• Bosnia: A Move to End Discrimination
    Press release
    Nov 2, 2011
    The Bosnian parliament’s move on October 31, 2011, to amend the constitution to allow members of minority groups to run for high public office is a positive step.
  • ICTY: Mladic's Finally in The Hague. Now What?
    Commentary
    Jun 3, 2011
    Justice has finally caught up with Ratko Mladic. The Bosnian Serb warlord, an alleged mastermind of some of the worst crimes committed during the 1992-1995 Bosnian war, including the Srebrenica genocide, is sitting in the United Nations detention unit in The Hague after nearly 16 years on the run. However, make no mistake: the road ahead will not be easy.
  • ICTY: Q&A on the Case against Ratko Mladic
    Q & A
    May 31, 2011
    With Ratko Mladic now in The Hague, under the rules of procedure for the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), he must be brought before the Trial Chamber assigned to his case “without delay” to be formally charged.
  • In Mladic Arrest, a Reminder of How Far International Justice Has Come
    Commentary
    May 30, 2011
    The forthcoming trial in The Hague of the arrested Serb warlord is an occasion to assess the achievements of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
  • Remembering the Horrors of Srebrenica
    Commentary
    May 27, 2011
    The arrest of Ratko Mladic will finally bring justice to victims and survivors of the bloody slaughter of 7,000 men and boys, writes Human Rights Watch's Emma Daly, who covered the conflict as a reporter. She recalls the anguish of victims, savagery of Mladic-and denial of Bosnian Serbs.
  • Ratko Mladic: How I Helped Bring Him Down
    Commentary
    May 27, 2011
    Nearly two decades ago, Aryeh Neier helped launch the international criminal court that eventually tried more than 150 suspects-and will soon try alleged war criminal Ratko Mladic. The former head of Human Rights Watch shares how the tribunal was born.
  • No Safe Haven?
    Commentary
    May 27, 2011
    The arrest of the notorious fugitive Ratko Mladic almost 16 years after his indictment for genocide closes a gaping hole in the otherwise laudable efforts to bring to justice the authors of "ethnic cleansing" in the Balkans.
  • Bosnia: Mladic Arrest Ends Reign of Impunity
    Press release
    May 26, 2011
    The arrest of notorious fugitive Ratko Mladic almost 16 years after his indictment for genocide shows that no one is beyond the reach of the law. Mladic, the former Bosnian Serb army commander, is charged with 11 counts of genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes, including the massacre of up to 8,000 Bosnian men and boys after the fall of Srebrenica in July 1995, the worst atrocity on European soil since the Second World War.
  • The Balkans Must Broaden Approach to Human Rights
    Commentary
    Feb 28, 2011
    For many in Europe, the western Balkans still evoke images of the brutal conflicts that followed the dissolution of Yugoslavia in the 1990s. The legacy of those wars continues to shape European Union and US policy toward the region.
  • Balkans: Greater Commitment Needed on Rights
    Press release
    Jan 24, 2011
    Efforts toward European integration for the Western Balkans are hampered by persistent human rights problems, Human Rights Watch said today. In its World Report 2011, Human Rights Watch documents human rights concerns in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Serbia, and Kosovo during 2010.