On May 7, 1997, Serbian Dusan Tadic became the first war criminal convicted of war crimes in the Bosnian War between the Bosnian Muslims and the former Yugoslavia. Tadic had escaped to Munich, Germany, but was extradited to The Hague on April 24, 1995 to stand trial. When he took the stand on May 7, 1996, he was the first person from that conflict to stand trial before The Hague (Netherlands) Court of the International War Crimes Tribunal. Accused of various crimes against humanity, Tadic was found guilty of 11 charges. He was acquitted of murder in the deaths of 13 Muslims.

Witnesses had accused him of beating, mutilating, and killing Bosnian Muslims in 1992 at the concentration camps run by the Serbians at Omarska and Keraterm. Rape charges had been dropped due to the witness fear of testifying. His crimes almost defied description; they were so horrific. In one incident he reportedly emptied the contents of...