Ex-Bosnian Serb wartime general Ratko Mladic appears in court at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) in the Hague, Netherlands November 22, 2017. REUTERS/Peter Dejong/Pool
GENEVA (Reuters) - Former Bosnian Serb army commander Ratko Mladic is the "epitome of evil" and his conviction on Wednesday for genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes was a "momentous victory for justice", U.N. human rights chief Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein said.
“Mladic is the epitome of evil, and the prosecution of Mladic is the epitome of what international justice is all about,” Zeid said in a statement.
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