RADOVAN KARADZIC will almost certainly spend the rest of his life in jail. On March 24th the 70-year-old Mr Karadzic was found guilty of genocide and other heinous war crimes by the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, based in The Hague. He was sentenced to 40 years in prison.
The leader of the Bosnian Serb side in the Bosnian war of 1992-95, Mr Karadzic is the most senior ex-Yugoslav leader to have been found guilty by the tribunal. His conviction is a landmark for international justice and a warning that leaders who commit appalling crimes face at least the possibility of punishment. Yet in Bosnia, where 21 years have elapsed since the end of the war (and since Mr Karadzic was indicted), the verdict only serves to entrench post-war divisions.
During Yugoslavia’s communist period, Mr Karadzic was a colourful Montenegrin poet and psychiatrist. While living in Sarajevo in 1984 he was arrested on charges of embezzlement, but the case never came to trial. As Yugoslavia began to crumble, he cast about for a political role. After flirting with the green movement he settled on Serbian nationalism, eventually...Continue reading
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