Mladic died a happy man. He won
The death of war criminal Ratko Mladic made headlines across the world. “The Butcher of Bosnia dies in The Hague”, the international media announced, seemingly suggesting that justice has been served at least in his case.
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Key Facts
- Fact 1: Nothing changed on November 22, 2017 when he was sentenced by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) to life in prison for genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes committed in Bosnia more than 10 years earlier.
- Fact 2: In 2017, after Mladic’s verdict was pronounced, I expressed my fear in an op-ed published by Al Jazeera that his ideas had not been defeated, but would instead spread like a drug-resistant bug, adjusting to different circumstances and times.
- Fact 3: The power of President Aleksandar Vucic, a politician seen as an equal by many EU leaders, is cemented by the denial of responsibility for crimes committed in the 1990s in Croatia, Bosnia and Kosovo.
- Fact 4: It is a country where over 100,000 people were killed, and then nothing changed; where genocide denial is an official policy in one part of the country, Republika Srpska; where many of the people who took part in committing war crimes still live freely.
The death of war criminal Ratko Mladic made headlines across the world. “The Butcher of Bosnia dies in The Hague”, the international media announced, seemingly suggesting that justice has been served at least in his case.
Nothing changed on November 22, 2017 when he was sentenced by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) to life in prison for genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes committed in Bosnia more than 10 years earlier. Nothing will change now after his death. Contrary to what some may think, the world will not become a better place now.
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