The charge sheet

12 April 2012

Slobodan Milosevic faces 66 charges relating to alleged crimes in Croatia, Bosnia and Kosovo. He could face life imprisonment if convicted of any one of them:

Croatia:

? Grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions of 1949 (nine counts)

?Violations of the laws or customs of war (13 counts)

? Crimes against humanity (10 counts)

1991-1992:

Milosevic's forces murdered hundreds of civilians, including women and the elderly, and forced out 170,000 Croats and non-Serbs.

Bosnia

? Genocide and complicity in genocide (two counts)

? Crimes against humanity (10 counts)

? Grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions of 1949 (8 counts)

? Violations of the laws or customs of war (nine counts)

1992-1995:

Thousands of Muslims were rounded up and killed in fields near Srebrenica on Milosevic's orders. His troops also shot children, women and the elderly during siege of Srebrenica.

Kosovo

? Violations of the laws and customs of war (one count)

? Crimes against humanity (four counts)

1998-1999:

More than a million ethnic Albanians in Kosovo were forced from their homes, which were often looted and burned. Thousands were killed in village massacres.