The Trial of Ratko Mladic (Commenced May 16, 2012)
Commander of the Main Staff of the Bosnian Serb Army
Indicted in 1995 by the International Criminal Tribunal for the
Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) for genocide, persecutions, extermination, murder,
deportation, inhumane acts, terror, unlawful attacks, taking of hostages.
Crimes alleged in the indictment (examples):
Genocide
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Between 12 May 1992 and 30 November 1995, Mladić participated
in a joint criminal enterprise (JCE) to permanently remove Bosnian Muslims
and Bosnian Croats from the territories of BiH claimed as Bosnian Serb
territory;
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He participated in a joint criminal enterprise to eliminate
the Bosnian Muslims in Srebrenica by killing the men and boys of Srebrenica
and forcibly removing the women, young children and some elderly men;
Persecutions on political, racial and
religious grounds, extermination, murder, deportation and inhumane acts
(crimes against humanity)
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Committed in the areas of Banja Luka, Bijeljina, Foč, Ilidž,
Kalinovik, Ključ Kotor Varoš Novi Grad, Pale, Prijedor, Rogatica, Sanski
Most, Sokolac, Trnovo and Vlasenica.
Murder, terror, unlawful attacks on civilians and taking
of hostages (violation of the laws or customs of
war)
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Between 12 May 1992 and November 1995, he participated in a
joint criminal enterprise to establish and carry out a campaign of sniping
and shelling against the civilian population of Sarajevo, the primary
purpose of which was to spread terror among the civilian population.
From
Case information sheet (PDF), by ICTY
See also the ICTY
case file.
Selected articles covering the trial:
NEW
After
Mladic’s Verdict: Six Lessons to Learn from Hague Trials
In the wake of the confirmation of Ratko Mladic’s final judgment, the
rulings of the Hague war crimes courts still leave us with much to discover
about truth, guilt, the meaning of genocide and the elusive concept of
reconciliation. By Eric Gordy, Balkan
Transitional Justice, June 9, 2021
Mladic's Trial: 'Mind-blowing' Shelling of Sarajevo, BIRN's Justice Report,
August 27, 2012
Mladic's Trial: Witness Recalls Shot Child in Sarajevo, Balkan Insight,
August 28, 2012
WITNESSES SURVIVED EXECUTIONS BY A MIRACLE, Sense News Agency, August 29,
2012
EVIDENCE ON EXECUTIONS IN BILJANI COMPLETED, Sense News Agency, August 30,
2012
Mladic Trial:
Tragic Events in Biljani, BIRN's Justice Report, August 30, 2012
Mladic Trial:
Witness Recalls Conditions at Manjaca, BIRN's Justice Report, August 31,
2012
Mladic: Mass
Murders in Keraterm, BIRN's Justice Report, September 4, 2012
SEFIK HURKO'S SECOND ENCOUNTER WITH RATKO MLADIC, Sense News Agency,
September 4, 2012
VRHPOLJE BRIDGE MASSACRE, Sense News Agency, September 4, 2012
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