Bosnia: Mladic Arrest Ends Reign of Impunity
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UN Security Council’s Ongoing Support Essential for Yugoslav Tribunal
The arrest of notorious fugitive Ratko Mladic almost 16 years after his indictment for genocide shows that no one is beyond the reach of the law, Human Rights Watch said today. Mladic, the former Bosnian Serb army commander, is charged with 11 counts of genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes, including the massacre of up to 8,000 Bosnian men and boys after the fall of Srebrenica in July 1995, the worst atrocity on European soil since the Second World War.
"Only hours before his forces slaughtered thousands of civilians in Srebrenica, Ratko Mladic was handing out candy to Muslim children and promising their parents safe passage," said Richard Dicker, director of Human Rights Watch's International Justice Program. "After more than a decade and a half on the run, justice has finally caught up with the man who personified the brutality of the war in Bosnia."
In a press conference, President Boris Tadic of Serbia confirmed that Mladic had been arrested in the early hours of May 26, 2011, on "Serbian soil." Mladic is being transferred to the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia in The Hague (ICTY).
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