On 9 March, the Centre for International Humanitarian and Operational Law hosted a screening of the documentary “The Investigator” with special guests Vladimír Dzuro and Michal Vývoda.

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Mr Dzuro spent 10 years working as the first Czech investigator for the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia. He then worked as Chief of Headquarters Office at the UN Office of Internal Oversight Services in New York. The documentary is inspired by his book “The Investigator: Demons of the Balkan War.” It follows him as he revisits some of the places of investigation more than 25 years after the arrest of Slavko Dokmanović and offers unique interviews with the survivors of the heinous crimes.

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The screening was followed by a lecture CIHOL member Dr Petr Stejskal, who examined the legality of the arrest of Dokmanović.

Michal Vývoda, Head of International Crimes Investigation Unit of the EU Advisory Mission Ukraine, subsequently spoke of his experience with tackling the investigation of war crimes in today’s climate of modern technologies and new challenges on the horizon. Mr Vývoda highlighted intersections between international humanitarian law and national prosecution of war crimes, for example in the definition of some criminal offences in national penal codes.

The screening, bringing together some 250 attendees, concluded with a discussion open to the audience.