As it was announced Ratko Mladić, former commander of the Army of Republic of Srpska, wil hear his verdict from The Hague Tribunal on November 22nd.

Mladić is accused for genocide in Srebrenica, where more than 8,000 Bosniaks were killed, as well as the persecution of non-Serbs in six municipalities which is, according to the indictment considered genocide, the terrorizing of Sarajevo citizens during the siege and many other crimes.

A criminal and an aggressor

Mladić has been charged with these crimes together with Radovan Karadžić. The former president of RS ​​was sentenced to 40 years in prison for the worst crimes against humanity, including genocide.

Families of brutally killed victims expect the biggest punishment for Mladić from the Tribunal.

Hatidža Mehmedović, president of the Association "Mother of Srebrenica", says that it doesn't matter how many years The Hague condemns Mladić, justice can not be fully served.

- We don't believe in justice anymore. If there had been justice, it would be known who the criminal and aggressor is, and who the victim. There's been much harm that no sentence is enough. Because these criminals are better off in prison than me in my own home. I'm completely alone, for the past 25 years we had no one to give us even a glass of water when we're sick, they killed them all - says Mehmedović.

She alleges that no verdict can bring back her child, or children of thousands of other mothers. She adds that even a 40-year sentence would not be enough.

- However, those people who have sent armies to kill innocent people should need to be punished in order to normalize the relationship between nations. We can not right the wrongs or turn back time, but we need to build a better future and make sure that no such thing happens ever again - says Memedović.

Ratko Mladić is charged with:

•  direct participation in genocide after the fall of Srebrenica in July 1995., where nearly 8,000 men and boys were killed  
  

•  a widespread campaign of persecution, deportation, torture and murder in 1992 in a large part of BiH, including notorious camps such as Omarska, Keraterm, Manjača and Trnopolje  
  

•  the terrorizing of civilians during the siege of Sarajevo from 1992. to 1995.