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The Trial of Ratko Mladic Reaction Paper
Ratko Mladic, now on trial for genocide, is at the center of Europe's bloodiest periods
since World War II. ICTY judges found Bosnian Serb general Ratko Mladic guilty of crimes
against humanity and genocide and convicted him to life in prison. Although Mladic is infamous
for having seen the 1995 massacre of over 7,000 Muslim men and boys in Srebrenica, which
occurred after his Serb forces seized control of the town, he also took part in the atrocity.
Interwoven with the trial are contemporary accounts of the horrific violence that Bosnia has
undergone due to ethnic conflict and the legacy of prior wars. One of the two genocide charges
against Mladic hinged on a young Muslim woman's description of her hunt for her missing father
twenty years after he was abducted from their house and on the discovery of one of the biggest
mass graves from the battle. Ratko Mladic's trial is an epic saga of justice, accountability, and a
community trying to move forward from its dark past. Documenting a crucial moment in the
fighting in Bosnia.
With the exception of a segment with a distraught daughter, the story of maybe twenty
different people manages to hold the audience's attention. Hearing the proceedings of a trial
firsthand is equally exciting. The documentary shows Ratko Mladic's defense team in a fairly
level and impartial way, even though Mladic was tried for genocide. In general, the documentary
is quite unbiased. The prosecution is dredging out traumatic memories from the past, and one of
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the best lawyers on the defense side gets to speak about how bad it is. In addition, there were no
musical interludes or cuts away from him while he spoke. It is clear that many people haven't
moved over these tragedies, and his viewpoint has as much weight as any other. Some of these
people seem to suffer from trauma due to their recollections of horrific events. Even as an
impartial viewer, I find that the defense sometimes presents points that hold water. On top of
that, they make up scenarios in which the genocides took place without Ratko Mladic's
complicity. They claim that regional forces murdered those civilians in revenge against Muslims.
In May 1993, the United Nations established the International Criminal Tribunal for the
Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) (Cryer International Criminal Tribunals and the Regime of
International Criminal Law Enforcement). In the years after the cessation of hostilities, the court
tried individuals from every race and country involved in the conflict. But what stood out were
the lawsuits launched against Serbian and Bosnian Serb leaders. Genocide is defined as a "crime
against humanity" under the Charter of the International Military Tribunal. The trend generated
by the Nürnberg trials and the successive disclosures of heinous Nazi acts sparked a movement
that resulted in Resolution 96-I, criminalizing horrific acts under international humanitarian law.
Resolution 260-III, endorsing the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of
Genocide, the first United Nations human rights convention (Cryer Jurisdiction, Prosecution,
and Extradition). In 1993, Bosnia and Herzegovina's government was the first to invoke the
international human rights treaties in an international court, arguing that the Federal Republic of
Yugoslavia had violated its terms by not punishing those responsible for atrocities. In the 1990s,
there was a surge in international efforts to bring those responsible for genocidal atrocities to
account. The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia was formed by the
United Nations Security Council in order to provide an explanation of the elements that
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constitute genocide as a crime as well as the criteria for holding individuals accountable for their
role in committing genocide (Cryer International Criminal Tribunals and the Regime of
International Criminal Law Enforcement).

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Works Cited
Cryer. “International Criminal Tribunals and the Regime of International Criminal Law
Enforcement.” 2005, pp. 124–157.
Cryer. “Jurisdiction, Prosecution, and Extradition.” 2005, pp. 75–102.
“The Trial of Ratko Mladić.” PBS, Public Broadcasting Service, 26 Nov. 2019,
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/documentary/the-trial-of-ratko-mladic/.

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The Trial of Ratko Mladic Reaction Paper

International Criminal Law Enforcement).

Enforcement.” 2005, pp. 124–157.

Cryer. “Jurisdiction, Prosecution, and Extradition.” 2005, pp. 75–102.

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