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Foreign Secretary welcomes Ratko Mladi膰鈥檚 conviction for Srebrenica Genocide

Former Bosnian Serb commander Ratko Mladi膰 has been convicted for genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity.

From:
Foreign & Commonwealth Office and The Rt Hon Boris Johnson
Published
22 November 2017
This was published under the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

The United Kingdom strongly supports the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and welcomes its decision to sentence former Bosnian Serb Commander Ratko Mladi膰 to life imprisonment as a consequence of his crimes in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1992-1995.

Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said:

Today鈥檚 decision shows that, however hard they might try, those who perpetrate atrocities cannot out run justice. Ratko Mladi膰鈥檚 conviction for genocide in Srebrenica will not bring back the thousands who lost their lives but it does demonstrate that the architects of their suffering will be held to account.

The atrocities perpetrated in the Balkans in the 1990s marked one of Europe鈥檚 darkest periods. We must join together to ensure it never happens again.

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Published 22 November 2017