Brammertz: Fugitives within reach

why dont they arrest the Croatian and Muslim ones and always keep talking about the Serb ones and why does he not ask for that glavas that's in bosnia who ran from croatia.

> Why doesn't he...

The answer: The UN Security Council directed the ICTY to bring no more new indictments after 31 December 2004. By the beginning of 2005 the last indictments had been confirmed. No new indictees can be added.

The dozen indictees who were still at large at the beginning of 2005 included war crimes suspects "representing" all the nationalities of the former Yugoslavia - Serbs, Croats, Bosniaks, Albanians, and Macedonians.

Since then, 10 out of those 12 have ended up in The Hague, through arrest or voluntary surrender.

At this point, there are only two fugitives wanted by the UN tribunal who are still at large: Ratko Mladić and Goran Hadžić.

As long as these last two fugitives remain free and as long as Serbia does not do what's necessary to arrest them, it's no use pointing fingers at others. And it's no use complaining that Serbia is being "unfairly" singled out.

Every other country in the region has now completed its cooperation with The Hague. The time has come for Serbia to do the same.

Jovan, I couldn't agree more, but there comes a point when a certain limitation is reached, does there not? It wasn't all that long ago that a former WWII Nazi criminal (suspected or convecited i'm not sure) was located. It was obvious that Germany was not affected, nor was there any suggestion of it happening. This case clearly shows that Germany was unable to capture all of the fugitives. It is clear that this German fugitive was not in Germany, as may be the case with Mladic and co.
At the end of the day, true cooperation does not necessarily mean positive results in terms of fugitives captured, but a demostration that all efforts are being made. One cannot ask someone to accomplish the impossible, and if infact it is impossible for Serbia's police etc to capture Mladic within Serbia these targets are set too high then. If, however it is possible to capture Mladic within Serbia and the appropriate groups don't capture him, then we may have a differnt kettle of fish. And quite honestly, if this tribunal relaxed its requirements, and Mladic's capture was no longer a pre-requisite for further discussions and progress, and Mladic does happen to for-whatever-reason still be in Serbia, he'll eventually get captured, or someone will turn him over if these wonderful floods of prosperity come crashing in from the EUs loosening of relations and expectations.
Most people are simply motivated. They are looking out for themselves and the best for theirs. If they are shown positive progess that will result in positive benefits for them, there will be just 1 (for thats all that it takes) who will turn their back on a former ally to align with the new ally, the one that is bringing prosperity to that person.

It just seems that this whole drawn out process is getting over board.
There are few people who would defend the actions of Mladic, and most would be willing to surrender him to the tribunal, but these people haven't seen him.

why dont they arrest the Croatian and Muslim ones and always keep talking about the Serb ones and why does he not ask for that glavas that's in bosnia who ran from croatia.

> Why doesn't he...

The answer: The UN Security Council directed the ICTY to bring no more new indictments after 31 December 2004. By the beginning of 2005 the last indictments had been confirmed. No new indictees can be added.

The dozen indictees who were still at large at the beginning of 2005 included war crimes suspects "representing" all the nationalities of the former Yugoslavia - Serbs, Croats, Bosniaks, Albanians, and Macedonians.

Since then, 10 out of those 12 have ended up in The Hague, through arrest or voluntary surrender.

At this point, there are only two fugitives wanted by the UN tribunal who are still at large: Ratko Mladić and Goran Hadžić.

As long as these last two fugitives remain free and as long as Serbia does not do what's necessary to arrest them, it's no use pointing fingers at others. And it's no use complaining that Serbia is being "unfairly" singled out.

Every other country in the region has now completed its cooperation with The Hague. The time has come for Serbia to do the same.

Jovan, I couldn't agree more, but there comes a point when a certain limitation is reached, does there not? It wasn't all that long ago that a former WWII Nazi criminal (suspected or convecited i'm not sure) was located. It was obvious that Germany was not affected, nor was there any suggestion of it happening. This case clearly shows that Germany was unable to capture all of the fugitives. It is clear that this German fugitive was not in Germany, as may be the case with Mladic and co.
At the end of the day, true cooperation does not necessarily mean positive results in terms of fugitives captured, but a demostration that all efforts are being made. One cannot ask someone to accomplish the impossible, and if infact it is impossible for Serbia's police etc to capture Mladic within Serbia these targets are set too high then. If, however it is possible to capture Mladic within Serbia and the appropriate groups don't capture him, then we may have a differnt kettle of fish. And quite honestly, if this tribunal relaxed its requirements, and Mladic's capture was no longer a pre-requisite for further discussions and progress, and Mladic does happen to for-whatever-reason still be in Serbia, he'll eventually get captured, or someone will turn him over if these wonderful floods of prosperity come crashing in from the EUs loosening of relations and expectations.
Most people are simply motivated. They are looking out for themselves and the best for theirs. If they are shown positive progess that will result in positive benefits for them, there will be just 1 (for thats all that it takes) who will turn their back on a former ally to align with the new ally, the one that is bringing prosperity to that person.

It just seems that this whole drawn out process is getting over board.
There are few people who would defend the actions of Mladic, and most would be willing to surrender him to the tribunal, but these people haven't seen him.