Shameful Effects Of The Civil War

On April 6,1992 the Bosnian War began,leading to the breakup of Yugoslavia. Serbian forces invaded Bosnia,throwing many people out of their homes and displacing them throughout the country. The actions of the soldiers traumatized the people of Bosnia in numerous ways, causing peril throughout the country.

This quarter I am continuing my observations with Heather Cyrus from Barbour Dual-Language Immersion Academy. She is a unique second grade teacher for Spanish and English speaking students. In my prior fieldwork assignments, I have not met another teacher who has been so ahead of her peers in evolving the classroom for successful, 21st century education.

After the First World War country was united with other Slav territories to form Yugoslavia. At the time, the population of Bosnia consisted of over 1,300,000 Serbs which were Orthodox Catholic Christians, million Muslim Bosnians and around 700,000 of Croats. They all were strong attached to this land by the historical and local claims. After the death of Josip Broz Tito, elections in 1990 brought nationalists to power in Slovenia, Macedonia and Croatia, which declared independence in 1991 and were recognised internationally. The Leader of Bosnia’s, Alija Izetbegovic called for independence too, and the country was recognised as independent by the USA and the EU in 1992. However, Bosnia’s Serbs weren’t happy because they wanted to be part of “Greater Serbia”. a Serbian named Slobodan Milosevic, a former Communist responded to Bosnian’s declaration of independence by attacking and bombarding the capital city, Sarajevo. Serbs shot down civilians in the streets, including over 3,500 children.

Beginning on July, 13 1992 the Bosnian genocide started. Bosnia's previous leader, Josip Broz, had control over the country. He made sure everything was in place,

The genocide in Bosnia-Herzegovina marked the first genocide in Europe since the Holocaust during the Second World War. Bosnia-Herzegovina was originally from the former Yugoslav republic. It became an independent state in 1992. After the death of communist ruler Josip Broz Tito the country fell under oppression. Religion played a significant part in the animosity of religious hatred between religions. Bosnian citizens were identified as either Orthodox Serb, Catholic Croatians, or Bosnian Muslims. The citizens of Bosnia all spoke the same language, had more or less the same Slavonic tongue, but their written language and cultures reflected their religious affiliations. Those who did not follow any religious preference during the war were

The Genocide in Bosnia was the outcome of misleadership and late intervention by the world. The Bosnian conflict was a war that led to the death of over 100,000 soldiers and civilians(War Crime). The war consisted consisted of two sides: the Bosnian-Serbs and the Bosnian-Croats. The conflict was handled improperly. It even came close to home as one american soldier was stranded in Bosnia in the middle of the war witnessing all that the UN and the government of the Bosnian-Serbs would pronounce to be false.

Nationalism, Security, and the Death of Yugoslavia Norma Percy’s “The Death of Yugoslavia” frames the political events that took place towards the end of the Cold War that would ultimately result in the dissolvent of Yugoslavia. After the death of Josi Broz Tito, the once suppressed nationalism between the Serbs and Croats was reignited under the control of Slobodan Milosevic. The Serbs claimed that their people were poorly treated at that the Albanians yearned for an ethnically pure Yugoslavia. Unlike his predecessor, Milosevic catered to the Serbs, lending an ear to their nationalistic tendencies instead of crushing it.

In 1997, the world witnessed the second most horrific crime in eastern Europe since the Holocaust: The Srebrenica massacre. Throughout the course of 11 days, over 8,000 Bosniak –Bosnian Muslim- males, specifically those who were of age to join the military, were rounded up, and killed by the Bosnian Serb army. The army’s defense for their actions was that they were trying to reunite Serb territory after the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina became its own state. Despite this claim, the ICTY still charged Radovan Karadzic and Ratko Mladic, two of the men who spearheaded the ethnic-cleansing campaign in Bosnia, with war crimes including genocide. However, scholars debate whether Srebrenica, albeit horrible, and other instances like itself, being labeled a genocide is a misapplication of the term. Due to the technical legal definition of what constitutes as a genocide, many crimes like Srebrenica that would morally be viewed as one, may not be in the

With a long stemming past of ethnic conflict within Yugoslavia, the country at long last disassembled over what historians would argue was “The bloodiest war in Europe since World War II” (Multi-Ethnic Conflict: Yugoslavia.). Yugoslavia was a country composed of six republics- The socialist republic of Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Serbia, and Slovenia. The country was created after world war one in 1929 and was under the control of the Soviet Union up until 1991 when the Soviet Union broke apart. With the fall of the Soviet Union came the inevitable turmoil, violence and destruction within Yugoslavia- the country began to fall apart. Ethnic conflict had been the root of war and violence through out numerous countries all around the world for centuries. The ethnic conflict of Yugoslavia was caused by differences in religion and ethnicity, different perspectives on government and politics, and disagreements over territory. Yugoslavia was just far too small for the different nationalities and government structures within it.

In this paper I will be discussing two norm violations I witnessed, and one I committed. When I first received this assignment I had to get familiar with the terminology and understand what different types of norms there are. Norms are expectations of “right” behavior for a person to follow in society. Society created social norms to provide a guideline for members of society to follow. If we lived without these rules it allows people to not be accountable for their actions. Social norms are ideas or ideas that are expected for society members to follow. Each culture, and subculture has their own social norms to follow. According to James Henslin, (2015)(2015) “Values are the standards by which people define what is good and bad, beautiful

The organization has also been working to prevent sexual violence. Unrightfully, rape has been used as a weapon of war. During the genocide of Rwanda, a whopping 250,000 women fell victim to this act. This terrible crime has also been used in the civil war of Sierra Leone, the breakup of Yugoslavia, war in Liberia, and war in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Sexual violence has also characterized conflicts in many Islamic nations. The UN has helped countries implement laws that criminalize war rape, and prevent perpetrators from punishment exemption. Although the UN has made mistakes in the past, lessons are learned and improvements are made. One such mistake was the massacre of Srebrenica. During the Yugoslavian War, ethnic groups were fighting for independence, and eventually, Yugoslavia broke apart. Today, Yugoslavian land is owned by Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, and other Eastern European nations. The town of Srebrenica was meant to be a safe haven for Bosnian Muslims. The UN authorized the town as a safe zone, with 60 Dutch peacekeepers guarding the town. However, peace came to catastrophe in July 1995, and Serbs were coming to invade. To start off the massacre, Serbs shelled the city, and took 30 Dutch peacekeepers hostage. Dutch Colonel Thom Karremans asked the UN for air support. However, the UN did not respond, thinking everything was under control. As the days followed, more men and boys were killed. At the end of the massacre, the Dutch

The Bosnian Conflict included the war and genocide of Bosnia and Herzegovina, which was an effort to ethnically cleanse Bosnia of Muslims during the war of 1992-1995, an act carried out by the Bosnian Serbs and Serbians. The tensions rose in Bosnia during their separation from Yugoslavia, a nation made up of multiple states separation by religion and ethnicity. Unlike many other examples of war and genocide, this conflict had media coverage and international response from both the United Nations and the United States, but the war of Bosnia and Herzegovina is drawn upon as a prime example of the failed efforts of the United Nation’s peace keeping strategies. The war claimed the lives of over 100,000 people and displaced more than 2 million. The height of the killing took place in July 1995, where 8,000 Bosniaks were killed, which was the largest massacre in Europe since the Holocaust.

Western stated that, “The brutal ethnic cleansing carried out during the war was never completed, and many villages still contain pockets of minority ethnic groups.” Since the ethnic cleansing was never finished, the Muslims that still existed and became a minority ethnic group. They could not be mixed into the population to create a diverse society unless the government passed laws allowing them to be or if the superior ethnic groups accepted them into their society. The violence used during the war destroyed the hopes for making Bosnia diverse. As verified by Black, “Although Bosnian Serbs, Bosnian Croats, and Bosnian Muslims had been able to live together for decades, the bloodshed of the 1990s nearly destroyed hopes for a multiethnic Bosnia.”

Angelina Jolie, Charlize Theron, Madonna, Meg Ryan, and Katherine Heigel. All of these well-known actresses from the United States share a common characteristic, they all chose international adoption to add to, or complete their families. Angelina Jolie and current husband, Brad Pitt have become the “poster parents” for international adoption with the adoption of 3 of their children being adopted internationally. After the adoption of Angelina Jolie’s first son was adopted in 2002 from Cambodia, the international adoption rate in the United States skyrocketed to 22, 991 in 2004 (Intercountry Adoption,1). In 1995 it was reported that there were only 8,987 adoptions internationally in the United States

The Bosnian War was an international arms conflict that involved 2 main sides, the Republika Srpska, and Herzeg-Bosnia. The Republika Srpska would show very little sympathy towards the Non-Serb population of cities they would occupy. 1995 of the Bosnian War reached its most violent climax, Bosnian Serb Forces in occupied Srebrenica began an ethnic cleansing of the Non-Serb population, and massacred more than 8000 people. Many generals and other people of high class within the Republika Srpska were tried for their actions, but none confessed and denied everything, this is what makes the following person so significant. Dragan Obrenovic, who was the only person who admit guilt for the Genocide and it taking place. The accused, Dragan