This was an awesome visit. The spokesperson was impressive, knowledgeable, and promising to Serbia’s future. A major part of Serbia joining the E.U is giving up its war criminals. This is hard because its become extremely politicized. Some of these criminals are perceived as national heroes, some committed crimes in other countries so jurisdiction is debatable, and others simply have powerful friends. Zoran Djindjic, the former prime minister put this special court in place after the war in order to catch reform to release pressure from local authorities that simply could not keep up with the crimes committed during the conflict. War crimes in the 1990s were the core aspect of achieving goals, they were legitimized and politicized through ethnic disparity and they were used to cleanse any area of fear or violence (ironically) against the “other.” The prevalence was so high, no police force could adapt during or after the war. An interesting point during the dialogue was the importance of media re-sensitizing people to these atrocities. Absolutely no one was left untouched or unaffected, so instead of hyper-sensationalize media desensitizing the population, it actually helped people realize that these crimes were not normal and many of the main perpetrators deserved to be in jail.
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