At the end of the genocide in 1995, around 100,000 people, 85% of which were Bosniak. This genocide stands as the largest genocide perpetrated since the Holocaust during World War II (History.com Staff, 2009).
As a result of this genocide, a tribunal was founded to handle the punishment for the crimes committed during the conflict. This tribunal is known as the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia since 1991, abbreviated as the ICTY. The ICTY was founded in 1993 and has been actively prosecuting perpetrators since 2003. Since its founding, the ICTY has charged exactly 161 people with charges of genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity. The people charged include military and political officials who helped execute the genocide. Serbian president Slobodan Milosevic died of a heart attack during his trial before he could face justice for his crimes (History.com Staff, 2009). To this date, the ICTY still has two trials that remain active, pending charges. Judgement on these two trials is not expected to close until November 2017 ("United", 2014). |
Logo of the ICTY ("United," 2014)