THE PROJECT

The trial of Slobodan Milosevic (IT-02-54) began on February 12, 2002, at the UN International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in The Hague.

Slobodan Milosevic, President of Serbia (1989) and later of Yugoslavia (1997), is charged with crimes committed during the course of the conflicts in Bosnia, Croatia, and Kosovo.

The charges, in three separate indictments which have been joined for the purposes of the trial, include:

- genocide and complicity in genocide

- crimes against humanity involving persecutions on political, racial or religious grounds; extermination; murder; imprisonment; torture; deportation; and inhumane acts (forcible transfers)

- grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions of 1949 involving willful killing; unlawful confinement; torture; willfully causing great suffering; unlawful deportation or transfer; and extensive destruction and appropriation of property

OTHER AVAILABLE VIDEO:

Tribunal Live Domovina.net

Bosanski - Hrvatski - Srpski FreeSerbia

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- violations of the laws or customs of war involving inter alia: murder; attacks on civilians; torture; cruel treatment; wanton destruction of villages, or devastation not justified by military necessity; destruction or willful damage done to institutions dedicated to education or religion; plunder of public or private property; attacks on civilians; destruction or willful damage done to historic monuments and institutions dedicated to education or religion; and unlawful attacks on civilian objects.

Milosevic has declined to enter a plea in response to the charges, and so the judges in the trial have entered pleas of "not guilty" to all charges on his behalf.

Live coverage of the trial is also provided on the Internet by Domovina Net and FreeSerbia (audio in Serbian-Croatian-Bosnian):

The on-line archive of the audio-video record of the trial, which is generally available each day immediately after the trial concludes, is supplemented by transcripts of the proceedings, as they become available, and references to Internet-based documentation about the trial and its issues, including news reports, background material, and analysis from NGOs and academic experts.

Alongside the Internet archives, the project also houses a physical archive of broadcast-quality digital video (DVCAM) of the entire trial at Bard College. In keeping with Bard's educational mission, the archive and its supporting materials will be permanently available to researchers, including print and broadcast media, filmmakers, and scholars seeking a reliable, accessible, and secure record of the trial.

Technical support for the project is provided by: