HRW: Mladić to remain condition for EU accession

Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called on the EU to demand the arrest of Ratko Mladić before it allows Serbia to establish closer ties with Brussels.

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Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called on the EU to demand the arrest of Ratko Mladic before it allows Serbia to establish closer ties with Brussels. The European Union (EU) should demonstrate its commitment to justice by requiring Serbia to arrest the Bosnian Serb wartime military leader, HRW said in a letter to EU foreign affairs ministers today. HRW: Mladic to remain condition for EU accession On June 14, the EU Foreign Affairs Council will consider starting the ratification process for a Stabilization and Association Agreement (SAA) with Serbia, a key step toward possible EU membership. “A failure by the EU to insist on full cooperation with the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), including Mladic's surrender, would significantly diminish chances of full accountability for the genocide in Srebrenica,” the letter points out and adds that more than 7,000 men and boys were massacred after the fall of the enclave in July 1995. HRW has stated that "Serbia's desire for closer ties to the EU offers the best hope that Mladic may one day face trial." The EU has repeatedly indicated that full cooperation with the tribunal is necessary for Serbia's progress toward accession. "The EU has often stated its commitment to battling impunity for the most serious crimes," HRW says and adds that "now it needs to put words into action and show that it will follow through with its principles at home." At the June 14 meeting, EU foreign ministers will approve the ratification process of the SAA, the officials of the EU Foreign Affairs Council said on Friday. Before the discussion about the Western Balkans, the Hague Tribunal Chief Prosecutor Serge Brammertz will inform the EU foreign ministers about the cooperation of the countries of the region with the Tribunal. Ratko Mladic (Beta archive)

HRW: Mladić to remain condition for EU accession

On June 14, the EU Foreign Affairs Council will consider starting the ratification process for a Stabilization and Association Agreement (SAA) with Serbia, a key step toward possible EU membership.

“A failure by the EU to insist on full cooperation with the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), including Mladić's surrender, would significantly diminish chances of full accountability for the genocide in Srebrenica,” the letter points out and adds that more than 7,000 men and boys were massacred after the fall of the enclave in July 1995.

HRW has stated that "Serbia's desire for closer ties to the EU offers the best hope that Mladić may one day face trial."

The EU has repeatedly indicated that full cooperation with the tribunal is necessary for Serbia's progress toward accession.

"The EU has often stated its commitment to battling impunity for the most serious crimes," HRW says and adds that "now it needs to put words into action and show that it will follow through with its principles at home."

At the June 14 meeting, EU foreign ministers will approve the ratification process of the SAA, the officials of the EU Foreign Affairs Council said on Friday.

Before the discussion about the Western Balkans, the Hague Tribunal Chief Prosecutor Serge Brammertz will inform the EU foreign ministers about the cooperation of the countries of the region with the Tribunal.

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