Serbian former general (born 1944)

Momčilo Perišić (Serbian Cyrillic: Момчило Перишић; born 22 May 1944) is a Serbian former general who served as the Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Yugoslavia between 1993 and 1998.

On 6 September 2011, in a first-instance verdict, Perišić was found guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity for his role in the Yugoslav Wars and sentenced to 27 years of imprisonment. On 28 February 2013, the Appeals Chamber reversed this decision and acquitted him on all counts. In 2021, the Belgrade Higher Court sentenced Perišić to three years' imprisonment for p*ing state secrets to the United States in 2002.

Contents

• 1 Military career
• 2 Trial
• 3 References
• 4 External links

Military career

He joined the Yugoslav People's Army (JNA) and graduated from the military academy in 1966. When the conflict in the former Yugoslavia began, Perišić was the commander of the Artillery School Centre in Zadar. During the Croatian War of Independence, he was involved in the city's shelling.

In January 1992, Perišić was appointed commander of the newly established 13th Corps in the Bileća. In June 1992, he was appointed Chief of Staff and deputy commander of the 3rd Army, based in Niš. He became its Commander in April 1993. A Croatian court sentenced him to 20 years in prison in absentia for shelling the city of Zadar, but he was never arrested.

Trial

In one of its last indictments, the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) indicted Perišić in February 2005. According to the indictment, he was "exercising his authority, pursuant to the policies and limitations set by the Supreme Defence Council, to provide substantial military *istance to the Armies of Republika Srpska and Republic of Serbian Krajina, which he knew was used, in significant part, in the commission of the crimes".

Perišić surrendered three months later, in May 2005, to face the charges. He was indicted for murder, inhumane acts, persecutions on political, racial or religious grounds, extermination, attacks on civilians for failing to stop his subordinates of committing the siege of Sarajevo, Zagreb rocket attack and Srebrenica m*acre.

The trial ended in March 2011. The prosecutor alleged that crimes were committed by the VJ soldiers who had been transferred to the VRS and the SVK through the 30th and 40th Personnel Centers of the VJ General Staff. Perišić's command position, his ability to issue and implement orders, to discipline those who committed crimes and to promote and discharge soldiers showed that he had effective control, the prosecutor argued. The prosecutor sought life in prison for Perišić, while the defense argued that he should be acquitted of all charges.

On 6 September 2011, the court convicted Perišić of war crimes and crimes against humanity, and sentenced him to 27 years in prison. The judges ruled that he did not have effective control over Ratko Mladić and the VRS, but that he did have control over the SVK and failed to punish those responsible for the shelling of Zagreb. On 28 February 2013, the Appeals Chamber acquitted him of all charges. The judges concluded that the military *istance which the Yugoslav Army provided to Bosnian Serb and Bosnian Croat militias was intended to support their general war efforts rather than facilitate war crimes.

In 2021, the Belgrade Higher Court sentenced Perišić to three years' imprisonment for p*ing state secrets to the US in 2002.

References

External links

• ICTY Verdict against Momcilo Perisic

Prelude

• Milošević–Tuđman Karađorđevo meeting
• Zulfikarpašić–Karadžić agreement
• RAM Plan
• Serb Autonomous Regions
  • Bosanska Krajina
  • Herzegovina
  • North-East Bosnia
  • Romanija
• Establishment of Republika Srpska
• Bosnia and Herzegovina independence referendum
• Sarajevo wedding shooting
• Declaration of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Battle of Bosanski Brod
• Sijekovac killings
• Bijeljina m*acre
• 1992 anti-war protests in Sarajevo

1992

• Battle of Kupres
• Siege of Sarajevo
• Kazani pit killings
• Foča ethnic cleansing
• Bosanski Šamac ethnic cleansing
• Siege of Srebrenica
• Zvornik m*acre
• Doboj
• Snagovo m*acre
• Prijedor ethnic cleansing
• Sarajevo column incident
• Siege of Goražde
• Graz agreement
• Glogova m*acre
• Lašva Valley ethnic cleansing
• Tuzla column incident
• Zaklopača m*acre
• Siege of Doboj
• Bradina m*acre
• Bijeli Potok m*acre
• Pionirska Street fire
• Operation Jackal
• Višegrad m*acres
  • Bosanska Jagodina
  • Paklenik
  • Barimo
  • Sjeverin
• Čemerno m*acre
• Siege of Bihać
• Ahatovići m*acre
• Croat–Bosniak War
• Operation Vrbas '92
• Operation Corridor 92
• Bikavac fire
• :Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia
• Agreement on Friendship and Cooperation between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia
• Korićani Cliffs m*acre
• Gornja Jošanica m*acre

1993

• Kravica attack
• Duša killings
• Skelani m*acre
• Štrpci
• Siege of Mostar
• Srebrenica shelling
• Ahmići m*acre
• Trusina killings
• Sovići and Doljani killings
• Zenica m*acre
• Vranica case
• Dobrinja mortar attack
• Battle of Žepče
• Operation Irma
• Operation Neretva '93
• Grabovica m*acre
• Mokronoge m*acre
• Stupni Do m*acre
• Autonomous Province of Western Bosnia
• Operation Deny Flight
• Križančevo Selo killings

1994

• Operation Tvigi 94
• First Markale m*acre
• Banja Luka incident
• Washington Agreement
• :Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Operation Bøllebank
• Attack on Spin magazine journalists
• Operation Tiger
• Battle of Kupres
• Operation Amanda
• Scandinavian Airlines System Flight 347
• Operation Spider
• Operation Winter '94

1995

• Operation Vlašić
• Operation Leap 1
• Battle of Orašje
• Operation Leap 2
• Split Agreement
• Operation Summer '95
• Pale air strikes
• Tuzla shelling
• Battle of Vrbanja Bridge
• Srebrenica m*acre
  • Kravica
• Battle of Vozuća
• Operation Miracle
• Operation Storm
• Second Markale m*acre
• NATO bombing campaign
• Operation Mistral 2
• Operation Sana
• Operation Una
• Operation Southern Move
• Exodus of Sarajevo Serbs
• Dayton Agreement
• :Bosnia and Herzegovina

Internment camps

• Silos
• Manjača
• Liplje
• Luka
• Vilina Vlas
• Omarska
• Keraterm
• Trnopolje
• Sušica
• Čelebići
• Musala
• Batković
• Dretelj
• Uzamnica
• Heliodrom
• Gabela
• Vojno

Aspects

• Ethnic cleansing and m*acres
  • Bosnian genocide
  • Bosnian genocide denial
• Internment camps
• Rape
• Peace plans
• NATO intervention
• Foreign support
• Foreign fighters

Timeline of the Bosnian War (Timeline of the Croat–Bosniak War)

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Consequences

• Yugoslav Wars (1991-2001)
• Ethnic cleansing
• Croatian War of Independence (1991–1995)
• Ten-Day War (1991)
• Bosnian War (1992–1995)
• Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1992–)
• Graz agreement (1992)
• Sanctions against Yugoslavia (1991-2001)
• Hyperinflation in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1992–1994)
• Dayton Agreement (1996)
• Joint Criminal Enterprise
• Agreement on Sub-Regional Arms Control (1996)
• International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (1993–2017)
• Overthrow of Slobodan Milošević (2000)

Nationalism

• Greater Albania
• Greater Croatia
• United Macedonia
• Greater Serbia
• United Slovenia
• Anti-Serbian sentiment
• Islamophobia
• Albanian nationalism
• Bosniak nationalism
• Croatian nationalism
• Macedonian nationalism
• Montenegrin nationalism
• Serbian nationalism
• Serbian–Montenegrin unionism
• Slovenian nationalism
• Yugoslavism

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