Topic > Milosevic: Crimes and Law - 975

Slobodan Milošević (20 August 1941 – 11 March 2006), politician, former president of the Serbian and Federal Republic of Yugoslavia had broad nationalist views and was responsible for the widespread ethnic cleansing of Albanian refugees throughout the Serbian provinces of Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Kosovo. In both their quantity and their brutality, Milošević's crimes against humanity remain very different from any other misconduct committed by Serbian forces throughout history. Specifically, the mass genocide of thousands of people and the forced flight of approximately 800,000 refugees was a major civil violation recognized by International Criminal Courts, resulting in the involvement of the United Nations Security Council. This article aims to analyze the historical chronology and legal context associated with Milošević's involvement in the Yugoslav wars during the 1900s and the expected effects on international criminal law. Born on August 20, 1941 in Pozarevac Serbia, Yugoslavia, Slobodon Milošević is the second son of his father, Svetozar Milošević, a former Orthodox priest and mother, Stanislava Resanović, a Serbian communist teacher; both committed suicide in 1962 and 1973 respectively. Raised in a largely nationalist family, Milošević joined the Communist Party of Yugoslavia in 1959 while pursuing a career in law at the University of Belgrade. In 1964, after graduating from law school, Milošević began working as a business administrator; however, in 1974 changes to the Yugoslav Constitution (1963) decreased the federal government's jurisdiction over the constituent republics, granting autonomy to the Serbian provinces of Vojvodina and Kosovo (where the majority of the population is ethnic Albanian Muslims). ...... in the center of the sheet ....... Milosevic and four of his collaborators: Serbian President Milan Milutinovic, General Dragoljub Ojdanic, former Serbian Interior Minister Vlajko Stojiljkovic, former Deputy Prime Yugoslav minister Nikola Sainovic, and The former chief of staff of the Yugoslav army was indicted for the following crimes committed in 1999: crimes against humanity and violations of laws and customs of war. In accordance with these charges, Milosevic and his colleagues were accused of committing several civil rights violations; including organizing the alleged deportation of 800,000 Kosovo Albanians and the murder of approximately 600 individually identified Albanians. The accusation was also amended to refer to the mass graves found outside Belgrade (a city on the outskirts of Kosovo) and the sexual violence allegedly committed by Serbian soldiers, under the orders of Milosevic.