ABSTRACT
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) foremost reason for launching Operation Allied Force was to end the violence and ethnic cleansing by the Milosevic regime in Kosovo. The enactment of violence was possible, as it was described as a proportional and moral objective, reinforced in statements by Solana and Robertson that NATO would target significant Serbian military areas only. NATO’s 1999 Operation reveals that claiming to act on behalf of humanitarianism is nothing more than a disguise for a new wave of colonialism. The liability for lives lost during the targeting of Radio Television of Serbia was disputed; the only compensation offered for such violations perpetrated by NATO was to the Chinese government for the ‘accidental’ destruction of its embassy building in Belgrade some two weeks later. Law was an important element even during NATO’s ‘humanitarian’ Operation. Procedures eliminated all international legal rights because NATO considered the territory to be a potential threat.
