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What were the experiences of ethnically cleansed Krajina Serbs during Operation Storm in 1995 following the dissolution of Yugoslavia, and how have these events been handled by the international legal system?
Djorovic, Katarina
Djorovic, Katarina
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This thesis explores how the dissolution of Yugoslavia led to the ethnic cleansing of Serbs in Krajina in 1995. Examination of these events can help better understand the causes of genocidal crimes even among people who had lived as neighbors for generations. This thesis will analyze how the discourse used to keep Yugoslavia intact for fifty years, “unity and brotherhood,” dangerously suppressed ethnic rivalries and worsened the violence that followed the splitting of the state into several nations. The second section of the thesis, and the part that introduces the most important original material, is composed of semi-structured interviews with ethnically cleansed Krajina Serbs who give first-hand testimony to what and how crimes were committed during the Operation Storm, the battle launched to restore Croatian control in the territory of the majority Serbian population. This thesis also examines how Croats, Serbs, and the international community addressed the crimes of ethnic cleansing, and sheds doubt on legal remedies that were often doubtful and inconsistent and may have failed to establish deterrence against such crimes in the future.
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Thesis (B.A. in Political science, Minor in Italian studies)--John Cabot University, Fall 2022.
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2022
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Yugoslav War, 1991-1995, Ethnic conflict
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Djorovic, Katarina. "What were the experiences of ethnically cleansed Krajina Serbs during Operation Storm in 1995 following the dissolution of Yugoslavia, and how have these events been handled by the international legal system?". BA Thesis, John Cabot University, Rome, Italy. 2022.