This month saw the passing of Patriarch Pavle, head of the Serbian Orthodox Church for nearly twenty years, whose tenure saw change of an unimaginable magnitude. His life was controversial and his patriarchy divisive, but perhaps there is hope for the future.

The Drina Valley in eastern Bosnia has an incredible geographical, political and mythological significance within both Serbian and Bosnian society. Between 1992 and 1995, however, it achieved a new infamy as the site of bitter conflict and human rights abuses. This article explores the events of those years and those indictees of the ICTY who were involved in abuses there.