The Prosecutor v. Momčilo Krajišnik

Case Sheet · ICTY

The Prosecutor v. Momčilo Krajišnik

Location Bosnia and Herzegovina
Case Number IT-00-39
Case Name "Bosnia and Herzegovina"
Status Closed · Sentence Served 

Context

A member of the Bosnian Serb (later “Republika Srpska”) leadership during the war – on the Main Board of the Serbian Democratic Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina (SDS) and President of the Bosnian Serb Assembly

Pre-Trial

Initial Indictment 25 February 2000
Amended Indictment 7 March 2000
23 February 2001
4 March 2002
Crimes Charged Grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions of 1949
Wilful killing · art. 2(a) ICTYS
Violations of the laws or customs of war
Murder · art. 3 ICTYS
Genocide

Genocide · art. 4(3)(a) ICTYS
Complicity in genocide · art. 4(3)(e) ICTYS
Crimes against humanity
Crime against humanity of murder · art. 5(a) ICTYS
Crime against humanity of extermination · art. 5(b) ICTYS
Crime against humanity of deportation · art. 5(d) ICTYS
Crime against humanity of persecution · art. 5(h) ICTYS
Crime against humanity of other inhumane acts · art. 5(i) ICTYS
Arrest and Transfer 3 April 2000 · Arrested by SFOR · Transferred to ICTY 3 April 2000
Initial Appearance 7 April 2000 · Plea: Not Guilty 

Trial

Trial Chamber Trial Chamber I · Judges: Judge Alphons Orie (presiding), Judge Claude Hanoteau, Judge Joaquín Martín Canivell
Trial Opening 3 February 2004
Trial Judgment 27 September 2006
Crimes at Trial Judgment Crimes against humanity
Crime against humanity of murder · art. 5(a) ICTYS
Crime against humanity of extermination · art. 5(b) ICTYS
Crime against humanity of deportation · art. 5(d) ICTYS
Crime against humanity of persecution · art. 5(h) ICTYS
Crime against humanity of other inhumane acts · art. 5(i) ICTYS
Sentencing Judgment 27 years of imprisonment

Appeal

Appeals Chamber Appeals Chamber · Judges: Judge Fausto Pocar (presiding), Judge Mohamed Shahabuddeen, Judge Theodor Meron, Judge Andrésia Vaz , Judge Wolfgang Schomburg
Appeals Filed By Both
Appeal Judgment 17 March 2009
Crimes at Appeal Judgment Crimes against humanity
Crime against humanity of deportation · art. 5(d) ICTYS
Crime against humanity of persecution · art. 5(h) ICTYS
Crime against humanity of other inhumane acts · art. 5(i) ICTYS
Final Sentence 20 years of imprisonment 
Transfer to Serve Sentence 7 September 2009 · United Kingdom

Key Documents

Amended Indictment Amended Indictment (2000)
Trial Judgment Trial Judgment (2006)
Appeal Judgment Appeal Judgment (2009)
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