- Stanislav Galić
Stanislav Galić (Станислав Галић) (Born
March 12 ,1943 ) was aSerb military officer who commanded theSarajevo-Romanija Corps of theArmy of Republika Srpska (VRS) during thewar in Bosnia and Herzegovina .Galić was born in the hamlet of Goleš, in the municipality of
Banja Luka ,Bosnia and Herzegovina . Prior to the beginning of the war he was an officer in theYugoslav National Army . OnSeptember 7 ,1992 he became the commander of the Sarajevo-Romanija Corps (Sarajevsko-romanijskog korpusa), the unit of the VRS which besiegedSarajevo , the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Galić remained commander of the SRK untilAugust 10 ,1994 which is when he was replaced byDragomir Milošević .War crimes
In 1998 the
International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia indicted Galić on the basis of individual responsibility on charges of murder, inhumane acts other than murder, cimes against humanity, unlawfully inflicting terror upon civilians, attacks on civilians and violations of the laws and customs of war. The indictment was sealed until Galić was arrested bySFOR onDecember 20 ,1999 . OnDecember 5 ,2003 his trial ended in a conviction and a 20 year sentence [ [http://www.un.org/icty/galic/trialc/judgement/index.htm ICTY: Galić Judgement] ] for the shelling and sniping ofSarajevo . Galić appealed the judgement and onNovember 30 ,2006 his appeal was rejected and the appeals chamber extended his sentence from 20 years tolife imprisonment . [ [http://www.un.org/icty/galic/judgment/gal-acj061130e.pdf ICTY: Galić appeal Judgement] ]References
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