On this day in ...
... 1995, Richard Goldstone, then the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, indicted 2 Bosnian Serb leaders on charges of genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes stemming from the massacre of Bosnian Muslim boys and men at Srebrenica. This indictment followed another, issued 3 months earlier, which had charged the same 2 men, Bosnian Serb President Radovan Karadžić and and 
Gen. Ratko Mladić, with international crimes related to other aspects of the war in Bosnia. As we posted here and here, it took 13 years for the capture of Karadžić; his trial began last month despite his boycott (left) of the proceedings, which readers may follow via webcast here. Mladić remains a fugitive.
Gen. Ratko Mladić, with international crimes related to other aspects of the war in Bosnia. As we posted here and here, it took 13 years for the capture of Karadžić; his trial began last month despite his boycott (left) of the proceedings, which readers may follow via webcast here. Mladić remains a fugitive.
