 | |  | | Milan Kovacevic | | | context : | Former Yugoslavia  | | judgement place : | ICTY (Yugoslavia) | | status : | Died before end of trial | | particulars : | Died of natural causes in detention, on 1 August 1998 | | position : | Vice President of the Municipality of Prijedor Crisis Staff |
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| | | | Milan Kovacevic was detained by the SFOR forces and transferred to the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) on 10 July 1997.
The indictment, adopted on March 13, 1997 and later amended on January 28, 1998, included 15 charges, concerning Milan Kovacevic's direct criminal responsibility (Art. 7 § 1 ICTY Statute) or his superior responsibility(Art. 7 § 3 ICTY Statute)in:
- genocide and complicity to commit genocide
- crime against humanity (extermination); violation of the laws or customs of war (murder); grave breach of the Geneva conventions (wilful killing)
- crime against humanity (persecutions on political, racial, or religious grounds)
- crime against humanity (torture); violations of the laws or customs of war (cruel treatment; torture); grave breaches of the Geneva conventions (torture; wilfully causing great suffering)
- crime against humanity (deportation); grave breach of the Geneva conventions (unlawful deportation or transfer)
- violation of the laws or customs of war (wanton destruction of cities, towns, or villages or devastation not justified by military necessity); grave breach of the Geneva conventions (extensive destruction of property and appropriation of property, not justified by military necessity and carried out unlawfully and wantonly).
During his initial court appearance, on 30 July 1997, Milan Kovacevic pleaded not guilty to all of the charges held against him.
His trial began on 6 July 1998.
Milan Kovacevic died of natural causes on 1 August 1998.
On 24 August 1998, le Trial Chamber issued an order terminating the procedure against Milan Kovacevic. | |    | | Trial Watch would like to remind its users that any person charged by national or international authorities is presumed innocent until proven guilty. | |  |  | | nationality : | | | Serbia and montenegro | | | date of birth : | | | 10.02.1941 | | | also known as : | | | Mico | | | period of charges : | | | 04.1992 - 08.1992 | | | judgement period : | | | 06.07.1998 - 24.08.1998 | | | charges : | | | Crimes against humanity
Genocide
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