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27 May 2011
Updated at 06:29 ET

What is a war crime?

Tarik Kafala
BBC News

Ratko Mladic addresses troops 1995, Vlasenica

Ratko Mladic is accused of some of the worst war crimes in Europe since World War II

The capture of Bosnian Serb army chief Ratko Mladic and his imminent extradition to The Hague tribunal throws the spotlight once more on the prosecution of war crimes. But what exactly are war crimes? What body of laws do they refer to and who has the right to try a suspect for such crimes?

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