Valentin Ćorić

Valentin Ćorić (born 23 June 1956) is a Bosnian Croat official charged by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY). He was found guilty and sentenced to 16 years in prison.[1][2]

Background

Ćorić was born on 23 June 1956 in Paoca, near Čitluk, in PR Bosnia and Herzegovina, FPR Yugoslavia. He graduated with an engineering degree which he put to use working in the Čitluk, bauxite mines. He moved from mining to military when he became the Commander of the training barracks in Krvavice, Croatia. In 1992 he was appointed Deputy for Security and Commander of the Military Police of the Croatian Defence Council (HVO). In late 1993, he switched Ministries to become the Minister of the Interior in the Croatian Republic of Herceg-Bosna.[1][2]

Indictment

According to the Indictment: Valentin Ćorić was, until around April 1994, "a member of a shadowy organization whose goal was to create an ethnically pure territory to be annexed and merged into a Greater Croatia". The court accuses Ćorić of "inciting political, ethnic and religious hatred while also using force, intimidation and terror, (mostly by mass arrests during which people were killed) to ethnically drive non-Croatians from HVO controlled territory."[1][2]

Charges

Taken from the UN press release:

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Profile, trial-ch.org; accessed 10 April 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Profile, www.haguejusticeportal.net; accessed 3 August 2015.
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