Ratko Mladić’s death has changed nothing about the judgments against him. But Serbia’s response raises a larger question: what does it mean when a convicted perpetrator of genocide is honoured by the state?

Ratko Mladić is dead, but the judgment against him endures. Toby Cadman reflects on his final days, Serbia’s intervention and the unfinished obligations to survivors and the missing.

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