Slavko Dokmanović
Slavko Dokmanović ( Serbian - Cyrillic Славко Докмановић ; born December 14, 1949 in SR Croatia , Yugoslavia ; † June 29, 1998 in The Hague ) was an alleged Serbian war criminal .
War crimes
Dokmanović was charged with multiple breaches of the Geneva Convention and crimes against humanity , which he is said to have committed while serving as mayor of the Croatian city of Vukovar at the beginning of the Croatian War of Independence .
Dokmanović was tracked down and arrested in 1997 by members of the Polish special unit GROM in Bosnia. He and Mile Mrkšić , Veselin Šljivančanin and Miroslav Radić had to answer for their roles in connection with the Vukovar massacre . At the beginning of his trial at the Hague War Crimes Tribunal , he pleaded not guilty on all charges. In the further course of the trial, Dokmanović was found hanged in his cell on June 29, 1998 , so the trial against him was broken off without a verdict.
Web links
- Dokmanovic file of the International War Crimes Tribunal in The Hague
- Other court files (PDF file; 587 kB)
- On the death of Dokmanovic IKT Bulletin N ° 21
- On the death of Dokmanovic Institute for Conflict and Peace Research
Individual evidence
- ↑ Croatian Serb war crimes suspect found dead , BBC News , June 29, 1998
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Dokmanović, Slavko |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Докмановић, Славко (Serbian) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | alleged Serbian war criminal |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 14, 1949 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Yugoslavia |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 29, 1998 |
| Place of death | The hague |