The man behind Srebrenica: Ratko Mladic dies at 84
For many, Ratko Mladic represented the horrors of the Bosnian War. He was convicted of genocide for the Srebrenica massacre and of other war crimes. Now he has died in detention at The Hague.
In 2021, former Bosnian Serb army commander Ratko Mladic passed away at the age of 84. Mladic, who served as the commander-in-chief of Bosnian Serb forces during the Bosnian War, was responsible for the Srebrenica massacre and other brutal crimes committed during the conflict. Prior to the war, Mladic was a committed communist who served in the Yugoslav army before shifting his allegiance to the Serb nationalist cause.
The ICTY, the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, upheld Mladic's conviction for genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes, marking a historic moment of international accountability for wartime atrocities.
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