case study: bosnian war
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Case Study: BOSNIAN WAR. Saif Khan Mai Sumita Maho Takahashi. Background. End of WW I WW II : Serbs and Croats fight on opposite sides 1945 - Josip Broz (Tito) takes the office of Prime Minister. Tito ideology. Jews. T I T O. WE CAN ALL BE BROs !!. Gypsies. Croats. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Saif Khan
Mai Sumita
Maho Takahashi
Case Study: BOSNIAN WAR
End of WW I
WW II: Serbs and Croats fight on opposite sides
1945 - Josip Broz (Tito) takes the office of Prime Minister
Background
Yugoslavia
Serbs Macedonians
Montenegrins Croats Slovenes Bosnian
Muslims
Tito ideology
Croats
Jews
Gypsies
Serbs
Communists
TITO
Need for unity: Open animosity against any group prohibited
1980 - Tito dies
Serb Chetniks
WE CAN ALL BE BROs !!
1986 - Unification movement is shatteredSlovenes and Croats reply with own brand of nationalism1987 - Slobodan Milosevic comes into power. Forms alliances with Serbs nationalists: ‘Greater Serbia’First target: Kosovo and Vojvodina: (FIRST POSSIBLE INTERVENTION POINT)
Serbian Renewal Movement
600,000 Serbs living in Croatia promised armed support by MilosevicHostilities from Croatian Govt. (HDA Party) tooSerb paramilitaries and JNA forces attack Krajina regionCSCE and EC try to broker ceasefire agreements, send EU monitors on ground to oversee negotiations.
1991
July and September - France, Germany, Netherlands and Italy propose to send armed forces to impose peace. England says nayPM Major: ‘Western intervention would extend the fighting perhaps to Bosnia, Macedonia, or elsewhere.’
Alternative action available?Recognize secessionist states as sovereign ones -> Arm states against Serb nationalists, back by air strikes, BUTWould have required physical troops if strikes unsuccessfulWould have set a precedent for secessionist movements (Soviet Union, India, Romania and China fearful)
1991
What actually happened
25. Sept - Resolution 713: Mandatory Arms Embargo. No effect on Serb attack but spells doom for Bosnian defenders.
1991
2. Jan - Bosnian president requests 2,000-3,000 peacekeepers
Jan –Slovenian and Croatian independence recognized by the EU
1992
1992Ethnic Cleansing Begins
29. Feb - Bosnia declares independence, but gets boycotted by the Serbs
6. Apr - Bosnia’s independence is recognized by the European Union -Serbia sieges Sarajevo and takes in control of Bosnia, ethnic cleansing starts
International Community still hesitant on direct force intervention…
Early Apr - Request is repeated by Bosnian foreign minister, Silajdzic. 7.Apr – Resolution 749 is passed and European Community is persuaded to put in effort to bring ceasefire and opportunity for political negotiation. Resolution 749: Decides to authorize the earliest possible full deployment of the United Nations Protection Force; Calls upon all parties and others concerned not to resort to violence, particularly in any area where the Force is to be based or deployed
1992
Late Apr- Security Council ceases any interference outside Bosnia that blocksthe delivery of humanitarian aid immediately.
UNPROFOR (UN Protection Force) in Sarajevo provide
humanitarian aid and support
1992
1992 27. May - EC ambassadors impose small sanction against Serbia and Montenegro, freeze all export-credit guarantees and take their hands off the scientific and technical corporation. No regulation on trading of oil.
July - Security Council permits Resolution 764 “to ensure the security and functioning of Sarajevo airport and the delivery of humanitarian assistance”
End of July - At this point:More than 1 million Bosnians homeless.500,000 have fledMany Muslim women and girls have been raped
1992
19923. Aug- Bosnia released from arms embargo by Security Council (under Article 51 of the UN Charter) to “achieve the right to individual and collective self-defence”
13. Aug- Security Council passes Resolution 770, which authorizes “all measures necessary (including force) to ensure the delivery of humanitarian aid”
1992Aug- Security Council authorizes Resolution 776 and increases number of troops to 6,000.
- US and UK hesitate to send their ground troops, but UK eventually decides to send 1,800 at disposal of the UN - Media tensions rise - UNHCR members each pledge US $152 million for refugee support
7. Jan – Bosnian Serb village of Kravica attacked by ARBiH.Led to reprisals from Bosnian Serbs
1993
April – Serbs attack Srebrenica
Leading to:
1993
Constant shelling by Bosnian Serbs
Increasing number of refugees
Devastating living condition
16. Apr – Resolution 819: Under Chapter VII of UN Charter, declares Srebrenica as a safe area, to be free from any armed attack. Resolution extends UNPROFOR’s role to protecting the safe area, increases number of personnel
Resolution 824: Adds Sarajevo, Tuzla, Žepa, Goražde, Bihać to list of safe areas .
1993
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US and other Non-Aligned group of Security Council
European Countries
‘SAFE AREA’ POLICY
Why the ‘Safe Area’ policy?
Ineffectiveness of Safe Area PolicyBosnian Muslims had to get disarmed too.
Resolution 819, Paragraph 1“Demands that all parties and others concerned treat Srebrenica and its surroundings as a safe area which should be free from any armed attack or any other hostile act”
Bosnian Serbs did not respect the resolutionNo enforcement action in case the resolution was not implemented
1993
4. Jun - Resolution 836: Extends UNPROFOR’s role of deferring attack against safe areas
Results of Safe Area PolicySituation in Srebrenica got worseBosnian Serbs’ reprisals
Late May – After brief ceasefire, Serbs’ attack on Civilians intensifies
1993
19949. Feb- Under the request of UN, NATO launched air strike against artillery and mortar positions around Sarajevo23. Feb- The end of Croat-Bosniak war with Washington agreement10-11. Apr- UNPROFOR’s air strike to protect Gorazde (one of the safe areas)14. Apr- Serbs take UN personnel as hostage12-13. Nov- US lifts arms embargo against Bosnia
1995
July- Army of Republika Srpska (VRS) occupied Srebrenica, another UN safe area 7,414 Muslim men murdered; the worst war crime of the whole war
Early Aug- “Operation Storm” by Croat-Bosniak army takes over Krajina region in Croatia
30. Aug- 14. Sep - Operation Deliberate Force (massive air strike led by NATO to undermine the capability of VRS) begins
Operation Deliberate Force: Launched about 300 air craftsSerb responded with arm campaignto take Bosnia under their controlCommitted in bringing Serbia to Dayton Peace Conference
1995
12. Oct - 60-day ceasefire comes into effect
1. Nov -Peace talks begin in Dayton, Ohio
14. Dec - Peace agreement signed in Paris
1995
Conclusion according to Wheeler’s Criteria-Minimum Criteria①Supreme Humanitarian Emergency
②Last Resort/Necessity
③Proportionality
④Positive Humanitarian Outcome
Short term
Long termLong term
Conclusion according to Wheeler’s Criteria-Optional Criteria⑤Humanitarian Motive
⑥Humanitarian Justification
⑦Legality
⑧Selectivity
1991 – Serbs attack Krajina region (Croatia) -> International Community hesitant to intervene -> Arms Embargo
1992 – Start of ethnic cleansing & hesitancy of International Community
1993 – The Setback of “Safe-Area” Policy1994 & 1995 - NATO air raid, end of the war
Summary
AftermathEstimated number of 100,000 people were killed
(80% Bosniak)Many migrants (about half million people) are not
back in Bosnia yet because of financial reasonAfter the war, EU and NATO provided
peacekeeping force for Bosnia’s stablityIn early 2007, International Crisis Group warned
that ethnic nationalism remains strong still
Bosnia after the conflictWar crime and trials…:-Milosevic’s legal procedure started from 2002-Milosevic argued that he did not directly commited some of the crimes, such as ordering killing and raping-He died during the legal procedure -Two Bosnian Serb officials were sentenced 22 years in jail
Bosnia’s government today-New government was formed in 2011. (Total of 10 ministers- 4 Bosniaks, 3 Serbs, 3 Croats)-Multi ethnic party, Social Democratic Party (SDP) has the largest support (25%)
Bosnia after the conflict
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