Milosevic Escapes Justice
Slobodan Milosevic, the former leader of Serbia and the former Yugoslavia was found dead in his cell on Saturday morning at the Scheveningen detention centre in The Hague. An autopsy conducted by Dutch doctors revealed that Milosevic died from a heart attack.

Milosevic had been on trial at the U.N. International Criminal Court for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) at The Hague. He was indicted on 66 counts for the commission of war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide in Bosnia (1992-1995), Croatia (1991-1992) and Kosovo (1999). The 'Butcher of the Balkans' was extradited to The Hague in April 2001, after he was ousted by a popular uprising in February of the same year. Milosevic's inflaming rhetoric of Serbian nationalism sparked ethnic conflict that destroyed the region. The Balkan conflicts claimed over 200,000 lives and displaced at least one million people.

The death of Milosevic brings a premature end to the most high profile trial at The Hague; Milosevic's trial was the first time a Head of State stood trial for war crimes and genocide. The ICTY will still continue to try other high-ranking individuals accused of war crimes in the former Yugoslavia.

Updated March 13, 2006

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