Last week, more than 40 students from the Secondary School for Environment and Wood Design in Sarajevo, all of whom were born after the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), had the opportunity to learn about the work of the Tribunal from the Tribunal’s Registry Liaison Officer in BiH, Almir Alić. Mr. Alić explained how the Tribunal functions and provided an insight into its jurisprudence and numerous cases dealing with war crimes committed in the former Yugoslavia.
Among others, Mr. Alić discussed the case against Stanislav Galić, the former commander of the Bosnian Serb Army, who was given the first life sentence in the history of the Tribunal for acts or threats of violence the primary purpose of which was to spread terror amongst the civilian population of Sarajevo. After the presentation, a 16-year old student said: “I have learned a lot of new things and the presentation has inspired me to do further research on the work of the Tribunal and its judgements.”
Cooperation between the Tribunal’s Outreach Programme and the Secondary School for Environment and Wood Design was initiated by the school’s history teacher, Admir Ibričić, who believes that “one should face the issues arising from the recent history, which are hardly ever talked about, and in particular not in an objective and factual manner as has been done by the Tribunal.”