Genocide in Bosnia
Tuesday, April 4, 1995, 4:00 am
Witnesses
Professor Cherif Bassiouni
Proffessor of Law at DePaul University
President of International human Rights Law Institute
Andras Riedlmayer
Bibliographer
Harvard University
Roy Gutman
Journalist/Pulitzer Prize Winner
Newsday
David Rieff
Author
This hearing focused on determinig if the recent ethnic cleansing, the destruction of cultural sites, and war crimes and crimes against humanity in Bosnia and the former Yugoslavia constituted genocide. In particular, the witnesses and Commissioners discussed how many of the war crimes were committed on orders from the military and the political leadership.
Relevant Countries
Leadership