The UN's International Court of Justice trial of Ratko Mladic was the largest case argued at The Hague since Nuremberg. The Serbian general is said to have ordered the 1992 Siege of Sarajevo and the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, yet the "Butcher of Bosnia" is still hailed by some as a national hero. The verdict was delivered in December 2017, but filmmakers Henry Singer and Rob Miller acquired unprecedented camera access to both the prosecution and defence teams back in 2012 as they each began building their cases. Watch as prosecutors pore over evidence, researching accounts of mass killings and locating survivors in archived footage. Meanwhile, Mladic's lawyers corroborate dates and alibis from still-loyal soldiers, while his wife, children and closest advisors review potential character witnesses. Emotionally searing testimonies and brutally vivid video evidence command attention, but it's the impunity of the accused and his still-fervent populism that makes this gripping pursuit of justice so necessary. Myrocia Watamaniuk
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