Mladic genocide trial opens in The Hague

Ratko Mladic, the former general whose Bosnian Serb forces terrorised Muslims during Bosnia-Herzegovina’s civil war from 1992-95, faced prosecutors in The Hague on Wednesday on charges of genocide.

Mr Mladic was commander-in-chief of the Bosnian Serb army that carried out the worst massacres and ethnic cleansing in Europe since the second world war. He is charged with more than 70 instances of genocide, as well as with torture and psychological and sexual abuse carried out in detention camps throughout the war.

ESO: Background information: Ratko Mladic forcibly removed from court http://www.europeansources.info/record/ratko-mladic-forcibly-removed-from-court/

BBC News, 16.5.12: Ratko Mladic led ethnic cleansing, war crimes trial told http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-18081930

Deutsche Welle, 16.5.12: Ex-Bosnian Serb general Mladic genocide trial opens http://www.dw.de/dw/article/0,,15953301,00.html

France24, 16.5.12: Ratko Mladic on trial for war crimes at The Hague http://www.france24.com/en/20120516-the-hague-international-justice-former-general-ratko-mladic-faces-trial-over-crimes-bosnian-war

RNW, 16.5.12: Mladic judge 'deeply affected' by war crimes http://www.rnw.nl/english/article/mladic-judge-deeply-affected-war-crimes

ICTY: Documents associated with the case of Mladić (IT-09-92) http://www.icty.org/case/mladic/4

ICTY: Case Information Sheet: Mladić (IT-09-92) http://www.icty.org/x/cases/mladic/cis/en/cis_mladic_en.pdf

BBC News, 17.5.12: Ratko Mladic's war crimes trial postponed over evidence http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-18106868

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