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Link to information about war crimes in Kosovo and throughout the world and footage of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in The Hague.

Former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic is the first head of state to stand trial for war crimes and genocide. The process that brought Milosevic to the UN-run International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) in The Hague was fraught with turmoil.

August 25, 2002: Ambassador Pierre-Richard Prosper of the Office of War Crimes Issues discusses war tribunals with host Daljit Dhaliwal.

During Slobodan Milosevic's years in power, wars raged in Yugoslavia that eventually led to its disintegration. This photo essay depicts Milosevic's battle with Yugoslavia's independent news media.

NEW YORK TIMES reporter Daniel Simpson writes from Belgrade on the trial's effects on the Serbs in this week's essay.