Bosnian War Essay Example

The Bosnian War was an international arms conflict that involved 2 main sides, 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 makes the following person so significant. Dragan Obrenovic, who was the only person who admit guilt for the Genocide and it taking place. The accused, Dragan Obrenovic was being tried under the Statute Of The International Criminal Tribunal For The Former Yugoslavia, he was charged with charged with 5 counts under the Statute, Complicity In Genocide, Exterminations, Murder on 2 accounts as a violation of war a Crime Against Humanity, and Persecutions on Political and Racial Grounds. Dragan Obrenovic expressed what the courts believed to be a sincere remorse, and the Tribunal took into account his mitigating and aggravating factors, and gave him a measly sentence of 17 years. Genocide is the mass extermination of a group of people, you are annihilating a group of individuals at once, it goes beyond murder and it is an unforgivable crime, Obrenovic was therefore given an unworthy and incomparable sentence.

Remorse is usually defined as a feeling of deep regret, a feeling for wrong doing for sinning. The Defense asserts that Dragan Obrenović is “his own worst judge. He knows the impact of his failure more than anyone. He has already sentenced himself. He is like Lady Macbeth, sentenced forever to the Sisyphean task of constantly washing her hands in a futile attempt to erase an indelible stain.” ( pg. 36- 37 of Sentencing Judgment Document) However, how does the Defence know that Obrenovic