Predrag Dojcinovic

University of Connecticut, Human Rights Institute, Faculty Member

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Predrag Dojčinović is Adjunct Professor and Research Affiliate at the Gladstein Family Human Rights Institute at the University of Connecticut, where he teaches undergraduate and postgraduate courses. In addition, he serves as senior consultant and research advisor in the field of international criminal justice.

He is author of 'Propaganda, War Crimes Trials and International Law: From Speakers’ Corner to War Crimes' (Routledge 2012) and 'Propaganda and International Criminal Law: From Cognition to Criminality' (Routledge 2020).

Dojčinović was the Gladstein Visiting Professor of Human Rights at the University of Connecticut in 2014 and has lectured widely in Europe and the United States.

He worked for the Office of the Prosecutor at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) from 1998 to 2017.

In 2020, in honor of his contribution to the field of international criminal justice, The Thomas J. Dodd Research Center at the University of Connecticut, as the holder of one of the largest collections of original documents from the Nuremberg War Crimes Trials (IMT) in 1945-46, has curated The Predrag Dojčinović Collection: Ratko Mladić Genocidal Intent Documents from the last trial held at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) between 2011 and 2017.

Dojčinović is currently under contract for the forthcoming volume 'A Philosophical Approach to War Crimes Trials: Between Theory and Practice' (eds. Wibke K. Timmermann and Predrag Dojčinović, Routledge, 2025–26). This work delves into key philosophical concepts that have historically, and continue to, present unresolved challenges in international criminal trials. The volume argues that these philosophical ideas can be transformed into practical tools for judges, attorneys, investigators, researchers, students of international law, and others engaged in such trials.

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Why History and Politics Matter in International Criminal Trials

History and politics have always been at the core of international criminal trials. This course d... more History and politics have always been at the core of international criminal trials. This course draws comparative parallels between the historical and political ‘grand narratives’ that have manifested themselves under the names of ‘Greater Germany’, ‘Greater Serbia’ and ‘Greater Croatia,’ as per the records of the International Military Tribunal (IMT) in Nuremberg (1945–46) and the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) in The Hague (1993–2017). This rich body of trial records, evidence and jurisprudence raises the question whether a strong re-emergence of ‘grand narratives’ in public discourse can, under specific conditions, be regarded as a form of incitement to wars of aggression, that is the crime of aggression, defined by Article 8 bis of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague.

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How to Prosecute Propaganda in International Criminal Trials

How to Prosecute Propaganda in International Criminal Trials is the course which offers concise c... more How to Prosecute Propaganda in International Criminal Trials is the course which offers concise cutting-edge insights into the nature, role and legal status of language-based propaganda as one of the most fundamental evidentiary phenomena in international mass atrocity trials. The course ventures into the scientific knowledge and methods needed to understand propaganda, the treaties and laws addressing the concept of propaganda within international framework, the records of the landmark propaganda cases tried by the international criminal tribunals, the investigative and prosecutorial procedures and strategies, and, ultimately, the course provides a list of specific guidelines to legal practitioners in international and national jurisdictions, as well as to a broader academic audience interested in the criminal effects of propaganda as a universal phenomenon.

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THE NATURE, ROLE AND STATUS OF PROPAGANDA IN INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL TRIALS (Theory and Practice of International Criminal Justice: Module 10, Spring 2021 Semester, Human Rights Institute, University of Connecticut)

The concept of propaganda has been one of the most present and possibly least understood underlyi... more The concept of propaganda has been one of the most present and possibly least understood underlying phenomena in international criminal trials and jurisprudence from Nuremberg (IMT) to the international criminal tribunals for Rwanda (ICTR) and Yugoslavia (ICTY), including the International Criminal Court (ICC). As a social and cognitive phenomenon, the features of propaganda have been well-researched, explained, and continuously redefined in cognitive social sciences. The nature of propaganda, including its role and position have, nevertheless, been left insufficiently expounded in virtually all related jurisprudence. A general awareness of the key role played by propaganda in inter-ethnic and international armed conflicts has in the past decade triggered new research into its meaning and status in international law. This lecture explores the many faces of propaganda and places the phenomenon within the context of the jurisprudence of international criminal tribunals.

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HISTORY AND POLITICS IN INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL TRIALS: FROM GRAND NARRATIVES TO CRIME OF AGGRESSION (Theory and Practice of International Criminal Justice: Module 9, Spring 2021 Semester, Human Rights Institute, University of Connecticut)

History and politics have always been at the core of international criminal trials. This lecture ... more History and politics have always been at the core of international criminal trials. This lecture draws comparative parallels between the so-called ‘grand narratives’ that have historically manifested themselves under the names of ‘Greater Germany’, ‘Greater Serbia’ and ‘Greater Croatia,’ as per the records of the International Military Tribunal (IMT) and the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY). This rich body of evidence and jurisprudence raises the question whether a strong re-emergence of grand narratives can, under specific conditions, be viewed through the optic nerves of international criminal law and ultimately defined as crimes of aggression, as defined by Article 8 bis of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC).

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Hate Speech and Genocide: Between Theory and Practice

The Oxford Handbook of Hate Speech, Eds. E. Heinze, N. Alkiviadou, T. Herrenberg, S. Parmar, I. Tourkochoriti (forthcoming, Oxford University Press), 2025

The footprints of historical, jurisprudential, and scholarly records unambiguously indicate that ... more The footprints of historical, jurisprudential, and scholarly records unambiguously indicate that the origins of international mass atrocity crimes can all be traced back to their conceptual, linguistic origins. Within this constellation, the phenomenon of hate speech occupies one of the most unsettled and contested areas in international legal theory and practice. Though not established in international criminal law as a substantive crime or mode of liability, the many faces of hate speech reveal themselves in numerous ways as evidence of the genocidal and persecutory intent of their speakers. This chapter offers an overview of the nature, position, and role of hate speech in the context of international mass atrocity trials at the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg, the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, and at the International Criminal Court. The chapter ultimately demonstrates how a pragmatic prosecutorial approach to hate speech evidence can effectively be used and argued as evidence of genocidal and persecutory mens rea, even without the customary references to the specific psychological component of hate, introducing the contextual interpretation of each individual speech act.

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