NOTICE OF THE EXISTENCE OF INFORMATION CONCERNING SERIOUS
VIOLATIONS OF INTERNATIONAL HXJMANITARIAN LAW WITHIN THE
JURISDICTION OF THE TRUBUNAL;
REQUEST THAT THE PROSECUTOR INVESTIGATE NAMED INDIVIDUALS
FOR VIOLATIONS OF INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN
LAW AND...
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NOTICE OF THE EXISTENCE OF INFORMATION CONCERNING SERIOUS
VIOLATIONS OF INTERNATIONAL HXJMANITARIAN LAW WITHIN THE
JURISDICTION OF THE TRUBUNAL;
REQUEST THAT THE PROSECUTOR INVESTIGATE NAMED INDIVIDUALS
FOR VIOLATIONS OF INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN
LAW AND PREPARE INDICTMENTS AGAINST THEM PURSUANT TO
ARTICLES 18.
1 AND 18.
4 OF THE TRIBUNAL STATUTE.
BACKGROUND
1.
BRIEF HISTORY
1.
1 The highlands of Kosovo have been the locus of tensions
between Albanians and Serbs for centuries and like most of the Balkans,
much blood has been shed over this territory.
Albanians rely on their
so-called ancient heritage to claim first rights to the region, whereas,
Serbia focuses on the middle ages when Kosovo was the cradle of the Serb
nation and the religious epicenter of the Serb Orthodox faith as evidenced
by the approximately one thousand monasteries in the region.
The mountains
of Kosovo have determinative cultural and historical significance for the
Serbs, as they staged the final battleground
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