The remains of Ratko Mladić, the former commander of the Bosnian Serb army who died while serving a life sentence for war crimes, were interred on Monday. This action was undertaken by Serbia despite warnings from the European Union against allowing public honors for the man convicted of the first genocide ruling on the European continent since World War II. Mladić led forces during the Bosnian War, a conflict marked by widespread atrocities against Bosnian citizens. He was found guilty of crimes including genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. The burial has sparked controversy and renewed debate over how Bosnia and the international community remember and address the legacy of the war. The decision to allow the interment signals a complex relationship with its wartime past, despite international pressure.