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Prosecutor v. Tihomir Blaskic

IT-95-14-A (2004)

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Prosecutor v. Tihomir Blaskic

International Criminal Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of the Former Yugoslavia since 1991
IT-95-14-A (2004)

RW

Facts

In the course of fighting between Croatian and Bosnian Muslim forces, General Tihomir Blaskic (defendant) ordered his Croatian troops to attack predominantly civilian targets and place Bosnian Muslim hostages in harm’s way. In carrying out Blaskic’s orders, Blaskic’s troops engaged in wanton destruction, displacement of the civilian population, abuse, murder, and other war crimes. After hostilities ended, the so-called International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) was set up to prosecute alleged war crimes. The ICTY’s trial court convicted Blaskic on the grounds that Blaskic must have known that his orders could lead to the commission of war crimes and that Blaskic failed to prevent those crimes from occurring. Blaskic appealed to the ICTY’s appeals court.

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Issue

Holding and Reasoning (Per curiam)

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