# Serbian justice minister asks Hague mechanism to release Mladic

https://mins.news/en/item/31087

- TASS, 2026-08-24 23:55 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://tass.com/world/2177225

> Serbian Justice Minister Nenad Vujic has asked the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals to consider the early release of former Bosnian Serb army commander Ratko Mladic. Vujic said medical findings show Mladic is in the final stage of his life and offered to transfer him to Belgrade’s Military Medical Academy for treatment with relatives present.

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