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| |  | | Miroslav Radic | | | context : | Former Yugoslavia  | | judgement place : | ICTY (Yugoslavia) | | status : | Acquitted | | particulars : | Voluntarily surrendered to the ICTY on 15 May 2002; his trial began on 11 October 2005; acquitted of all charges on 27 September 2007 | | position : | Captain in the Yugoslav People’s Army |
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| | | | Miroslav Radic voluntarily surrendered on 15 May 2002 and was transferred on the same day to the ICTY.
Miroslav Radic is being tried together with two other members of the JNA, Mile Mrksic and Veselin Slijivancanin, and with the former President of the Vukovar municipality, Slavko Dokmanovic, who are also accused of participating in these crimes (see "related cases").
The accused have been charged with :
• five charges of crimes against humanity : article 5 of the ICTY Statute (persecutions on political, racial and religious grounds; extermination; murder; torture; inhumane acts);
• three charges of violations of laws or customs of war : article 3 of the ICTY Statute (murder; torture; cruel treatment).
One of his co-accused, Slavko Dokmanovic, committed suicide in detention on June 29, 1998.
During his initial court appearance, on 16 May 2002, Miroslav Radic pleaded not guilty to all of the charges held against him. He confirmed his position on 16 February 2004.
On 9 February 2005, the ICTY Prosecutor has asked a Trial Chamber to transfer the case of Miroslav Radic, Mile Mrksic and Veselin Slijivancanin back either to Croatia or to Serbia for trial.
On 9 June 2005, the Prosecutor asked that her request of transfer to Croatia or Serbia be withdrawn. On September 30, 2005, the ICTY granted the motion.
The trial of Veselin Šlijivancanin, Mile Mrksic and Miroslav Radic began before the ICTY on 11 October 2005. The prosecution demanded life imprisonment for all three accused. The trial concluded in March 2007.
On 27 Setpember 2007, the ICTY acquitted Radic of all charges. He was found to have had nothing to do with the cruelty meted out to the hospital evacuees, and ultimately their murder.
The ICTY sentenced Mrksic to 20 years imprisonment for aiding and abetting the murder of 194 people sheltering in the hospital. Sljivancanin was sentenced to five years for failing to protect the Croatians prisoners of war.
The Trial Chamber dismissed all charges of crimes against humanity against the three, finding that the persons murdered at Ovèara by Serb forces had been "specifically identified and selected because of their known, or believed, involvement in the Croatian forces in Vukovar. The Serb forces who mistreated the victims and murdered them acted on the understanding that the victims were prisoners of war, not civilians."
The presiding judge ordered the immediate release of Radic. | |    | |  |  | | nationality : | | | Serbia and montenegro | | | date of birth : | | | 10.09.1962 | | | last time seen : | | | The Hague (Netherlands) | | | period of charges : | | | 08.1991 - 20.11.1991 | | | judgement period : | | | 11.10.2005 - 27.09.2007 | | | charges : | | | Crimes against humanity
War crimes | | | profile last modified : | | | 04.12.2009 |
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