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Dario Kordic (December 14, 1960) is a former Bosnian Croat
Croats of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Croats form one of the three Ethnic groups in Bosnia and Herzegovina in Bosnia and Herzegovina. They are frequently referred to as Bosnian Croats, but since the War in Bosnia and Herzegovina the number of Herzegovinian Croats exceeds the number in Bosnia....
 politician and military commander of the HVO
Croatian Defence Council

The Croatian Council of Defence was military formation of the self-proclaimed Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia during the Bosnian War. It is not to be confused with the Croatian Defence Forces which was a separate Croatian militia....
 forces between 1992 and 1994. He is currently serving a 25 year sentence for war-crimes committed against the Bosniak Muslim population during the Bosniak-Croat conflict.

Early life
Kordic was born on December 14, 1960 in Sarajevo
Sarajevo

Sarajevo is the Capital and largest urban center of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with a population of 304,065 people in the four municipalities that make up the city proper, and an estimated urban area population of 419,030 people in the Sarajevo Canton ....
, Bosnia
Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosnia and Herzegovina is a country on the Balkans peninsula of South Eastern Europe with an area of 51,129 square kilometres . Bordered by Croatia to the north, west and south, Serbia to the east, and Montenegro to the south, Bosnia and Herzegovina is Landlocked#Nearly landlocked, except for 26 kilometres of the Adriatic Sea coas...
 (then Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia

File:LocationYugoslavia2.pngYugoslavia is a term that describes three political entities that existed successively on the Balkan Peninsula in Europe, during most of the 20th century....
). He studied political science at the University of Sarajevo and then went into journalism working for the "Vatrostalac" newspaper.






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Dario Kordic (December 14, 1960) is a former Bosnian Croat
Croats of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Croats form one of the three Ethnic groups in Bosnia and Herzegovina in Bosnia and Herzegovina. They are frequently referred to as Bosnian Croats, but since the War in Bosnia and Herzegovina the number of Herzegovinian Croats exceeds the number in Bosnia....
 politician and military commander of the HVO
Croatian Defence Council

The Croatian Council of Defence was military formation of the self-proclaimed Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia during the Bosnian War. It is not to be confused with the Croatian Defence Forces which was a separate Croatian militia....
 forces between 1992 and 1994. He is currently serving a 25 year sentence for war-crimes committed against the Bosniak Muslim population during the Bosniak-Croat conflict.

Early life


Kordic was born on December 14, 1960 in Sarajevo
Sarajevo

Sarajevo is the Capital and largest urban center of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with a population of 304,065 people in the four municipalities that make up the city proper, and an estimated urban area population of 419,030 people in the Sarajevo Canton ....
, Bosnia
Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosnia and Herzegovina is a country on the Balkans peninsula of South Eastern Europe with an area of 51,129 square kilometres . Bordered by Croatia to the north, west and south, Serbia to the east, and Montenegro to the south, Bosnia and Herzegovina is Landlocked#Nearly landlocked, except for 26 kilometres of the Adriatic Sea coas...
 (then Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia

File:LocationYugoslavia2.pngYugoslavia is a term that describes three political entities that existed successively on the Balkan Peninsula in Europe, during most of the 20th century....
). He studied political science at the University of Sarajevo and then went into journalism working for the "Vatrostalac" newspaper. Although born in Sarajevo, he lived mostly in Busovaca
Busovaca

Busovaca is a small town and municipality in the heart of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is from Sarajevo, from Zenica, and from Travnik....
. He has 2 children, a son named Darko and a daughter named Marija.

1992-1995


Kordic, like many powerful Croats in Bosnia, was a member of the HDZ-BiH political party. He held very powerful positions during the Bosniak-Croat conflict. Kordic was a key player in the creation of Herzeg-Bosnia during November 1991, a Croat entity within the boundaries of Bosnia. Apart from being just a politician, he was also a military commander in the Bosnian Croat HVO forces. Kordic had a lot of influence within the Herceg-Bosnia leadership, in which he made political decisions and some very important military decisions. He was a key player in the organization and planning of defence against Bosnian Muslims forces, during the great muslim offensive in the Lašva Valley
Lašva Valley ethnic cleansing

The La?va Valley ethnic cleansing, also known as the La?va Valley case, refers to numerous war crimes committed during the Bosnian war by the Croatian Community of Herzeg-Bosnia's political and military leadership on Bosnian Muslim civilians in the La?va Valley region of Bosnia and Herzegovina....
.

War crimes


In the end, Kordic, like many of the Herzeg-Bosnia leadership and military commanders, was accused of war crimes committed on the Bosniak population. On October 6 of 1997, he voluntarily surrendered to the tribunal and on October 8, pleaded not guilty. He was accused by the Hague for his role in the Lašva Valley massacre, including Ahmici
Ahmici

Ahmici is a village in central Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is located in the municipality of Vitez in the La?va river valley.In April 1993 during La?va Valley ethnic cleansing, the Croatian Defence Council forces indiscriminately attacked the village and massacred around 120 civilians, which is known as Ahmici massacre....
, where HVO forces committed crimes against the local Bosniak population under his command. There were also reports that HVO soldiers, under his command, committed atrocities in and around Zenica
Zenica

Zenica is an industrial city in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is the capital of the Zenica-Doboj Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina entity....
. On February 26 of 2001, Kordic was sentenced to 25 years in prison.

In June 2006, he was transferred to a prison in Austria to serve the remainder of his sentence there.

Sources


  • Lyal S. Sunga, The Kordic and Cerkez Trial Chamber Judgment: A Comment on the Main Legal Issues 7 Series of Annotated Leading Cases of International Criminal Tribunals (2004) 490-511.