Milorad Krnojelac, former teacher and a Captain in theYugoslav National Army (JNA) has been sentenced by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) to seven and a half years in prison.
He has been credited with three years and nine months already served in detention. This is a standard practice of the War Crimes Tribunal.
He was found Guilty of violations of the laws or customs of war and crimes against humanity for persecution, inhumane acts (beatings) and cruel treatment
He has been credited with three years and nine months already served in detention. This is a standard practice of the War Crimes Tribunal.
He was found Guilty of violations of the laws or customs of war and crimes against humanity for persecution, inhumane acts (beatings) and cruel treatment
of prisoners in the K-P Dom Prison, in Foca, Bosnia Herzegovina, where he acted as a warden during the Bosnian War.
Although the Tribunal Trial Chamber found that he had not personally harmed any of the prisoners, he had “aided and abetted” those who had done so and had done nothing to correct the situation.
This is another example of the principle of “Command Responsibilty”, wherein those in a superior position of responsibility are held accountable for the actions of their subordinates.
Although the Tribunal Trial Chamber found that he had not personally harmed any of the prisoners, he had “aided and abetted” those who had done so and had done nothing to correct the situation.
This is another example of the principle of “Command Responsibilty”, wherein those in a superior position of responsibility are held accountable for the actions of their subordinates.
Mr. Krnojelak was apprehended by SFOR forces on June 15, 1998 and transferred to the ICTY Detention Unit in The Hague, on the same day.
Serbian military forces began the occupation of Foca on April 7, 1992 and were fully in charge of the town ten days later.
Military Police and soldiers, including some local Serbian soldiers, then began arresting non-Serbian inhabitants and those Serbs who had refused military service. (Serbian dissidents, during the war, have largely been ignored by the media.)
Serbian military forces began the occupation of Foca on April 7, 1992 and were fully in charge of the town ten days later.
Military Police and soldiers, including some local Serbian soldiers, then began arresting non-Serbian inhabitants and those Serbs who had refused military service. (Serbian dissidents, during the war, have largely been ignored by the media.)