Bosnian justice after the ICTY
The closing of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) in December 2017 put the question of justice in the Balkans back in the spotlight. The Tribunal’s legacy was widely hailed as a milestone for international justice, no less in the field of sexual violence prosecution. However, prominent judgment such the Mladic verdict also rekindled ethnic tensions in BiH, further exacerbated by upcoming elections.
ICTY has “blazed a trail” for victims’ empowerment