The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), established 18 years ago, has so far handed down final guilty verdicts against 64 people for crimes committed in the former Yugoslavia, and 31 of those convicts have served their prison terms. Of 13 Croats convicted by the court, eight have done time so far.
Most of them have been released from penitentiaries after serving two-thirds of their sentences.
The first convict to do time was Drazen Erdemovic of Croat descent who was involved in the Srebrenica massacre as a member of Bosnian Serb forces. He spent five years in jail for that crime and was released in 1999.
As many as 19 defendants pleaded guilty, with former Bosnian Serb leader Biljana Plavsic being the highest-profile convict to agree on a plea bargain with the tribunal. She too has already served her sentence.
Currently, 25 people convicted by the Hague tribunal are behind bars throughout Europe. Another five men, kept in the tribunal's detention centre, are waiting for the final ruling and transfer to some of the penal institutions in Europe.