Vlajko Stojiljkovic
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Vlajko Stojiljkovic was Yugoslavia's Minister of Internal Affairs
from 1997 until the deposal of Slobodan Milosevic
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Prior to that he was the Vice-Prime Minister and Minister of Internal Affairs
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On 24 May 1999, he was charged with crimes against humanity and violations of the laws or customs of war
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He shot himself on the steps of Parliament in 2002.
Minister of Internal Affairs (Serbia)
Minister of Internal Affairs is the person in charge of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Serbia. The current Minister is Ivica Dačić, since 7 July 2008.-List of ministers:-External links:*...
from 1997 until the deposal of Slobodan Milosevic
Slobodan Milošević
Slobodan Milošević was President of Serbia and Yugoslavia. He served as the President of Socialist Republic of Serbia and Republic of Serbia from 1989 until 1997 in three terms and as President of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia from 1997 to 2000...
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Prior to that he was the Vice-Prime Minister and Minister of Internal Affairs
Minister of Internal Affairs (Serbia)
Minister of Internal Affairs is the person in charge of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Serbia. The current Minister is Ivica Dačić, since 7 July 2008.-List of ministers:-External links:*...
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On 24 May 1999, he was charged with crimes against humanity and violations of the laws or customs of war
Laws of war
The law of war is a body of law concerning acceptable justifications to engage in war and the limits to acceptable wartime conduct...
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He shot himself on the steps of Parliament in 2002.
See also
- Operation HorseshoeOperation HorseshoeOperation Horseshoe is a name attributed to a large-scale antiterrorism campaign which during the NATO bombing escalated to ethnic cleansing of Kosovo Albanians carried out by Serbian Police and Yugoslav Army during the Kosovo War....
- Joint Criminal EnterpriseJoint Criminal EnterpriseJoint criminal enterprise ' is a legal doctrine used by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia to prosecute political and military leaders for mass war crimes, including genocide, committed during the Yugoslav wars 1991-1999....
- War crimes in the Kosovo WarWar crimes in the Kosovo WarThe War crimes in the Kosovo War were a series of war crimes committed during the Kosovo War . Yugoslav security forces invaded Kosovo and killed many Albanian civilians; there were also attacks on on Yugoslav security forces and moderate Albanians by the Kosovo Liberation Army...