Bosnia
How the ‘Hanging Woman’ revealed truth of Bosnia’s mass killer
The case has closed on Ratko Mladić. Now we must honour those who survived him
Zrinka Bralo
Prisca Matimba Nyambe: who is the dissenting judge in Ratko Mladić case?
Ratko Mladić: life in prison is as close to justice as his victims will get
Ratko Mladić, ‘butcher of Bosnia’, loses appeal against genocide conviction
Ratko Mladić to hear final ruling on genocide conviction
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
Srebrenica 25 years on: how the world lost its appetite to fight war crimes
Ratko Mladić was brought to justice but where’s the desire to investigate mass killings in Syria, Yemen and Myanmar?
This is Europe
The Srebrenica massacre - archive, July 1995
Twenty-five years ago, around 8,000 Muslim boys and men were killed in the Srebrenica genocide when the besieged enclave in Bosnia was overrun by Bosnian Serb forces. See how the Guardian reported the massacre and human rights abuses
December 2019
Papers reveal Anglo-French distrust before Srebrenica massacre
Archives show British PM was warned France may have made secret deal with Bosnian Serbs
December 2017
Yugoslavia tribunal closes, leaving a powerful legacy of war crimes justice
The Observer view on the effectiveness of international law
November 2017
Genocide charges are just too hard to prove – even in former Yugoslavia
Ratko Mladić was unlucky. These days most war criminals go free
Jonathan Freedland
The Guardian view on war crimes trials: justice for Srebrenica’s victims
Ratko Mladić will die in jail. But go to Bosnia: you’ll see that he won
Ed Vulliamy
Bosnians divided over Ratko Mladić guilty verdict for war crimes
Ratko Mladić, the 'butcher of Bosnia' – video profile