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Document of the day: Under Orders: War Crimes in Kosovo

A book-length report documenting war crimes by Serbian and Yugoslav government forces against Kosovo Albanians (24 March – 12 June 1999) by municipality, with chapters on the chain of command, KLA abuses, NATO's conduct…

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A book-length report documenting war crimes by Serbian and Yugoslav government forces against Kosovo Albanians (24 March – 12 June 1999) by municipality, with chapters on the chain of command, KLA abuses, NATO's conduct and postwar abuses against Serbs, Roma and others. Also available in Albanian and Serbian.

Perspective of the source

An international human rights organisation working from field interviews. The report itself warns that the killings it documents (3,453) are a floor, not an estimate.

Type
Human-rights report
Evidentiary function
Contemporaneous report
Author
Fred Abrahams, Benjamin Ward
Published
26 October 2001

Fred Abrahams, Benjamin Ward. Under Orders: War Crimes in Kosovo. 2001-10-26. https://www.hrw.org/reports/2001/kosovo/. Accessed 2026-09-16.

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