Ethnic Cleansing in Southeastern Europe

Ethnic cleansing is the systematic forced removal of an ethnic/religious group by a more powerful group, using violence, intimidation, or other means.

In the 1990s Bosnian War, Bosnia and Herzegovina saw Bosnian Serb forces conduct ethnic cleansing against Bosniaks and Croats—expulsions, property destruction, killings. The ICTY convicted several perpetrators of war crimes and crimes against humanity.