Tough Lessons from the Yugoslav Wars: Ethnic Dispute, Diplomacy, and Peacebuilding


I saw just how a young child of about 10 was killed by Serbs in Dutch attire. This occurred in front of my very own eyes. The mother sat on the ground and her young kid rested next to her. The young child was positioned on his mommy’s lap. The young kid was killed. His head was cut off. The body remained on the lap of the mommy. The Serbian soldier positioned the head of the young boy on his blade and showed it to everybody. … I saw how a pregnant female was slaughtered. There were Serbs that stabbed her in the belly, reduced her open and took 2 children out of her belly and after that defeat them to fatality on the ground. I saw this with my very own eyes.

Image of previous Head of state of Republika Srpska, Radovan Karadžić, taken upon his arrest in November 1984 On March 24, 2016, he was found guilty of genocide, war criminal activities, and crimes versus humanity and sentenced to 40 years’ imprisonment.

Historical Background and Context

Map of the previous Yugoslavia in the early 1990 s

The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia contained six republics (Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro, Macedonia) and 2 autonomous provinces (Kosovo and Vojvodina) within Serbia. This multi-ethnic federation, straddling the Eastern and …

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