Genocide

The US will deport Oliver Dragic, accused of having been a member of a Bosnian Serb police unit that participated in the Srebrenica genocide in 1995, for lying while claiming refugee status.

UN judges have suspended a court hearing after a war crimes suspect "took poison" when his 20-year sentence was upheld, Sky News reported.

Moments after his conviction appeal was rejected, former Croatian army chief Slobodan Praljak appeared to drink from a small bottle and yelled "I am not a war criminal, I oppose this conviction".

KRAGUJEVAC - The ICTY judgement in the Ratko Mladic case cannot be used for a potential revision of the Bosnia and Herzegovina genocide lawsuit against Serbia, Serbian Justice Minister Nela Kuburovic said Thursday.

The judgment in the Mladic case "touches upon some of the darkest, most tragic events of Bosnia-Herzegovina's, the Western Balkans', Europe's recent history."

The EU said this in a statement, adding that these events "include the genocide in Srebrenica."

"Delivering justice and fighting impunity for the most horrific crimes is a fundamental human obligation.

The verdict to Ratko Mladic represents merely a continuation of the politicized and biased course taken by the Hague Tribunal (ICTY) during its work.

This was the message that came from Moscow a day after the tribunal sentenced the former military commander of Serbs in Bosnia to life in prison, finding him guilty of charges of genocide and war crimes.

The EU said this in a statement, adding that these events "include the genocide in Srebrenica."

In a sign of continuing post-war divisions, Bosniak survivors of the conflict welcomed Ratko Mladic’s life sentence for genocide and crimes against humanity, but Bosnian Serbs accused the Hague Tribunal of anti-Serb bias.

Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Nils Muiznieks says that the reconciliation process in the Western Balkans has stalled.

In his latest Human Rights Comment, Muiznieks also noted that ethnic divisions and polarization have been growing in the region.

The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia has sentenced Ratko Mladic, a former Bosnian Serb general, to life in prison.

Former Bosnian Serbian commander Ratko Mladic has been sentenced to life in prison for “genocide and war crimes” during the Balkans conflicts over two decades ago.

The presiding judge of International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) found that the 74-year-old general “significantly contributed to genocide committed at Srebrenica”.