the international criminal tribunal for the former yugoslavia (icty) was a body of the u.n. established to prosecute serious crimes committed during the yugoslav wars, and to try their perpetrators. the tribunal was an ad hoc court located in the hague, netherlands. it handed down some 20 sentences in relation to crimes perpetrated in the prijedor municipality. one notable verdict was against ex-bosnian serb leader, radovan karadžić, who was convicted for crimes against humanity and war crimes across bosnia, including prijedor. he was sentenced to a life in prison. on 22 november 2017, general ratko mladić was also sentenced to a life in prison.