In this interview Judge Carmel Agius gives his exclusive insight into the work of the ICTY. Carmel Agius is the former ICTY President and currently President of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (IRMCT).
Soon you can watch the full documentary WAR ON TRIAL by LOOKSfilm about this unique experiment in the history of justice.
Broadcast dates:
4th May 2021 | 21:45 | Arte
10th May 2021 | 23:35 | Das Erste
About A WAR ON TRIAL
The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) was a unique experiment in the history of justice. For the first time, war criminals from all sides of a conflict were tried by an independent and international court. In more than 20 years, the ICTY sentenced 160 persons – from Milošević and Mladić to ordinary men the war had turned into criminals – and exposed the Srebrenica genocide. Yet, its legacy is controversial. Today, the people of ex-Yugoslavia are nowhere close to reconciliation, and the idea of international justice seems utopian.
Now, 30 years after the Yugoslav Wars broke out, we trace the story and impact of the ICTY with testimonies of prosecutors, defendants and victims, and with full access to the Tribunal’s monumental archive. Did the ICTY succeed? Can it be a model for bringing justice to the victims of the wars of the future?
Among the protagonists are survivors of mass executions in Srebrenica and Kosovo, the prosecutors of Slobodan Milošević and Ratko Mladić, as well as two perpetrators: Esad Landžo, a prison camp guard, sentenced for torture and murder, and Biljana Plavšić, former President of the Republika Srpska and the only woman convicted by the Tribunal. While Landžo now recognizes his mistakes, Plavšić – a Serb nationalist who was Karadzic’s deputy during the war – admits in the film to have pleaded guilty only to get a milder sentence, as she considers the Tribunal “a farce “.
Executive Producer: Regina Bouchehri, Gunnar Dedio
A co-production by: LOOKSfilm, RBB, Česká televize
In cooperation with Arte
In association with RTV Slovenija
Directed by Lucio Mollica
Funding: Creative Europe MEDIA
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