Western Balkans: Appeal judgment on Ratko Mladić

News Desk: The Foreign Secretary has welcomed today's judgment in The Hague upholding Ratko Mladić's convictions of genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity.

Former Bosnian Serb commander Ratko Mladić’s conviction for genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity has been upheld at appeal.

Today (8 June) the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (IRMCT) delivered an appeal judgment in the case of former Bosnian Serb Commander Ratko Mladić, upholding his convictions for genocide in Srebrenica, War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity committed in Bosnia and Herzegovina between 1992 and 1995. The court confirmed the sentence of life imprisonment.

Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said:

The UK has played a vital role in bringing Ratko Mladić and other war criminals to justice for the crimes they committed in the Western Balkans. With Radovan Karadžić serving his life sentence in a British jail, and Ratko Mladić’s convictions upheld, the international community has brought some solace to the survivors and families of victims, and helped puncture impunity for the worst international crimes imaginable.