U.S. Appellate Holds that Victims of Former Yugoslavia Can Sue Karadzic for Violations of International Law

In June 1996, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued its order, reversing the dismissal of actions by two groups of victims from Bosnia-Herzegovina against Radovan Karadzic, the self-proclaimed president of unrecognized Bosnian-Serb entity under the Alien Tort Claims Act for violations of international law and specifically for violations of international humanitarian law...(more)