Vidoje Blagojević ( born 22 June 1950 ) is a former commander of the Bratunac Brigade of the Republika Srpska Army who was charged and tried by the ICTY for his involvement in the Srebrenica massacre . In January 2005 the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia found him guilty of engaging in genocide and other war crimes and sentenced him to 18 years in prison . On 9 May the ICTY 's appeals court reversed the genocide conviction and reduced his sentence to 15 years in Norway , where he was released early and deported . A Bosnian Serb , during the course of the Bosnian War , Blagojević rose through the ranks of the Army of Republika Srpska . He participated in the securing and eventual capture of the Srebrenica safe area . He was captured on 10 August 2001 and soon interred at the Hague Tribunal . Blagojević was tried along with Dragan Jokić and Dragan Obrenović . Both pleaded not guilty . Blagojević was eventually found guilty of five of his six charges , while he was acquitted of the charge of extermination as a crime against humanity . On 25 January 2008 , he was transferred to Norway to serve his prison sentence . On 22 December 2012 , he was granted early release
Srebrenica massacre
Srebrenica massacre
Vidoje Blagojević