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- Publisher
- Brill
- Copyright
- © 2002 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
- ISSN
- 0902-7351
- eISSN
- 1571-8107
- DOI
- 10.1163/157181002100376143
- Publisher site
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Abstract
Nordic Journal of International Law 71: 545–555, 2002. © 2002 Kluwer Law International. Printed in the Netherlands. 545 The Vu ˇ ckovi ´ c Trial in Kosovo – Deportation and Forcible Transfer under the Definition of Genocide JONAS NILSSON ∗ OSCE Mission in Kosovo, Vienna 1. Introduction On 22 May 1999 the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) indicted Slobodan Miloševi ´ c and four other per- sons from the Yugoslav and Serbian leadership for crimes against humanity and violations of the laws and customs of war, committed in Kosovo during the first six months of 1999. 1 The indictment does not include the crime of genocide. 2 There are no other indictments before the ICTY regarding crimes committed in Kosovo. A number of trials have been held in Kosovo in which persons have been charged and convicted for different war crimes. 3 Through the end of 2001, only one person has been convicted of genocide. Miroslav Vu ˇ ckovi ´ c was indicted for genocide committed in Mitrovica municipality in the spring of 1999. The District Court of Mitrovica convicted Vu ˇ ckovi ´ c for genocide but the Supreme Court decided
Journal
Nordic Journal of International Law – Brill
Published: Jan 1, 2002