On Thursday, July 11, 2013, the Appeals judges at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) reinstated a genocide charge against Radovan Karadzic – former President of Republika Srpska, head of the Serb Democratic Party (SDS), and the former Supreme Commander of the Bosnian Serb Army.  The judges stated that a previous charge that accused Karadzic of removing Bosnian Muslims and Croats from parts of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) in 1992 was improperly dismissed.   

The judges also pointed out to evidence that Karadzic and members of the joint criminal enterprise "had decided that one third of Muslims would be killed, one third would be converted to the Orthodox religion and a third will leave on their own."

ACBH acknowledges the efforts of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) in upholding the law and defending human rights and hopes that this will be a step forward in bringing justice for the victims of mass atrocities across the Balkans.