Slobodan Milosevic has been waiting. And the world has been waiting. Ever since the former leader of Yugoslavia entered the international slammer 230 days ago, it’s been a battle of wills, of silence and silencing, refusals to answer, and refusals to listen.
See, Milosevic isn’t talking to the Court, he’s talking to the people, the Serbs and the rest. The trial serves many purposes. It’s a test of the new International Court, an opportunity to legitimize NATO’s war, to let the victims sense justice, to relieve the Serbian people by individualizing. In Chief Prosecutor Carla DelPonte’s words, its individualizing the guilt, putting the top man and not the entire nation on trial. But it just might give President Milosovic a pulpet.
Guests:
Elizabeth Neuffer, Boston Globe journalist and author of “The Key to My Neighbor’s House: Seeking Justice in Bosnia and Rwanda”
Paul Williams, Professor of Law and International Relations at American University
Dejan Anastasijevic, journalist with Vreme Weekly in Belgrade, Serbia.