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The Hague, 15 January 2009
MOW/1299e
Stanislav Galić Transferred to Germany To Serve Sentence
Stanislav Galić, a former senior Bosnian Serb Army commander, was today transferred today to Germany to serve his life sentence for crimes committed in and around the Bosnian capital of Sarajevo from 1992 to 1994.
On 5 December 2003, the Trial Chamber sentenced Galić to 20 years’ imprisonment for murder, inhumane acts and acts of violence the primary purpose of which was to spread terror amongst the civilian population of Sarajevo. In its judgement, the Trial Chamber found that the civilian population of Sarajevo was subject to deliberate and unprovoked attacks by sniper and mortar fire by the Sarajevo Romanija Corps. As commander of this Corps, Galić was responsible for the crimes carried out by his subordinates – not only was he informed of these crimes, the Trial Chamber also found that he controlled the pace and scale them.
Both the prosecution and defence appealed the Judgement. On 30 November 2006, the Appeals Chamber rendered its decision, dismissing all 19 grounds of appeal by Galić and allowing the prosecution appeal on length of sentence. It found that the sentence rendered by the Trial Chamber had underestimated the severity of Galić’s criminal conduct and sentenced him to life imprisonment.
An information sheet concerning the case can be found on the Tribunal’s website at http://www.icty.org/x/cases/galic/cis/en/cis_galic_en.pdf .
The Tribunal indicted 161 persons for serious violations of humanitarian law committed on the territory of former Yugoslavia between 1991 and 2001. Proceedings against 116 persons have been concluded.
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Courtroom proceedings can be followed on the Tribunal’s website at www.icty.org
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