1999 Nato bombing Grdelica train commemorated

In Serbian.
RTS 080412
- http://tinyurl.com/5wk9cz

- On April 12, 1999, a Nato attack on a passenger train in Grdelica in southern Serbia killed at least 12 civilians. Nato purposely targeted civilians in this atrocity. Nato failed to suspend their attack even after it was known it was a civilian target.
Was the Grdelica bombing a war crime? The Geneva Convention of 1949, Protocol I Additional, the Protection of Victims of International Armed Conflict, which was adopted in 1977 and ratified by 150 countries, except the US, France, and Turkey, governs this case. The Principles of Distinction and Proportionality were violated in the Grdelica bombing. Article 48 of Protocol I requires that a distinction be made between civilian and military targets. Article 51 (4) of Protocol I prohibits 'indiscriminate attacks' that endanger needlessly the lives of civilians.
- http://tinyurl.com/55z8yr

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