Momčilo Krajišnik 2274443 221386328 2008-06-24T08:29:32Z Kokox 7343057 Removed category "Politics of Republika Srpska"; Quick-adding category "Politicians of Republika Srpska" (using [[WP:HOTCAT|HotCat]]) [[Image:Momcilo_Krajisnik.jpg|thumb|right|Momčilo Krajišnik at the ICTY]] '''Momčilo Krajišnik''' ([[Cyrillic]]: ''Момчило Крајишник'') (born [[20 January]] [[1945]] in [[Sarajevo]]) is a former [[Bosnian Serb]] politician. Between 1990 and 1992, he was the speaker of the [[National Assembly of the Republika Srpska]] and, between June and December 1992, a member of the expanded Presidency of the Bosnian Serb Republic. After the [[Bosnian war]] he became the Serb representative on the three-member [[Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina]] from [[1996]] through [[1998]]. He lost his bid for re-election in 1998 to [[Živko Radišić]]. ==ICTY Conviction== Krajišnik was indicted of various [[crimes against humanity]] (namely extermination, murder, persecution, deportation, and forced transfer), murder as a [[war crime]], and [[genocide]] in relation to acts committed in 1992 in [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]]. He was arrested on [[April 3]], [[2000]] by [[Naval commandos (France)|French commandos]] of [[SFOR]], and is in custody at the detention unit of the [[ICTY|International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia]] (ICTY) in the [[Netherlands]]. After the death of [[Slobodan Milošević]], Krajišnik is the highest-ranking politician on trial at the ICTY. On [[27 September]],[[2006]], Krajišnik was convicted of the following crimes against humanity: extermination, murder, persecution, deportation, and forced transfer. He was acquitted of the charges of murder as a war crime, genocide, and complicity in genocide. He was sentenced to 27 years imprisonment. <ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/5384092.stm Bosnia Serb jailed for war crimes], BBC News, 27 September, 2006</ref> ==Acquittal of genocide== Krajišnik's acquittal of [[genocide]] or of complicity in genocide became a controversial issue.{{fact|date=April 2008}} According to the [[ICTY]] court there was insufficient evidence to prove genocide charges against him. Although the judgement states that genocide did take place in Bosnia, it adds that it was not possible to prove the intent of the perpetrators.{{fact|date=April 2008}} Because of this, several organizations criticized the verdict, on the grounds that it seems to go against established definitions of genocide.<ref name="Becirevic">[http://www.iwpr.net/?p=tri&s=f&o=324247 Bosnia's ‘Accidental’ Genocide] Edina Becirevic, Institute for War & Peace Reporting, Tribunal Update N° 470, 29 September, 2006. Also published at [http://www.bosnia.org.uk/news/news_body.cfm?newsid=2229]</ref> However, the indictment under which Krajišnik was charged did not cover acts that took place after December [[1992]], such as the [[Srebrenica massacre]] in July [[1995]]. Still, both Krajišnik and [[Radovan Karadžić]] were warned by Bosnian Serb military commander General [[Ratko Mladić]], also indicted on genocide charges, that their plans could not be committed without committing genocide: :''People are not little stones, or keys in someone's pocket, that can be moved from one place to another just like that... Therefore, we cannot precisely arrange for only Serbs to stay in one part of the country while removing others painlessly. I do not know how Mr Krajišnik and Mr Karadžić will explain that to the world. That is genocide,'' said Mladić. <ref name="Becirevic"/> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Further reading== *[http://www.un.org/icty/indictment/english/kra-cai020307e.htm Krajisnik Indictment] *[http://www.un.org/icty/cases-e/index-e.htm ICTY Case -Indictments - Proceedings - Judgements] **[http://www.un.org/icty/indictment/english/kra-ci010223e.htm Consolidated Indictment, Momcilo Krajisnik and Biljana Plavsic] 23 February 2001 **[http://www.un.org/icty/krajisnik/judg3940-e.htm Trial Chamber Judgement Prosecutor v. Momčilo Krajišnik] [http://www.un.org/icty/krajisnik/trialc/judgement/kra-jud060927e.pdf PDF] *[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/5384500.stm BBC News Profile on Momcilo Krajisnik] BBC News, 27 September, 2006 {{DEFAULTSORT:Krajisnik, Momcilo}} [[Category:1945 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:People of the Bosnian War]] [[Category:People indicted by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia]] [[Category:Bosnian Serbs]] [[Category:Politicians of Republika Srpska]] [[bs:Momčilo Krajišnik]] [[de:Momčilo Krajišnik]] [[hr:Momčilo Krajišnik]] [[ru:Краишник, Момчило]] [[sr:Момчило Крајишник]] [[sh:Momčilo Krajišnik]] [[sv:Momčilo Krajišnik]]