Plavsic Says Her Role in Atrocities Haunts Her
Former Bosnian Serb President Biljana Plavsic told the Hague war crimes tribunal that she was haunted by her role in ethnic cleansing in the 1992-95 Bosnian war.
The tribunal heard arguments to determine a sentence after she pleaded guilty in October to a count of crimes against humanity.
“The knowledge that I am responsible for such human suffering and for soiling the character of my people will always be with me,” she said. Plavsic is the highest-ranking figure to admit atrocities and the only woman publicly indicted by the tribunal.
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