Cases to be prosecuted after Hague

Hague Tribunal Judge Fausto Pocar said in Zagreb, Croatia, on Monday that the court was nearing the final phase of its work. He noted that after it had shut down, the prosecution of war crimes would be continued by relevant courts in the countries of the region. Cases to be prosecuted after Hague "The prosecution of war crimes remains the primary responsibility of the countries in the region, since The Hague Tribunal has a limited duration," Pocar pointed out at a meeting on war crimes prosecution which is attended by a number of Hague judges and around 20 more judges of higher instance from the regional countries, including judiciary officials from Serbia. He stressed that exchange of experience with the region's judges strengthens local judiciaries and helped improve efficiency of judicial work at all levels, underlying that it was not about a transfer of technical means or knowledge, but rather about exchange of experience in the real sense of the term, since everyone was facing similar problems in the prosecution of cases. The meeting was organized as part of the regional War Crimes Justice Project, implemented by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), in partnership with the Hague Tribunal, the United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI), and OSCE field operations in the region.

Cases to be prosecuted after Hague

"The prosecution of war crimes remains the primary responsibility of the countries in the region, since The Hague Tribunal has a limited duration," Pocar pointed out at a meeting on war crimes prosecution which is attended by a number of Hague judges and around 20 more judges of higher instance from the regional countries, including judiciary officials from Serbia.

He stressed that exchange of experience with the region's judges strengthens local judiciaries and helped improve efficiency of judicial work at all levels, underlying that it was not about a transfer of technical means or knowledge, but rather about exchange of experience in the real sense of the term, since everyone was facing similar problems in the prosecution of cases.

The meeting was organized as part of the regional War Crimes Justice Project, implemented by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), in partnership with the Hague Tribunal, the United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI), and OSCE field operations in the region.