Justice for Mladic?

This is a short post on the arrest of Ratko Mladic, mainly because it has been covered by the mainstream media in great detail over the last few days. If you want an alternative take on the arrest, I suggest that you read this.

Srebrenica massacre memorial gravestones © Michael Büker 

Obviously, this is a significant event with massive political ramifications, locally, in Serbia, and globally, for the International Criminal Court (ICC). If the ICC is to be seen as a legitimate and influential court of human rights, then not only does it have to take the Mladic case seriously, but it has to look at prosecuting cases of war crimes committed by the more powerful nations.