“Safe Areas” for Srebrenica’s Most Wanted
A Decade of Failure to Apprehend Karadzic and Mladic

A Human Rights Watch Briefing Paper
June 29, 2005
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Introduction

The Failure to Arrest Radovan Karadzic

1995-1998: NATO Unwilling to Act Decisively

1999-2005: Inaction and a Handful of Failed Arrest Efforts

July 13, 2001

February 28-March 1, 2002

January 11-13, 2004

April 1, 2004

Other NATO Activities Linked to the Apprehension of Karadzic

Raids on the homes of Karadzic family members

The August 2002 “Information Gathering Operation”

Dissemination of leaflets

Alleged Sightings of Radovan Karadzic

Sightings of Karadzic Before 2005

Sightings of Karadzic in 2005

Anybody Left To Capture Karadzic?

The Failure to Arrest Ratko Mladic

Mladic in Bosnia (1996-2000)

Denials from Serbia (2000-2005)

Allegations about Mladic’s Whereabouts in Serbia (2002-2005)

Brief Return to His Wartime Base in Bosnia (June/July 2004)

Speculations about Arrest in Serbia (June 2005)

Conclusion