NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Radovan Karadzic

Radovan Karadžić (born June 19, 1945) is a Bosnian Serb politician, poet, psychiatrist and accused war criminal. what was previously at Image:Radovan. ... June 19 is the 170th day of the year (171st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 195 days remaining. ... 1945 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Serbs (in the Serbian language Срби, Srbi) are a south Slavic people living chiefly in Serbia and Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina. ... A politician is an individual involved in politics. ... Poets are authors of poems. ... Psychiatry is a branch of medicine that studies and treats mental and emotional disorders (see mental illness). ... A war crime is a punishable offense, under international law, for violations of the law of war by any person or persons, military or civilian. ...

Karadžić was born in Petnjica near Savnik in Montenegro and moved to Sarajevo at an early age to pursue his studies in psychiatry and work in the Koševo Hospital. Serbia and Montenegro – Serbia – Kosovo and Metohia (UN administration) – Vojvodina – Montenegro Official language Serbian Capital Podgorica Former Royal Capital Cetinje President Filip Vujanović Prime Minister Milo Đukanović Area – Total – % water 13,812 km² n/a Population – Total (2003) – Density 616,258 48. ... Sarajevo (Summer 2004) Downtown Sarajevo and the Miljacka river. ...

In 1989 he co-founded the Serb Democratic Party (SDS) in Bosnia-Herzegovina which aimed at gathering the republic's Serb community and protecting its interests. 1989 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Serb Democratic Party (Serbian: Srpska Demokratska Stranka, SDS) is a political party for Serbs in Bosnia and Herzegovina. ... Bosnia and Herzegovina (officially Bosna i Hercegovina, shortened to BiH, also in English variously written Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bosnia and Hercegovina, Bosnia-Hercegovina) is a mountainous country in the western Balkans. ...

He led the Republika Srpska during the 1990s, after the breakup of Yugoslavia in 1991. He is accused of having ordered the ethnic cleansing of Croats and Bosnian Muslims. Today, Republika Srpska is the poorer political entity in Bosnia and Herzegovina. ... The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was a Balkan state that existed from 1945 to 1992. ... 1991 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The term ethnic cleansing refers to various policies of forcibly removing people of another ethnic group. ... Croats (Croatian: Hrvati) are a south Slavic people mostly living in Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina (where theyre one of the constitutive nations). ... Bosniaks (natively: Bošnjaci) are South Slavs descended from those who converted to Islam during the Ottoman period (15th-19th century). ...

Since 1996, he has been a fugitive wanted for war crimes by the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia; Interpol warrant cites assault, crimes against humanity, crimes against life and health, genocide, grave breaches of the 1949 Geneva conventions, murder, plunder, and violations of the laws or customs of war. In his defense, his supporters say that he is no more guilty than any other war-time political leader. His seeming ability to evade capture for over 8 years has made him a local hero among the Bosnian Serbs. 1996 is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... This article is about someone fleeing from legal custody. ... A war crime is a punishable offense, under international law, for violations of the law of war by any person or persons, military or civilian. ... The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) is a body of the United Nations (UN) established to prosecute war crimes in the former Yugoslavia. ... This article is about the International Criminal Police Organization - Interpol. ... This article is in need of attention. ... Wiktionary has a definition of: Genocide Genocide has been defined as the deliberate killing of people based on their ethnicity, nationality, race, religion, or (sometimes) politics, as well as other deliberate actions leading to the physical elimination of any of the above categories. ... The Fourth Geneva Convention (GCIV) relates to the protection of civilians during times of war in the hands of an enemy and under any occupation by a foreign power. ...

In November 2004, British defence officials conceded that military action was unlikely to be successful in bringing Karadžić and other suspects to trial. Putting political pressure on Balkan governments would be more likely to succeed. 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... In military science, defense (or defence) is the art of preventing an enemy from conquering territory; usually via fortifications. ... For other uses of War, see War (disambiguation). ... In the parlance of criminal justice, a suspect is a term used to refer to a person, known or unknown, suspected of committing a crime. ... The Balkans is the historic and geographic name used to describe southeastern Europe (see the Definitions and boundaries section below). ...

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