On 24 March 2016 he was found guilty of genocide , war crimes , and crimes against humanity , and sentenced to 40 years imprisonment . He was found guilty of genocide for the Srebrenica massacre , which aimed to kill " every able-bodied male " in the town and systematically exterminate the Bosnian Muslim community . He was also convicted of persecution , extermination , deportation and forcible transfer ( ethnic cleansing ) , and murder in connection with his campaign to drive Bosnian Muslims and Croats out of villages claimed by Serb forces . He avoided conviction on a second count of genocide in seven Bosnian towns but was found guilty in that case on a reduced charge of extermination
Srebrenica massacre
Srebrenica massacre
Radovan Karadžić