Radovan Karadžić had been given a sentence of 40 years, but this has been determined to ‘inadequately reflect' the extent of his war crimes
Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadžić sits in the court of the International Criminal Tribunal for former Yugoslavia in the Hague, the Netherlands. Picture: REUTERS
Vagn Joensen, the presiding judge of the Appeals Chamber in the Hague, the Netherlands, said an earlier prison term of 40 years handed down in 2016 “inadequately reflected” the gravity of the crimes. In that trial, Karadžić was found guilty of genocide and nine other counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity for his actions in the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Karadžić, one of the tribunal’s most high-profile targets along with his military commander Ratko Mladić and the late Serbian strongman Slobodan Milošević, appealed the initial verdict, along with prosecutors. He sought to overturn it, while the prosecutors demanded a life sentence and guilty verdict on more counts for which he was acquitted.
Serbs seized about 70% of Bosnia, then settled for 49% under the 1995, US-mediated Dayton peace accord that left Bosnia semi-divided into two autonomous entities, the Serb-run Republika Srpska and the so-called Federation for Muslims and Croats. A weak central government and a three-member presidency are meant to hold the country together but are often dysfunctional.
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