(1945-01-02)2 January 1945 Čapljina, Yugoslavia (Now Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Died
29 November 2017(2017-11-29) (aged 72) The Hague, Netherlands
Buried
Cremated in Zagreb, Croatia
Allegiance
Croatia Herzeg-Bosnia
Service/branch
Croatian Army Croatian Defence Council
Years of service
1991–1995
Rank
General
Battles/wars
Croatian War of Independence
Bosnian War
Croat–Bosniak War
Spouse(s)
Kaćuša Babić
Other work
Professor, film and theatre director, businessman, writer
Cause of death
Suicide by cyanide poisoning
Slobodan Praljak (Croatian pronunciation:[slobǒdanprǎːʎak]; 2 January 1945 – 29 November 2017) was a Bosnian Croat war criminal who served in the Croatian Army and the Croatian Defence Council, an army of the Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia, between 1992 and 1995. Praljak was found guilty of committing violations of the laws of war, crimes against humanity, and breaches of the Geneva Conventions during the Croat–Bosniak War by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) in 2017.[1]
Praljak voluntarily joined the newly formed Croatian Armed Forces after the outbreak of the Croatian War of Independence in 1991. Before and after the war he was an engineer, a television and theatre director, as well as a businessman.[2][3] Praljak was indicted by, and voluntarily surrendered to, the ICTY in 2004.[4] In 2013, he was convicted for war crimes against the Bosniak population during the Croat–Bosniak War alongside five other Bosnian Croat officials,[5][6] and was sentenced to 20 years in jail (minus the time he had already spent in detention).[7] Upon hearing the guilty verdict upheld in November 2017, Praljak stated that he rejected the verdict of the court, and fatally poisoned himself in the courtroom.[8][9]
^"Trial Judgement Summary for Prlić et al" (PDF). ICTY. 29 November 2017. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
^Ivica Radoš (29 November 2017). "Tko je bio Slobodan Praljak? Slao je oružje Bošnjacima u opkoljeno Sarajevo" [Who was Slobodan Praljak? He sent weapons to Bosnians in the besieged Sarajevo] (in Serbo-Croatian). Večernji list. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
^Andrey Shary (30 November 2017). "The Poisoned General". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
^"Slobodan Praljak". Trial International. 6 May 2016. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
^"Prlic et al. Initial Indictment". ICTY. 2 March 2004.
^"'I am not a war criminal,' convicted Bosnian Croat cries as he takes a fatal dose of poison". Los Angeles Times. 29 November 2017. Archived from the original on 16 September 2019. Retrieved 29 November 2017. Ironically, Praljak, who surrendered to the tribunal in April 2004 and had already been jailed for 13 years, could have soon walked free because those who are convicted are generally released after serving two-thirds of their sentences.
^Mike Corder (29 May 2013). "UN war crimes tribunal convicts 6 Bosnian Croats of persecution of Muslims during Bosnian war". News1130.
^"Statement on passing of Slobodan Praljak". ICTY. 29 November 2017. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
^"Preliminary results autopsy Slobodan Praljak". Openbaar Ministerie. Archived from the original on 3 December 2017. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
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