List of convicted war criminals


This is a list of convicted war criminals found guilty of war crimes under the rules of warfare as defined by the World War II Nuremberg Trials.

American Civil War (1861–1865)

World War I (1914–1918)

World War II

European theatre

Austria

Croatia

France

Hungary

Italy

Nazi Germany

A–C

Romania

Slovakia

Soviet Union

United States

  • Fred A. McMurray, American G.I. executed for a murder and two rapes committed during the Italian Campaign, guilt has been called into question, on account of his race.
  • Louis Till, American G.I. executed for a murder and two rapes committed during the Italian Campaign, guilt has been called into question, on account of his race.
  • Horace T. West, American soldier convicted of premeditated murder committed at Biscari.

Yugoslavia

  • Momčilo Đujić, Serbian commander of the Chetniks, sentenced to death in absentia for multiple war crimes.
  • Draža Mihailović, founder of the Chetniks sentenced to death for genocidal actions taken against Jewish, Muslim and Croat civilians. Conviction posthumously overturned in 2015.

Other

Pacific theatre

Japan

Other

Guatemalan Civil War

Bangladesh Liberation War

Dirty War

Khmer Rouge regime

Liberian Civil Wars

Rwandan Civil War

  • Jean-Paul Akayesu, mayor of Taba commune, sentenced to life in prison for aiding and abetting in the Rwandan genocide.
  • Théoneste Bagosora, Rwandan Armed Forces officer sentenced to life in prison for his role in planning and carrying out the Rwandan genocide, later reduced to 35 years on appeal.
  • Jean-Bosco Barayagwiza, involved in the Hutu Power
  • Augustin Bizimungu, Chief of Staff of the Rwandan Army, sentenced to 30 years in prison for his role in the Rwandan genocide.
  • Alphonse Higaniro, factory owner, sentenced to 20 years.
  • Jean Kambanda, Prime Minister in the caretaker government during the Rwandan genocide, sentenced to life in prison for his role in planning and carrying out the genocide.
  • Maria Kisito, sentenced to 12 years in prison for supplying gasoline to a militia to burn refugees with.
  • Gertrude Mukangango, sentenced to 15 years for handing over Tutsi refugees to the militia during the Rwandan genocide.
  • Désiré Munyaneza, businessman, sentenced to life in prison for committing multiple acts of war rape during the Rwandan genocide.
  • Ferdinand Nahimana, historian who incited the Rwandan genocide
  • Elie Ndayamabaje, mayor of Muganza during the Rwandan Genocide
  • Hassan Ngeze, journalist and politician, sentenced to life in prison for his role in the Rwandan genocide, later reduced to 35 years on appeal.
  • Ildéphonse Nizeyimana, soldier convicted of having participated in the Rwandan genocide.
  • Sylvan Nsabimana, charged with crimes against humanity in the Rwandan genocide
  • Arsène Shalom Ntahobali, charged with crimes against humanity in the Rwandan genocide
  • Dominique Ntawukulilyayo, sub-prefect of Gisaraga convicted of genocide
  • Vincent Ntezimana, university professor, sentenced to 12 years.
  • Alphonse Nteziryayo, prefect of Butare during the Rwandan Genocide
  • Bernard Ntuyahaga, Rwandan Army officer, sentenced to 20 years in prison for his role in the murder of ten Belgian United Nations peacekeepers at the beginning of the Rwandan genocide.
  • Pauline Nyiramasuhuko, politician indicted on charges of conspiracy to commit genocide.
  • Tharcisse Renzaho, soldier and head of the Civil Defence Committee for Kigali, sentenced to life in prison for his role in the Rwandan genocide.
  • Georges Rutaganda, commander for the Interahamwe militia, sentenced to life in prison for his role in the Rwandan genocide.
  • Innocent Sagahutu, soldier in the Rwandan Armed Forces who helped carry out the Rwandan genocide, sentenced to 20 years in prison, later reduced to 15 years via appeal.
  • Athanase Seromba, Catholic priest, sentenced to life in prison for aiding and abetting in the Rwandan genocide.

Sierra Leone Civil War

Yugoslav Wars

After the Yugoslav Wars, an international Court was formed to try war criminals. However, ICTY tried only a selected number of high-ranking people, with local Courts starting trials mostly against individuals or soldiers who carried out orders of those high-ranking officers. Many of those have been convicted.
Croatia raised charges against 3666 people for war crimes, of which 1381 were dropped due to lack of evidence.

Bosnian War

A–K

  • Fikret Abdić, Bosniak warlord, sentenced to six years for participating in the detention and killing of civilians
  • Srećko Aćimović, former Bosnian Serb Army battalion commander aided genocide against Bosnians
  • Đuro Adamović, Bosnian Serb soldier, sentenced to three years in prison for committing crimes against civilians, later acquitted during appeal
  • Zoran Babic, Bosnian Serb policeman who persecuted Bosniaks
  • Predrag Bastah, Bosnian Serb policeman convicted of killing 37 Bosniak civilians in the Yugoslav Wars
  • Bratislav Bilbija, Bosnian Serb soldier, sentenced to two years in prison for committing crimes against civilians, later acquitted during appeal
  • Tihomir Blaškić, Bosnian Croat sentenced to 45 years, changed to nine years following appeal
  • Boris Bosnjak, Bosnian Serb detention camp guard who mistreated and abused Bosniak and Croat civilian detainees
  • Miroslav Bralo, Bosnian Croat member of the "Jokers" anti-terrorist platoon, sentenced to 20 years
  • Radoslav Brđanin, Bosnian Serb sentenced to 32 years
  • Enver Buza, former commander of a Bosnian Army battalion convicted of killing 27 Croat civilians in Uzdol
  • Miloš Čajević, Bosnian Serb police officer, sentenced to 13 years for intimidating and inhumane treatment
  • Ibrahim Ceco, Bosnian Army Soldier, sentenced to a year and a half in prison for committing crimes against a civilian population
  • Ranko Češić, Bosnian Serb sentenced to 18 years for crimes in Brcko
  • Fadil Čović, convicted of illegally detaining Serb and Croat civilians at Silos camp
  • Halid Čović, convicted of illegally detaining Serb and Croat civilians at Silos camp
  • Hazim Delić, Bosniak sentenced to 18 years for crimes at Čelebići prison camp
  • Ilija Đajić, Bosnian Serb detention camp guard who mistreated and abused Bosniak and Croat civilian detainees
  • Dragana Đekić, Serbian member of the White Eagles, sentenced to 5 years in 2023 for participation in the Štrpci massacre
  • Mustafa Đelilović, convicted of illegally detaining Serb and Croat civilians at Silos camp
  • Damir Došen, Bosnian Serb, sentenced to 5 years for Keraterm camp
  • Senad Džananović, Bosniak soldier sentenced to 11 years for crimes against Serbians in Alipašino polje
  • Dražen Erdemović, Bosnian Croat who fought for Serb forces and was sentenced to five years for Pileca farm
  • Edin Gadžo, Bosniak soldier sentenced to five years for crimes against Serbians in Alipašino polje
  • Stanislav Galić, Bosnian Serb commander in the Siege of Sarajevo. Sentenced to 20 years, appealed and had his sentence changed to life imprisonment
  • Rade Garić, former Bosnian Serb police reservist convicted for inhumane acts
  • Miodrag Grubačić, Bosnian Serb detention camp guard who mistreated and abused Bosniak and Croat civilian detainees
  • Becir Hujić, convicted of illegally detaining Serb and Croat civilians at Silos camp
  • Boban Inđić, former Bosnian Serb commander, sentenced to 15 years in prison for participation in the Štrpci massacre
  • Goran Jelisić, Bosnian Serb sentenced to 40 years for murders in Brčko. Personally killed 13 civilians
  • Mićo Jurišić, former Bosnian Serb Policeman who committed crimes against humanity to non-Serb civilians
  • Nermin Kalember, convicted of illegally detaining Serb and Croat civilians at Silos camp
  • Radovan Karadžić, Bosnian Serb politician who served as President of Republika Srpska during the Bosnian War, sentenced to life in prison for eleven counts of war crimes
  • Radomir Kezunović, former Bosnian Serb Army military policeman for killing 28 civilians
  • Dragan Kolundžija, Bosnian Serb, sentenced to 3 years for Keraterm camp
  • Milojica Kos, Bosnian Serb, sentenced to 6 years for Omarska camp
  • Radomir Kovač, Bosnian Serb sentenced to 20 years
  • Momčilo Krajišnik, Bosnian Serb politician, sentenced to 27 years
  • Milorad Krnojelac, Bosnian Serb sentenced to 7½ years for the Foča massacres. Following an appeal, his sentence was raised to 15 years
  • Radislav Krstić, Bosnian Serb sentenced to 46 years for his part in the Srebrenica massacre, also found guilty of being an accomplice to genocide, first such ruling at the ICTY
  • Dalibor Krstović, Bosnian Serb Army soldier who raped a POW
  • Dragoljub Kunarac, Bosnian Serb sentenced to 28 years
  • Miroslav Kvocka, Bosnian Serb, sentenced to 7 years for Omarska camp

L–Z

  • Esad Landžo, Bosniak sentenced to 15 years for crimes at Čelebići prison camp
  • Jovan Lipovac, Serbian member of the White Eagles, sentenced to 10 years in 2023 for participation in the Štrpci massacre
  • Gojko Lukić, Serbian member of the White Eagles, sentenced to 10 years in 2023 for participation in the Štrpci massacre
  • Milan Lukić, commander of the White Eagles, sentenced to life in prison for his role in the Višegrad massacres.
  • Sakib Mahmuljin, former Bosnian general convicted of killing Prisoners of War
  • Željko Maričić, Bosnian Serb soldier, sentenced to two years for crimes against civilians
  • Dragan Marinković, convicted of committing crimes against humanity in Milići, Republika Srpska
  • Šerif Mešanović, convicted of illegally detaining Serb and Croat civilians at Silos camp
  • Dragomir Milošević, Bosnian Serb soldier in the Army of Republika Srpska, sentenced to 29 years in prison for war crimes committed during the Siege of Sarajevo.
  • Ratko Mladić, officer in the Army of Republika Srpska, sentenced to life in prison for roles in the Siege of Sarajevo and Srebrenica massacre
  • Darko Mrđa, former Bosnian Serb policeman, sentenced to 20 years for participating in the Korićani Cliffs massacre
  • Husein Mujanović, Bosnian Army Jail Chief, sentenced to ten years for prisoner abuse, sentence later reduced to 4.5 years
  • Zdravko Narančić, Bosnian Serb soldier convicted of helping kill 11 POWs
  • Dragan Nikolić, Bosnian Serb sentenced to 23 years
  • Slavko Ognjenović, convicted for wartime rape
  • Osman Osmanović, Bosnian war official, sentenced to five years in prison for abusing prisoners at Rasadnik camp
  • Veljko Papić, former member of the Army of Republika Srpska, sentenced to two years for forced labor
  • Radovan Paprica, convicted for wartime rape in the Yugoslav war
  • Milivoj Petković, Bosnian Croat officer for crimes against humanity and ethnic cleansing
  • Stojan Petrović, member of the Bosnian Serb police, convicted of rape and crimes against the civilian population, sentenced to seven years in prison
  • Joja Plavanjac, Bosnian Serb soldier convicted of killing 11 POWs
  • Biljana Plavšić, Bosnian Serb politician and former president of Republika Srpska. Sentenced to 11 years
  • Dragoljub Pricac, Bosnian Serb, sentenced to 5 years for Omarska camp
  • Predrag Prosić, Bosnian Serb soldier convicted of illegally detaining Bosniak civilians
  • Nicholas Ribić, Canadian soldier in the Army of Republika Srpska, convicted of taking United Nations peacekeepers hostage to use as human shields.
  • Blagoje Simić, former Bosnian Serb member of the Serb War Presidency, sentenced to 15 years for aiding and abetting persecution through unlawful arrests, confinement of prisoners in inhumane conditions, forced labour and displacement
  • Simo Stupar, former Serbian policeman who illegally detained Bosniaks
  • Dusko Vasiljević, Serbian member of the White Eagles, sentenced to 10 years in 2023 for participation in the Štrpci massacre
  • Simo Zarić, former police chief of Bosanski Šamac, sentenced to six years for being an aider and abettor of persecutions during the Bosanski Šamac ethnic cleansing

Croatian War of Independence

Croat–Bosniak War

Kosovo War

  • Muhamet Alidemaj, former member of the Serbian police, convicted for participating in the Izbica massacre, sentenced to 15 years in prison
  • Svetomir Bačević, Kosovo Serb, convicted of seizing a civilian home, sentenced to five years in prison
  • Ekrem Bajrović, Kosovo Bosniak member of the Serbian forces, convicted of beating, torture and killing of ethnic Albanian civilians, sentenced to 12 years in prison
  • Haradin Bala, Commander of the Kosovo Liberation Army, sentenced to 13 years for murder, torture, and cruel treatment at the Lapušnik prison camp
  • Boban Bogićević, member of the Yugoslav Army’s 177th intervention squad, convicted of killing Albanian civilians, sentenced to two years in prison
  • Dejan Bulatović, member of the Yugoslav Army’s 177th intervention squad, convicted of killing Albanian civilians, sentenced to 20 years in prison
  • Zoran Đokić, former Serb fighter, sentenced to 12 years for attacks against ethnic Albanians
  • Caslav Jolić, former Serbian policeman, convicted of torture against civilians, sentenced to eight years in prison
  • Slaviša Kastratović, member of the Yugoslav Army’s 177th intervention squad, convicted of killing Albanian civilians, sentenced to two years in prison
  • Zlatan Krstić, former Serb police officer, sentenced to 14.5 years for torture, destruction of property, expulsions and abductions
  • Vladimir Lazarević, Serbian colonel general, convicted of aiding and abetting crimes against humanity, released in 2015
  • Sreten Lukić, former Chief of the Serbian Police, sentenced to 22 years in prison
  • Sami Lushtaku, former KLA senior member, sentenced to 12 years in prison for murdering an Albanian civilian
  • Toplica Miladinović, former Yugoslav Army commander convicted of ordering the invasion of Ljubenić, Pavlan, Zahac and Cuska, sentenced to 20 years in prison
  • Siniša Mišić, member of the Yugoslav Army’s 177th intervention squad, convicted of killing Albanian civilians, sentenced to five years in prison
  • Ranko Momić, member of the Yugoslav Army’s 177th intervention squad, convicted of killing Albanian civilians, sentenced to 15 years in prison
  • Salih Mustafa, former KLA commander, convicted in 2022 and sentenced to 26 years in prison for mistreating prisoners
  • Milojko Nikolić, member of the Yugoslav Army’s 177th intervention squad, convicted of killing Albanian civilians, sentenced to 20 years in prison
  • Dragoljub Ojdanić, former Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Yugoslavia, sentenced to 15 years in prison for committing acts of forced displacement during the Kosovo War
  • Nebojša Pavković, Serbian general convicted of crimes against humanity
  • Srecko Popovic, member of the Yugoslav Army’s 177th intervention squad, convicted of killing Albanian civilians, sentenced to 10 years in prison
  • Nikola Šainović, former Prime Minister of Serbia, convicted of crimes against humanity and released in 2015
  • Sylejman Selimi, former KLA senior member, sentenced to six years in prison for torturing a civilian
  • Destan Shabanaj, former Serb police inspector, sentenced to 7 years for desecrating, humiliating and subjecting dead bodies to demeaning treatment
  • Pjeter Shala, KLA fighter, convicted of arbitrary detention and torture, sentenced to 18 years in prison
  • Remzi Shala, Kosovo Liberation Army fighter, convicted of kidnapping and killing a civilian, sentenced to nine and a half years
  • Abdulah Sokić, member of the Yugoslav Army’s 177th intervention squad, convicted of killing Albanian civilians, sentenced to 12 years in prison
  • Goran Stanišić, Serbian reservist policeman, convicted of killing 13 civilians, sentenced to 20 years in prison in 2021, later reduced to 15 years

Slovenian War of Independence

  • Berisav Popov, former Yugoslav colonel, sentenced to five years in prison in absentia for killing civilians and destruction of property

Ituri conflict

War in Afghanistan

  • Robert Bales, United States Army soldier, sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for perpetrating the Kandahar massacre
  • Alexander Blackman, Royal Marine convicted of executing a wounded Taliban insurgent, conviction was later downgraded to manslaughter.
  • Calvin Gibbs, United States Army soldier, sentenced to life imprisonment for the thrill-killing of three Afghan civilians
  • Andrew Holmes, United States Army soldier, sentenced to seven years in prison for participating in the murder of civilian Gul Mudin
  • Omar Khadr, Canadian convicted for murder and supporting terrorism
  • Jeremy Morlock, United States Army soldier, sentenced to 24 years in prison for participating in the thrill-killings of three Afghan civilians
  • Glendale Wells, specialist; pleaded guilty to being an accessory in the death of a prisoner known as Dilawar
  • Adam Winfield, United States Army soldier, sentenced to three years in prison for involvement in the murder of civilian Mullah Adahdad

Iraq War

Non-Iraqi participants

Saddam Hussein regime

Syrian Civil War

  • Mustafa A, member of Liwa al-Quds, sentenced to 12 years in prison for complicity in torture, inhumane treatment and illegal arrest, and membership of a criminal organization
  • Mohammad Abdullah, soldier, convicted of appearing in photos standing over a pile of bodies
  • Eyad al-Gharib, intelligence officer who aided crimes against humanity
  • Ahmad al Khedr, convicted for killing a captured Assad regime soldier
  • Ahmad Al-Y, Syrian man who fought with terrorist organization Ahrar al-Sham
  • Jamil Hassan, former director of the Syrian Air Force Intelligence Directorate, convicted of crimes against humanity in absentia
  • Abdel Salam Mahmoud, former head of investigations, convicted of crimes against humanity in absentia
  • Ali Mamlouk, Deputy Vice President for Security Affairs, convicted of crimes against humanity in absentia
  • Alaa Mousa, doctor convicted of torturing and killing opponents of the Syrian regime at a military hospital in Damascus
  • Majdi Nema, former spokesman for Jaysh al-Islam
  • Anwar Raslan, Colonel convicted of crimes committed on behalf of President Bashar al-Assad

Central African Republic Civil War

Islamic State in Syria and Iraq

  • Oussama Achraf Akhlafa, Islamic State militant, sentenced to 7½ years in prison
  • Eddie Gallagher, US Navy SEAL who stabbed a injured POW and took photos with the corpse, pardoned in 2019.
  • Lina Ishaq, Syrian woman who allowed her pre-teenage son join the Islamic State leading to his death, sentenced to six years at a Swedish tribunal
  • Nurten J., German woman who travelled to Syria to join ISIS and committed war crimes against property
  • Taha al-Jumailly, IS member, sentenced to life in prison for killing a child during the Yazidi genocide.
  • Osama Krayem, IS member who took part in the murder of downed Jordanian airman Muath al-Kasasbeh
  • Clint Lorance, United States First Lieutenant who ordered the shooting of two civilians on a motorcycle, pardoned in 2019

Russian invasion of Ukraine

It has been reported that there have been 81 convictions for war crimes since the invasion as of February 2024. Many of these convictions were made with defendants in absentia.
  • Alexander Bobikin, member of an artillery unit, convicted of violating the laws and customs of war
  • Anton Cherednik, member of Ukrainian naval infantry, pleaded guilty to murdering a civilian during the Siege of Mariupol
  • Pavlo Hrebenyuk, member of the People's Militia of the Donetsk People's Republic, convicted of brutal treatment of the civilian population and sentenced to 12 years in prison
  • Alexander Ivanov, member of an artillery unit, convicted of violating the laws and customs of war
  • Mykhail Kulikov, tank crewman, convicted of firing on civilian targets
  • Denis Kuznetsov, Russian soldier who took part in torturing a civilian, Oleksandr Marusik, convicted in absentia without a prison sentence
  • Vadim Shishimarin, Russian soldier who killed unarmed civilian Oleksandr Shelipov, sentenced to life in prison

Others

Africa

Asia

Europe

North America

South America