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On
12 May 1992, Radovan Karadžić was elected as the President of the
Presidency of the Serbian Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
From 17 December 1992, he was the sole President of Republika Srpska and the Supreme Commander of the armed forces of Republika Srpska.
He was sentenced by an ICTY Trial Chamber to 40 years' imprisonment on 24 March 2016.
On 22 July 2016, both parties filed their notices of appeal.
The appeal hearing in the case took place on 23 and 24 April 2018 at the United Nations International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals sitting in The Hague.
On 20th of March 2019, The Appeals Chamber, Judges de Prada and Rosa dissenting, set aside the sentence of 40 years of imprisonment and imposed on Mr. Karadžić a sentence of life imprisonment.
From 17 December 1992, he was the sole President of Republika Srpska and the Supreme Commander of the armed forces of Republika Srpska.
He was sentenced by an ICTY Trial Chamber to 40 years' imprisonment on 24 March 2016.
On 22 July 2016, both parties filed their notices of appeal.
The appeal hearing in the case took place on 23 and 24 April 2018 at the United Nations International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals sitting in The Hague.
On 20th of March 2019, The Appeals Chamber, Judges de Prada and Rosa dissenting, set aside the sentence of 40 years of imprisonment and imposed on Mr. Karadžić a sentence of life imprisonment.
Further details at IRMCT Radovan Karadžić
RadioFreeEurope - UN Court rejects Karadžić's appeal against Genocide, War Crimes convictions.
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Note:
The International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals
("Mechanism") is mandated to perform a number of essential functions
previously carried out by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
(“ICTR”) and the International Criminal Tribunal for the former
Yugoslavia (“ICTY”). In carrying out these essential functions the
Mechanism maintains the legacies of these two pioneering ad hoc international criminal courts and strives to reflect best practices in the field of international criminal justice.
The United Nations Security Council created the Mechanism on 22 December 2010 as a “small, temporary and efficient structure”. The Mechanism started operating on 1 July 2012 in Arusha, United Republic of Tanzania, and on 1 July 2013 in The Hague, the Netherlands. The Arusha branch inherited functions from the ICTR, and the Hague branch from the ICTY.
During the initial years of the Mechanism’s existence, it operated in parallel with the ICTR and the ICTY. Following the closure of the ICTR (on 31 December 2015) and the ICTY (on 31 December 2017), the Mechanism continued to operate as a stand-alone institution.
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