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Bosnia & Herzegovina·Serbia·Human Rights

Biljana Plavsic, wartime Bosnian Serb leader convicted of war crimes, dies at 96

Friday, 2 October 2026, 06:19 · 1 min read

Biljana Plavsic, a senior Bosnian Serb leader during the 1992-95 war, died in Belgrade aged 96, Republika Srpska's public broadcaster reported. She was the only woman convicted by the UN war crimes tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, receiving 11 years in 2003 after pleading guilty to persecution of non-Serbs, though she later said she had "done nothing wrong." Her death revives debate over accountability and denial in Bosnia, where Republika Srpska (the Serb-led entity within Bosnia and Herzegovina) remains at the centre of disputes over the war's legacy.

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Balkan Insight — Bosnian Serb Wartime Leader Biljana Plavsic Dies Aged 96 ↗︎
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