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Radovan Karadžić (Serbian Cyrillic: Радован Караџић, pronounced [râdoʋaːn kâradʒitɕ]; born 19 June 1945) is a Bosnian Serb politician who was convicted of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY). [2] He was the president of Republika Srpska ...
May 12, 2021 · Radovan Karadzic, the former Bosnian Serb leader convicted of genocide during the conflict in the former Yugoslavia, is to serve the rest of his life sentence in a British jail.
May 12, 2021 · Britain has agreed to a prisoner transfer of ex-Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadžić, convicted of the Srebrenica genocide, to a UK prison to serve the rest of his sentence, a statement from the ...
Mar 24, 2016 · 24 March 2016. Getty Images. Radovan Karadzic was handed over to the UN tribunal after 13 years on the run. Radovan Karadzic, the former Bosnian Serb leader, was found guilty of genocide and ...
- Yvonne Mcdermott
- Who is Radovan Karadžić? He’s the former president of Republika Srpska, an autonomous region established in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1992 at the outbreak of war in the region.
- What is he charged with? Karadžić is charged with 11 counts of genocide, crimes against humanity and violations of the laws of war. The tribunal has already convicted a number of defendants for their role in the genocide in the enclave of Srebrenica where more than 7,000 men and boys were separated from their families and killed, while women, young children and some elderly men were forcibly removed from the enclave.
- How long did the trial last? Karadžić’s trial ran from 2010 to 2014. The Trial Chamber has been deliberating on its much anticipated judgment since October 2014.
- Did he get a fair trial? Karadžić chose to represent himself at trial and as a result, received less legal aid than he would have if he were represented by a lawyer.
Mar 29, 2016 · Radovan Karadžić, the former president of the Bosnian Serb Republic and supreme commander of its armed forces during the 1992-95 war, was convicted Thursday of genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity by the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia , the United Nations war crimes court in The Hague. The 70-year-old received 40 years in prison — a de facto life ...
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Mar 21, 2019 · United Nations judges have sentenced former Bosnian Serb political leader Radovan Karadzic to life in prison, ending one of the most momentous trials over genocide and war crimes committed during ...
