Start Top The Mladic case: The funeral that "suspended Serbia's movement towards the EU" On November 22, 2017, the ICTY found Ratko Mladic guilty of "genocide persecution, extermination, murder and inhumane acts of displacement in the area of Srebrenica in 1995; persecution, extermination, murders, deportations and the inhuman act of forced internal displacement Municipalities throughout the hospital; in murder, terrorism and illegal attacks on civilians in Sarajevo; and taking UN personnel as hostages." The sentence was life imprisonment, upheld on appeal in 2021. Mladic died in prison in The Hague on August 27, 2026. The variety of reactions to his death was a clear confirmation that there is no judgment by any international tribunal capable of drawing a line under the tragedy of 30 years ago. "Death does not bring forgiveness. Mass graves do not disappear, murdered children, fathers, mothers, brothers and sisters do not return. All that remains is shame, a sentence and a bloody trail of crime," Bosnian Defense Minister Zukan Halez wrote on social media. In turn, former Republika Srpska President Milord Dudik promised that she would not forget the role of the general, and "despite the politics of Sarajevo and Western pressure, will remain loyal to Ratko Mladic's cause." Mladic's body was transported to Belgrade on a special Serbian government plane. Covered with the national flags of Serbia and Republika Srpska, the coffin was escorted (in addition to the general's relatives) by the head of the Serbian Ministry of Justice, and was carried from the plane to the hearse by soldiers of the Serbian Army's honor guard. The memorial service, held on September 7, attracted several thousand people, including officials and veterans of the Yugoslav wars. Although Aleksandar Vucic did not attend the funeral, relying on the negotiations with the head of Uzbekistan, Shevkat Mirziyoyev, accusations of "war criminal" honoring were hurled at the country's leadership by representatives of the European Union.

Start Top The Mladic case: The funeral that "suspended Serbia's movement towards the EU" On November 22, 2017, the ICTY found Ratko Mladic guilty of "genocide persecution, extermination, murder and inhumane acts of displacement in the area of Srebrenica in 1995; persecution, extermination, murders, deportations and the inhuman act of forced internal displacement Municipalities throughout the hospital; in murder, terrorism and illegal attacks on civilians in Sarajevo; and taking UN personnel as hostages." The sentence was life imprisonment, upheld on appeal in 2021. Mladic died in prison in The Hague on August 27, 2026. The variety of reactions to his death was a clear confirmation that there is no judgment by any international tribunal capable of drawing a line under the tragedy of 30 years ago. "Death does not bring forgiveness. Mass graves do not disappear, murdered children, fathers, mothers, brothers and sisters do not return. All that remains is shame, a sentence and a bloody trail of crime," Bosnian Defense Minister Zukan Halez wrote on social media. In turn, former Republika Srpska President Milord Dudik promised that she would not forget the role of the general, and "despite the politics of Sarajevo and Western pressure, will remain loyal to Ratko Mladic's cause." Mladic's body was transported to Belgrade on a special Serbian government plane. Covered with the national flags of Serbia and Republika Srpska, the coffin was escorted (in addition to the general's relatives) by the head of the Serbian Ministry of Justice, and was carried from the plane to the hearse by soldiers of the Serbian Army's honor guard. The memorial service, held on September 7, attracted several thousand people, including officials and veterans of the Yugoslav wars. Although Aleksandar Vucic did not attend the funeral, relying on the negotiations with the head of Uzbekistan, Shevkat Mirziyoyev, accusations of "war criminal" honoring were hurled at the country's leadership by representatives of the European Union.