1. Civil War in Yugoslavia
Break-up
Ethnic Cleansing
Crisis in Kosovo

2. Yugoslavia after World War I
Homeland for Slavs
It consisted of various republics: Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia, Herzegovina, Macedonia, Slovenia and Montenegro

3. Religious Groups within Yugoslavia
Orthodox Christians: Serbians
Roman Catholics: Croatians
Muslims: Bosnians
The groups had distinct customs and religions but spoke the same language
SERBS DOMINATED THE STATE

4. Yugoslavia post WW II
Josip Broz Tito (Marshall) ruled Yugoslavia with an IRON hand until his death in 1980.
Post Tito the economy weakens and age old ethnic conflicts flare up.
1991 – Communism collapses in Eastern Europe and civil war breaks out between the Croatians, Muslims and Serbians
Serbian leader Slobodan Milosevic stirs up ethnic unrest in his country leading to……

5. Bosnian Civil War
The war erupted between Muslims, Serbians and Croatians
Serbs living in Bosnia received money and arms from Serbian leader Slobodan Milosevic
The Muslims, who were the majority did not want the country divided into ethnic regions

6. Horrors of Genocide

7. Genocide
Slobodan Milosevic led the Serbs and had a huge military advantage
He would order troops to gather up mass Muslims and shoot them or force them to flee their village.
In Srebrenica, U.N. peacekeepers stood by helplessly as the Serbs under the command of General Ratko Mladic systematically selected and then slaughtered nearly 8,000 men and boys between the ages of twelve and sixty - the worst mass murder in Europe since World War II.

8. The Genocide
Police regularly committed human rights abuses in the form of torture or physical abuse.
People young and old were thrown in trucks and shipped off to their deaths.
Escapees were shot or decapitated if caught.
Young child who was murdered by military officers.

9. UN, NATO and RUSSIA work for peace
1995 NATO launched air strikes against the Bosnian Serb military
Dayton Accords = peace agreements

10. After the Genocide
Up to 200,000 men, and boys over 13 years old, were killed.
Bosnian women and girls were held captive, raped and released when they were pregnant with Serbian babies
The slaughtering was carried out by strict military orders.
Thousands of bodies were buried in mass graves.
There are still 20,000 people listed as missing in Bosnia.

11. Kosovo Crisis Kosovo is a province in Serbia sacred to Christian Serbs
90% of its inhabitants are ethnic Albanians who are Muslim
Milosevic stripped Kosovo of its autonomy and established martial law
Ethnic cleansing of Albanians began
NATO held air strikes against Serbs

12. International War Crimes Trial for: Slobodan Milosevic
Tried by the ICJ for crimes against humanity
Trial lasted 4 years
Prior to sentencing in March 2006 he died in jail

13. “The tragedy of Srebrenica will forever haunt the history of the United Nations.” –Kofi Annan