In 1995, the Croatian army launched a series of huge military operations, aimed at retaking those areas of Croatia that had been under the control of the secessionist Croatian Serbs. Though military successful, the operations displaced hundreds of thousands of civilians whose lives remain blighted by what happened in the summer of 1995.

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.

The first in a series focussing on the lesser-known indictees of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, this article examines the background of Vojislav Šešelj, the former Vice-President of Serbia, and his journey from star law student to ultranationalist rhetorician.