International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) case against Croatian generals

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The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) case against Croatian generals was a landmark war crimes trial examining the responsibility of senior Croatian military leaders for alleged atrocities and forced displacement of Serb civilians during the 1995 Croatian offensive known as Operation Storm.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf international criminal proceeding ⓘ
war crimes trial ⓘ
allegation deportation and forcible transfer ⓘ
persecution of Serb civilians ⓘ
plunder of public or private property ⓘ
unlawful attacks on civilians and civilian objects ⓘ
wanton destruction of towns and villages ⓘ
alsoKnownAs ICTY case against Croatian generals Gotovina et al. ⓘ
Prosecutor v. Gotovina et al. ⓘ
appealChamber ICTY Appeals Chamber ⓘ
appealOutcomeForAnteGotovina acquitted on appeal ⓘ
appealOutcomeForIvanČermak acquittal confirmed ⓘ
appealOutcomeForMladenMarkač acquitted on appeal ⓘ
appealsJudgmentDate 2012 ⓘ
charge crimes against humanity ⓘ
war crimes ⓘ
concernsConflict Croatian War of Independence ⓘ
concernsEvent Operation Storm ⓘ
context breakup of Yugoslavia ⓘ
post-conflict accountability in the Balkans ⓘ
courtLocation The Hague ⓘ
defendant Ante Gotovina ⓘ
Ivan Čermak ⓘ
Mladen Markač ⓘ
firstInstanceChamber ICTY Trial Chamber I ⓘ
indictmentIssued 2001 ⓘ
jurisdictionOf International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia ⓘ
legalBasis Geneva Conventions ⓘ
ICTY Statute ⓘ
mainThematicFocus alleged forced displacement of Serb civilians ⓘ
alleged war crimes against Serb civilians ⓘ
command responsibility of senior military leaders ⓘ
prosecutor Office of the Prosecutor of the ICTY ⓘ
relatedOperation Operation Storm ⓘ
significance highly controversial in Croatia and Serbia ⓘ
important precedent in international humanitarian law ⓘ
landmark case on command responsibility and joint criminal enterprise ⓘ
territorialScope Krajina region of Croatia ⓘ
linked to: Krajina region
timePeriodConcerned 1995 ⓘ
Operation Storm offensive in August 1995 ⓘ
trialJudgmentDate 2011 ⓘ
trialOutcomeForAnteGotovina convicted at trial ⓘ
trialOutcomeForIvanČermak acquitted at trial ⓘ
trialOutcomeForMladenMarkač convicted at trial ⓘ
victimGroup Serb civilians ⓘ

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Operation Storm → legalProceeding → International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) case against Croatian generals ⓘ
International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) case against Croatian generals → alsoKnownAs → ICTY case against Croatian generals Gotovina et al. ⓘ
linked to: International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) case against Croatian generals