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STORY: OHCHR / MLADIC ZEID REAX
TRT: 03:20
SOURCE: OHCHR /ICTY FILE
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 22 NOVEMBER, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND /FILE ICTY
FILE – ICTY – DATE UNKNOWN, BOSNIA AND HERCEGOVINA
1. Med shot, Mladic in military uniform
OHCHR - 22 NOVEMBER, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights:
“Mladic is the epitome of evil, and the conviction of Mladic is the epitome of what international justice is all about.”
FILE – ICTY – DATE UNKNOWN, BOSNIA AND HERCEGOVINA
3. Med shot, Mladic giving orders
OHCHR - 22 NOVEMBER, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
“Ratko Mladic presided over some of the darkest crimes to occur in Europe since World War II, bringing terror, death to thousands of victims, and sorrow, tragedy and trauma to countless more. His conviction is a testament to the courage and determination of those victims and witnesses who never gave up hope that they would see him brought to justice.”
FILE – ICTY – DATE UNKNOWN, BOSNIA AND HERCEGOVINA
5.Various shots, Mladic
OHCHR - 22 NOVEMBER, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
“Two of the main architects of some of the worst atrocities in Bosnia and Herzegovina, including the genocide of Bosnian Muslims in Srebrenica, Ratko Mladic and Radovan Karadzic, have now been convicted and are facing lengthy jail sentences.”
FILE – ICTY – DATE UNKNOWN, SREBRENICA, BOSNIA AND HERCEGOVINA
10. Various shots, people behind barbed wire in Srebenica
OHCHR - 22 NOVEMBER, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein UN High Commissioner for Human Rights:
“All those who question the importance of the ICC should reflect on this case. All those who are committing war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide in so many situations today across the world should fear this result.”
FILE – ICTY – DATE UNKNOWN, BOSNIA AND HERCEGOVINA
12. Various shots, people fleeing
OHCHR - 22 NOVEMBER, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights:
“Today’s verdict is a warning to the perpetrators of such crimes that they will not escape justice, no matter how powerful they may be now how long it may take. They will be held accountable.”
FILE – ICTY – DATE UNKNOWN, BOSNIA AND HERCEGOVINA
14. Wide shot, Mladic holding gun and waving off cars
OHCHR - 22 NOVEMBER, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
15. SOUNDBITE (English) Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights:
“The conviction of Mladic will not return loved ones to their families nor erase the past, but I fervently hope that this verdict can help to counter the voices of those who either deny these horrific crimes or glorify those who committed them.”
FILE – ICTY – DATE UNKNOWN, BOSNIA AND HERCEGOVINA
16. Wide shot, men in a file amid gun shots
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein has hailed the conviction of former Bosnian Serb army commander Ratko Mladic on multiple counts of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes by the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, calling it a “momentous victory for justice.”
Zeid said “Mladic is the epitome of evil, and the conviction of Mladic is the epitome of what international justice is all about.”
High Commissioner said “Mladic presided over some of the darkest crimes to occur in Europe since World War II, bringing terror, death to thousands of victims, and sorrow, tragedy and trauma to countless more. His conviction is a testament to the courage and determination of those victims and witnesses who never gave up hope that they would see him brought to justice.”
Zeid served in the UN Protection Force in the former Yugoslavia from 1994 to 1996.
He said “two of the main architects of some of the worst atrocities in Bosnia and Herzegovina, including the genocide of Bosnian Muslims in Srebrenica, Ratko Mladic and Radovan Karadzic, have now been convicted and are facing lengthy jail sentences.”
Zeid, who shortly after experiencing the war in the former Yugoslavia first-hand, played a key role in setting up the International Criminal Court said “all those who question the importance of the ICC should reflect on this case. All those who are committing serious international crimes in so many situations today across the world should fear this result.”
He added “today’s verdict is a warning to the perpetrators of such crimes that they will not escape justice, no matter how powerful they may be nor how long it may take. They will be held accountable.”.
The High Commissioner said “the conviction of Mladic will not return loved ones to their families nor erase the past, but I fervently hope that this verdict can help to counter the voices of those who either deny these horrific crimes or glorify those who committed them.”
Ratko Mladic, 74, was the military leader of the Bosnian Serb forces during the war in Bosnia 1992-1995. He was arrested in Serbia, where he was hiding, in 2011 and had been on trial at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) since 2012.
The Court convicted him today to life in prison. It found that Mladic "significantly contributed" to the genocide in Srebrenica in 1995, where more than 7,000 Bosniak men and boys were murdered, in addition to many other crimes committed by the troops under his command.
