Brammertz unhappy with Hague cooperation

Hague Chief Prosecutor Serge Brammertz says that Serbia, Bosnia-Hercegovina and Croatia are all failing to cooperate fully with the Hague Tribunal.

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Tuesday, 17.06.2008.

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Hague Chief Prosecutor Serge Brammertz says that Serbia, Bosnia-Hercegovina and Croatia are all failing to cooperate fully with the Hague Tribunal. “We’re still awaiting certain key documents, as well as access to Serbian and Croatian archives, and we’re still waiting for the remaining fugitives to be arrested and transferred to the Tribunal, which means we still don’t have full cooperation,“ Brammertz told Banja Luka’s Voice of Srpska. Brammertz unhappy with Hague cooperation The prosecutor said that the prosecution, “following a number of fruitless attempts to obtain key documents and access to military archives, recently had to ask the trial chamber to issue a binding order to Serbia to meet these obligations.“ “And, we’ll continue to insist on Serbia meeting its international obligations in that respect.,“ he underlined. Brammertz added that the issue of witness protection had still not been satisfactorily addressed. Speaking about cooperation with Bosnia-Hercegovina, he said that the authorities there could do more when it came to Hague fugitives’ support networks, claiming that the Tribunal had asked the country’s police and judicial organs to be more active in pursuing accomplices, as well as those who were obstructing the Tribunal’s work in other ways. Stating that the UN Security Council would be the one to take the decision as to when the Tribunal should be shut down, Brammertz said that he “personally can’t imagine the court’s doors shutting while the three remaining fugitives were still at large.“ Radovan Karadzic, Ratko Mladic and Goran Hadzic “must be brought to justice, and the Tribunal must be allowed to complete its mandate successfully. This is the only way to achieve long-term stability in the region,“ said the chief prosecutor. Serge Brammertz, left (FoNet, archive)

Brammertz unhappy with Hague cooperation

The prosecutor said that the prosecution, “following a number of fruitless attempts to obtain key documents and access to military archives, recently had to ask the trial chamber to issue a binding order to Serbia to meet these obligations.“

“And, we’ll continue to insist on Serbia meeting its international obligations in that respect.,“ he underlined.

Brammertz added that the issue of witness protection had still not been satisfactorily addressed.

Speaking about cooperation with Bosnia-Hercegovina, he said that the authorities there could do more when it came to Hague fugitives’ support networks, claiming that the Tribunal had asked the country’s police and judicial organs to be more active in pursuing accomplices, as well as those who were obstructing the Tribunal’s work in other ways.

Stating that the UN Security Council would be the one to take the decision as to when the Tribunal should be shut down, Brammertz said that he “personally can’t imagine the court’s doors shutting while the three remaining fugitives were still at large.“

Radovan Karadžić, Ratko Mladić and Goran Hadžić “must be brought to justice, and the Tribunal must be allowed to complete its mandate successfully. This is the only way to achieve long-term stability in the region,“ said the chief prosecutor.

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