Serbian Justice Minister Nenad Vujić confirmed that Ratko Mladić will be buried with state honors, with the family to decide the location.
Key facts
- •Justice Minister Nenad Vujić confirmed that Ratko Mladić will receive state honors upon his burial.
- •The family of Ratko Mladić will decide the location of the funeral.
- •Serbia is awaiting procedural instructions from the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals.
- •Mladić was the commander of the Army of Republika Srpska from 1992 to 1996.
- •Mladić was arrested in May 2011 and received a final life sentence in 2021.
Serbian Justice Minister Nenad Vujić stated that Ratko Mladić, the former general of the Army of Republika Srpska, will be buried with the highest state honors. Vujić confirmed this in an interview with the Banja Luka-based Alternativna televizija (ATV), noting that the family will determine the burial site.
Coordination with International Mechanism
Vujić stated that Serbian authorities are awaiting instructions from the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals regarding the necessary procedures and timeline for the handover. He added that the state is prepared to travel to The Hague to retrieve Mladić's body as soon as the Mechanism provides the required steps.
Background of the Conviction
Ratko Mladić served as the commander of the Main Staff of the Army of Republika Srpska from 1992 to 1996. He was arrested in Serbia in May 2011 and extradited to the Hague Tribunal. In 2021, the Appeals Chamber of the Mechanism confirmed his life sentence for genocide in Srebrenica, as well as crimes against humanity and war crimes committed during the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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This article was independently rewritten by ManyPress editorial AI from reporting originally published by N1 Info.
