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Early Release of Mitar Vasiljevic Approved

Mitar Vasiljevic

15 March 2010  

The Hague Tribunal President has approved the early release of Mitar Vasiljevic, who has served two thirds of a 15-year sentence for crimes committed in Visegrad.

Mitar Vasiljevic, a former member of the "Beli orlovi" ("White Eagles") Paramilitary Group of Bosnian Serbs, was sentenced in February 2004 to 15 years in prison for crimes against humanity and violation of the laws and customs of war, committed in Visegrad during 1992.

"The crimes for which Vasiljevic was sentenced are very grave. (.) I consider this to be an argument against his early release. However, since, as of January 25, 2010, Vasiljevic had served two thirds of his sentence and other convicts in similar situations were eligible for early release, I consider these factors sustain his early release," the decision rendered by Patrick Robinson, President of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, ICTY, says.  

Since Vasiljevic was arrested on January 25, 2000, Robinson noted that the Austrian prison where he was serving his sentence, and the Austrian Government had sent notification that he would be eligible for early release, "in line with Austrian law", on January 25, 2010.  

The notification indicated that Vasiljevic's "beahviour was very good" during most of the time he spent in the prison, and that he had "worked in the prison kitchen and achieved good work results".

Robinson said the fact that Vasiljevic had established "significant cooperation with the Hague Prosecution" supported his early release.

"For these reasons, and in line with the regulations, I am pleased that the early release of Mitar Vasiljevic will be approved, in line with the Austrian law," the Tribunal President's decision says.