 | |  | | Zeljko Raznjatovic | | | context : | Former Yugoslavia  | | judgement place : | ICTY (Yugoslavia) | | status : | Died before end of trial | | particulars : | Indicted by the ICTY in 1997, Arkan was assassinated on January 15, 2000 | | position : | Head of Arkan's Tiger, a Serbian paramilitary unit |
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| | | | In March 1999, the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) announced that Zeljko Raznjatovic (Arkan) had been indicted by the Tribunal, although the indictment was only made public after Arkan’s assassination.
According to the indictment Arkan should have been prosecuted on 24 charges of crimes against humanity (Art. 5 ICTY Statute), grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions (Art. 2 ICTY Statute) and violations of the laws or customs of war (Art. 3 ICTY Statute), for the following acts:
- inhumane acts at the hotel boiler room;
- murders and other offences at Trnova;
- rape outside the Hotel Sanus;
- murders and other offences at Sasina.
It is claimed that Arkan was individually responsible for the crimes alleged against him in this indictment pursuant to Art. 7 § 1 of the ICTY Statute. But Arkan was also or alternatively criminally responsible as a commander for the acts of his subordinates pursuant to Art. 7 § 3 of the ICTY Statute, since he had at all times the complete authority to direct and control all of the actions of the members of his paramilitary unit.
On January 15, 2000, Zeljko Raznjatovic was shot to death in a Belgrade hotel. | |    | | 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 : | | | 17.04.1952 | | | also known as : | | | Arkan | | | period of charges : | | | 15.09.1995 - 25.09.1995 | | | charges : | | | Crimes against humanity
War crimes | | | profile last modified : | | | 30.11.2007 |
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