Thursday, 08 March 2012
News.Az interviews Gyorgy Tatar, chairman of the Foundation for the International Prevention of Genocide and Mass Atrocities.Could you tell us a little about a recent conference on the role of international jurisdiction in the Western Balkans and the South Caucasus? What were the final conclusions?
The conference on the role of international jurisdiction in the Western Balkans and the South Caucasus was arranged by the Embassy of Azerbaijan in cooperation with the Foundation for the International Prevention of Genocide and Mass Atrocities in Budapest on 16 February. The event was designed to highlight the lessons learned in legal processes in the Western Balkans on the genocide committed in Srebrenica in1995 and the fact that the legal approach has played a vital role in easing ethnic tensions and punishing war crimes.
