"Croatia could drop genocide suit"

President Boris Tadić’s <a href="http://www.b92.net/eng/news/politics-article.php?yyyy=2007&mm=06&dd=24&nav_category=92&nav_id=42003" class="text-link" target= "_blank">apology</a> to Croatian citizens triggered a debate regarding Croatia's genocide lawsuit against Serbia.

Izvor: B92

Sunday, 01.07.2007.

10:01

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"Croatia could drop genocide suit"

Serbia's chief legal representative in the ICJ, Radoslav Stojanović, reacted by saying Belgrade was ready to settle the matter out of court.

In Puhovski’s opinion, Zagreb could easily prove Serbia’s involvement in the Croatian war, but that the ICJ would not label war crimes committed at as genocide.

Rumors in Croatia are rife that the decision on the lawsuit might depend on the outcome of the ongoing Hague trial of former Serbian State Security (DB) chief Jovica Stanišić.

Stojanović repeated that to settle the case out of court was the best way of bringing about reconciliation in the region, stressing that “the return of almost warlike rhetoric in Croatian media aggravated the issue.”

“The Croatian television is persistently referring to Serbia as the aggressor. That must end, since we need to approach the matter seriously. Only the UN Security Council can decide what can be considered as aggression and all UN resolution regarding the 1990s war bear no mention of Serbia’s aggression or genocide,” he argued.

“We have to stop with stirring up tension among people. Given the public opinion created on the basis of such rhetoric, Croatian government is not in a position to drop the lawsuit at present,” Stojanović explained.

Serbia’s defense counsel in the genocide lawsuit filed by Bosnia before the ICJ compiled a book containing speeches delivered by all legal representatives in the case, as well as transcripts of the defense witnesses’ testimonies.

The book will also feature the complete text of the ruling.

On February 26, the International Court of Justice exonerated Serbia of direct responsibility for genocide during the 1992-95 Bosnian war.

It also ruled that Serbia failed to use its influence with the Bosnian Serbs to prevent the genocide of Bosnian Muslims in Srebrenica.

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