Pros And Cons Of Bosnian Genocide - 1643 Words

Often, there is conflict amongst states that escalates, eventually, into war. With these wars, comes death and immense devastation; devastation that takes form in many ways. The worst of them are the human rights violations that occur, leaving behind a pain that is often rarely treated or addressed. Through the approach, transitional justice, victims of these horrible crimes against humanity have a system that allows them to seek some form of justice. Focus on the Bosnian genocide will allow for one to see how a specific case of transitional justice was played out and the cons, along with pros, of the actions every actor took that either prolonged or stiffened the progression of peace and justice in Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina and†¦show more content†¦The worse of them took place at Srebrenica, where seven thousand men and boys were murdered. The women were and children were separated; sending the women to rape camps where they were raped and tortured for months until pregnant. This all occurred in a town that was a â€Å"safe haven† according to the UN’s standards but, to most, never was but merely under the â€Å"weak† protection of the UN. The victims, which consisted of men, women, and children from as young as an infant to as old as the elderly were not spared. It is estimated that over one-hundred and forty thousand people were killed, twenty-thousand women were raped and over four million people were displaced. Till this day the bodies and location of those who disappeared are still being searched for throughout the state of Bosnia with around eight thousand people still missing from the war. Originally, the response from the international actors was to turn a blind eye to the atrocities that were occurring. The first photos illustrating the horrors that were occurring in Bosnia were brought to the public’s attention in 1992, yet the international community still refused to intervene, despite the outrage and similarity to the nineteen- forty-five holocaust. The plan was to, instead, make six safe zone areas that were to be monitored by peace keepers from the UN. But proved to be ineffective due to the of lack of weapons and the policy of no firingShow MoreRelatedEssay on Religion Causes War1486 Words   |  6 PagesRELIGION CAUSES WAR: PROS AND CONS There are many arguments and counter-arguments when discussing the topic of religion causing war. Many critics argue that throughout history, religion has been the single greatest source of human-caused wars, suffering, and misery. In the name of God (by whatever name), more suffering has been inflicted than by any other man-made cause. (Pro Side) Critics on the other side counter that modern secular ideological movements are actually responsible for much greaterRead MorePolicy1331 Words   |  6 PagesOctober that the traffic death rate dropped to a record low level in 1997. Moreover, the average fatality rate even fell in the states that raised their speed limits Apply the argument mapping procedures presented in Chapter 8 to analyze the pros and cons (or strengths and weaknesses) of the recommendations that the United States should not intervene in the Balkans. Write an analysis of 1-2 pages that uses critical thinking to assess the overall plausibility of the †¨claim: â€Å"TheRead MoreThe Infancy of Humanitarian Intervention1906 Words   |  8 Pagesmilitary action. The United Nation’s humanitarian intervention, and the principles of its military action, has shown time after time of its failures and successes in combating or escalating wide spread violence. In this study I will weigh the pros and cons of several conflicts where humanitarian intervention was deployed and decide if humanitarian intervention was a successful or unsuccessful procedure. By focusing on what is causing these complications in enforcing humanitarian intervention withinRead MoreOne Significant Change That Has Occurred in the World Between 1900 and 2005. Explain the Impact This Change Has Made on Our Lives and Why It Is an Important Change.163893 Words   |  656 Pagesthe communist victory of 1975 were ethnic Chinese. They were also highly overrepresented among those who were massacred or fled during the contemporaneous Khmer Rouge genocide in neighboring Cambodia. In Indonesia, Chinese residents have been persecuted and expelled for being, at 42 †¢ CHAPTER 1 different times, pro-Western imperialists, communists, and capitalist exploiters of the Indonesian masses. Tens of thousands of Hmongs who had been recruited by the Central Intelligence Agency