BBCNEWS BBC News at Ten June 4, 2024 21:11:00
The precedent for holding political and military leaders responsible was established at nuremberg in 1916. this was the founding moment of international criminal law and the new concept of the crime of aggression acquired legal force, including crimes against humanity. during the war in former yugoslavia in the 1990s, that concept was invoked again with the setting—up of a special war crimes tribunal in the hague. it took many years, but, in the end, prominent military and political leaders were brought to justice. this is the bosnian serb leader radovan karadzic. no—one thinks he killed w...