DARYN KAGAN, CNN ANCHOR: A look back at the sentencing of a notorious Bosnian war criminal.</s>ANNOUNCER: Bringing you the world for 20 years, this CNN.</s>JACKIE SHYMANSKI, FMR. INTL. CORRESPONDENT: The International War Crimes Tribunal in The Hague handed down its sentence on Dusan Tadic, a Bosnian Serb.</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Would you please rise, Mr. Tadic.</s>SHYMANSKI: Tadic was found guilty of 11 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity. Witnesses say he beat and tortured Muslim or Croat inmates held at Serb-run concentration camps in northern Bosnia. He was also sentenced for the deaths of two Muslim policemen who were slashed to death.</s>SHYMANSKI: This was the very first trial that the United Nations War Crimes Tribunal had ever had. In fact, it was an important moment for the United Nations because that body had taken quite a beating during the war in Bosnia-Herzegovina and in Croatia. This was hoped to be one way that the United Nations might be able to redeem itself by bringing in these alleged war criminals and bringing them to justice. Tadic's trial was the very first trial. I remember some of the poignant testimony from some of the people who claimed to have been victims at the hands of Tadic, some people who claimed that they were in the room next to where he was beating people and eventually killed people. It was quite a graphic testimony. In the end, Tadic was found guilty. I don't think there was really much doubt. And he was sentenced to serve a number of years at the United Nations prison in The Hague.
CNN 20: Dusan Tadic Sentenced, July 14, 1997