Yugoslav Tribunal Starts First Genocide Trial

On July 6, 1998, the International Tribunal for War Crimes in the Former Yugoslavia (ITWCFY) opened the trial of Dr. Milan Kovacevic, a Bosnian Serb charged with the crime of genocide. It marks the first time an international trial for genocide has occurred in Europe in the backdrop of the ongoing debates over the crimes that should be covered at the Rome conference that is considering the elaboration of an international convention to establish a permanent international criminal tribunal... [more]