My Master's Thesis Outline from FDU in Hackensack They Didn't Like It Perhaps It Was Too Pro-Serb I Overheard. NATO in the Balkans (1999) Humanitarian Intervention or International War Crime ? Title Page & Materials Preceding the Text a. Preface b. Table of contents c. List of Tables and Illustrations / Glossary Text a. Introduction of the Paper / Preface 1. NATO’s 78 Day Humanitarian Intervention in Yugoslavia in March & April 1999 Violated Int’l Law 2. Brief History of Yugoslavian State Formation and its Ethnic Problems Leading up to the 1999 Kosovo Crisis b. Body of the Paper / Chapter and Sub-Chapter Headings 3. History of Yugoslavian State Formation and Ethnic Make-up Leading to Current 1999 Kosovo Crisis 4. Extent to which Evidence of a Humanitarian Catastrophe Immediately Prior to the NATO Bombing of Yugoslavia Existed 5. The Role of the Kosovo Liberation Army (Albanian) in Kosovo and Metohia and Their Sponsors 6. The Role of the OSCE Verification Mission Prior to NATO’s Bombing 7. The “Racak Massacre” and the Media 8. The Rambouillet Process and Int’l Law 9. The Question of Sending in American Ground Troops in Kosovo and NATO Occupation Thereof 10. NATO as Peacemaker or Peacebreaker in the Balkans 11. NATO’s Alleged Link with Osama Bin Laden’s Connection to the KLA in Kosovo to Create a Greater Albania as Sponsored Mercenaries in the Region 12. NATO’s Post-War Democratization Process in the Region and Post-Conflict Governmental Plans 13. Free-Market Reforms and Economic Restructuring Post NATO’s Air War (1999) 14. War Reparations and Civilian Damage to Civilian Infrastructures Inflicted by the NATO in Yugoslavia Conclusion 1. NATO’s Occupation of Kosovo and Metohia 2. NATO’s Damage to the Environment a. Illegal Weaponry Used by NATO 3. NATO’s Damage to Civilian Infrastructures in Yugoslavia b. Educational Facilities c. Civilian Health, Institutions and Hospitals i. Depleted Uranium and Cancer d. Media Installations e. UN Protected Cultural and Historical Sites 4. NATO’s Planned Assassination Attempts on Yugoslav Political Leaders 5. NATO’s Military Spending 6. Violation of Domestic and Int’l Law and Conventions by NATO by its Yugoslavian Air War 7. NATO’s Motivation for Committing Such War Crimes References and Appendixes a. References Consulted in Preparing the Paper (People) b. Other Sources Pertinent to the Topic (Books, Studies, Dissertations, Journals and Media etc.) c. Appendixes a. (Photo Documentary Evidence of NATO War Crimes Against Civilians in Kosovo and Metohia) b. Definitions of Int’l Legal Terminology (Glossary) d. Bibliography c. Statement of UNICEF representative in Beograd, Quoted in Yugoslav Daily Survey, Belgrade, 23 May 1999, No. 4351. d. Joseph Fitchett, “Is Serb Economy the True Target?, International Herald Tribune, Paris, 26 May 1999. e. Statement to Ambassadors of 19 NATO Countries, quoted in Daily Telegraph, London, 28 May 1999. f. Tanjug Press Release, 22 May 1999. g. Dr. Mary-Wynne Ashfordm “Bombings Reignite War Fears,”The Victorian Times Columnist,13 May 1999, page a15. Mary-Wynne Ashford is co-President of the Nobel Peace Prize winning IPPNW. h. Dianna Johnstone, On Refugees, Paris, 30 May 1999. i. Lawyers Charge NATO Leaders Before War Crimes tribunal, Toronto, 6 May 1999; See also Jude Wanniski, “Memo to the US Majority House Leader,” PolyEconomics , New York, 10 May 1999. j. Intelligence Report from the German Foreign Office, January 12, 1999 , to the administrative Court of Trier. k. Background briefing by a Senior Defense Official at NATO Headquarters, Thursday, June 11, 1998. l. US Dept. of Defense Background Briefing, July 1`5, 1998. m. Yugoslavian Governmental White Book of NATO War Crimes in Yugoslavia. Official Governmental Compilation of War Crimes 1999. Int’l Law’s Origins Int’l Law is a great compilation of conventions, treatise and agreements (both oral and written) by which representatives of various states and nations maintain friendly relations. Usually int’l law is understood to mean customary and legally written norms which are implemented through the United Nations Charter (an agreement accepted and ratified by all UN member states) and which all other bodies of int’l legal justice have evolved via the UN Security Council. The precursors to int’l law were the Hague’s 1899 First Int’l Peace Conference, the League of Nations and the Nuremburg Trials. Through the Nuremburg Trials all other Int’l criminal law evolved starting with defining Crimes Against Humanity which the Nazi Regime was found guilty. Recently, the Rome Statute has tried to institutionalize an Int’l Criminal Court which has yet to be effectualized been implemented yet until 66 ratifications take place at the UN. http://lpcyu.instablogs.com/entry/my-masters-… |