Bosnia-Herzegovina genocide Genocide‚ the systematic and planned extermination of an entire national‚ racial‚ political‚ or ethnic group. From 1992-1995 that was happening in Bosnia-Herzegovina. In the Republic of Bosnia-Herzegovina‚ conflict between the three main ethnic groups‚ the Serbs‚ Croats‚ and Muslims‚ resulted in genocide committed by the Serbs against the Muslims in Bosnia. Bosnia is one of several small countries that emerged from the break-up of Yugoslavia‚ a multicultural country
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<http://www.coe.int/t/Commissioner/Source/LGBT/BosniaHerzegovinaSociological_E.pdf>. Hampton‚ Kathryn. "Bosnia Oscar Nominee Tells ’Story After ’ Srebrenica." Http://www.balkaninsight.com. Http://birn.eu.com/en/page/home‚ 11 Dec. 2011. Web. 12 Dec. 2012. <http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/bosnia-oscar-nominee-tells-story-after-srebrenica>.
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Even so‚ humanitarian intervention has been a hard test for the international community‚ because apparently goes against the core principles of non-intervention and state sovereignty expressed in the articles 2(7) and 2(4) of the Charter. Unfortunately the raison d’être of such scepticism underlies concrete mistakes of the UNSC and plausible misinterpretations around the use of force. ID 9761726 Criticism on humanitarian intervention The conundrum that humanitarian intervention unavoidably
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the Republika Srpska‚ and Herzeg-Bosnia. The Republika Srpska would show very little sympathy towards the Non-Serb population of cities they would occupy. 1995 of the Bosnian War reached its most violent climax‚ Bosnian Serb Forces in occupied Srebrenica began an ethnic cleansing of the Non-Serb population‚ and massacred more than 8000 people. Many generals and other people of high class within the Republika Srpska were tried for their actions‚ but none confessed and denied everything‚ this is what
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Although not aforementioned in the United Nations Charter the phenomenon that is peacekeeping has quickly spread‚ emerging out of the Cold War‚ and slowly but surely become a principal tool for the United Nations (UN) to continue its primary goal in the maintaining of peace and security universally. Often referred to as the “The Blue Helmets” UN peacekeepers have been deployed all over the globe to intervene in some of the worst conflicts on the planet under the authority of Chapter VI and Chapter
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“Yet‚ only years after the Nazi-era‚ millions were sent to their deaths in places such as Cambodia‚ Bosnia‚ and Rwanda‚ and the world once again took too long to act.”(BrainyQuote.com ‚ Allyson Schwartz‚ (n.d.)‚ #1) The Bosnian Genocide had many causes that led up to it starting in 1992 when Bosnia and Herzegovina declared independence from Yugoslavia. The Bosnian Genocide occurred because of Serbian leader‚ Slobodan Milosevic‚ the province of Serbia did not want the nation of Yugoslavia to break
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‘responsibility to protect’ vulnerable minorities. The scope of that obligation was further enhanced in February 2007‚ when the International Court of Justice condemned Serbia for failing to act to prevent the massacre of thousands of civilians at Srebrenica‚ in July 1995. Of course‚ the United Nations was literally forged in the crucible of perhaps the greatest genocide of all time‚ the intentional physical extermination of an influential minority based largely in Europe whose contribution over the
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Our team is FOR the motion: Military action‚ not negotiation is required to resolve conflict. Speech No. 5- Anita: Terrorism- one man’s terrorist is another man’s freedom fighter-they are all fighting for a cause! The speech: 1. Defining Terrorism: The Present Situation Academics‚ politicians‚ security experts and journalists‚ all use a variety of definitions of terrorism. Some definitions focus on the terrorist organizations’ mode of operation.. Others emphasize the motivations and characteristics
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Have you ever thought about why you have the political beliefs and values you do? Where did they come from? Are they simply your own ideas and experiences or have you been influenced by others in your thinking? This process by which individuals acquire their political beliefs and attitudes is called political socialization. In another words‚ Political socialization is a concept where the study of the developmental processes by which children and adolescents acquire political cognition‚ attitudes
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Rafael L. Cortada-Brzykcy Professor D. Portillo English 091 2 April 2013 The Slavs: East vs. West vs. South When the term “Slav” is mentioned‚ the first people to come to mind are the Russians. We know them by their unique script of writing‚ vodka‚ and are the most populated of all of the ethnic tribes that populated the mountains‚ rivers‚ and plains of Eastern Europe. Although a quintessential people of this continent‚ they differ greatly from many of their brothers and sisters of the same
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