The 20th century witnessed numerous and varying degrees of human rights violations perpetrated by a state. The Yugoslav Wars were a series of separate yet related wars that exhibited distinct war crimes reminiscent of the crimes committed during World War II.

In this episode, Dr. Petrovic provides the audience with thought-provoking questions and answers on how to conceptualize and realize the truth, and right to truth in the context of former Yugoslavia. He also discusses the origins of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), the practical motivations for establishing it, the challenges faced, the successes of the tribunal, and its impact to wider society. Dr. Petrovic also touches on the complimentary yet complicated relationship between judicial tribunals and truth commissions. He ends with an important note on the entanglements between judicial and historical truth.