"Karadžić owes USD 4.5bn to victims"

Radovan Karadžić owes USD 4.5bn that victims of the war in Bosnia received in civil suits before U.S. courts.

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Friday, 25.07.2008.

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Radovan Karadzic owes USD 4.5bn that victims of the war in Bosnia received in civil suits before U.S. courts. Deputy International High Representative to Bosnia Raffi Gregorian confirmed to Sarajevo daily Dnevni Avaz that “a few years ago, Karadzic lost a number of lawsuits before U.S. courts, where he was found guilty of creating camps in which women were systematically raped.“ "Karadzic owes USD 4.5bn to victims" “Karadzic owes the victims several million dollars. That’s why all his assets and property are of such significance and interest to the Office of the High Representative (OHR) and EUFOR, which recently had his house in Pale valued. They are considering options as to how to confiscate all that property, and how the victims could be reimbursed partially, or at least, symbolically compensated,“ Gregorian explained. According to the daily, assets belonging to Karadzic’s close relatives as well as to his support network could also probably “come under the court’s microscope“. Gregorian said that the members of Karadzic’s family were “the heart of the network that helped and is helping hide war criminals.“ “That’s why they are on the U.S. and EU black list, and that situation won’t change until Karadzic ends up in The Hague,“ he added. The deputy high representative said that Karadzic’s support network and those of the two remaining fugitives were intertwined, and that Karadzic’s family were still a part of it. A group of ten victims in the U.S. sued the former Bosnian Serb leader in 1993 via lawyers from the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) in New York for genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity, including a campaign of rape and other sexual violence as a form of torture against both women and men in Bosnia-Hercegovina. According to the daily, those cases expanded the use of the Alien Tort Statute of 1789, which allows foreigners to bring suits for breaches of human rights committed anywhere in the world before U.S. courts. Karadzic, who was represented by Ramsey Clark, participated in the case until 1997, but later stopped attending hearings. In September 2000, a jury found him guilty of the said crimes, and ordered him to pay compensation of USD 4.5mn to the victims. A further suit was brought against the former Bosnian Serb leader in 1994 by a second group of victims in a case dubbed “Kadic versus Karadzic“, writes the daily. Radovan Jelasic (FoNet, archive)

"Karadžić owes USD 4.5bn to victims"

“Karadžić owes the victims several million dollars. That’s why all his assets and property are of such significance and interest to the Office of the High Representative (OHR) and EUFOR, which recently had his house in Pale valued. They are considering options as to how to confiscate all that property, and how the victims could be reimbursed partially, or at least, symbolically compensated,“ Gregorian explained.

According to the daily, assets belonging to Karadžić’s close relatives as well as to his support network could also probably “come under the court’s microscope“.

Gregorian said that the members of Karadžić’s family were “the heart of the network that helped and is helping hide war criminals.“

“That’s why they are on the U.S. and EU black list, and that situation won’t change until Karadžić ends up in The Hague,“ he added.

The deputy high representative said that Karadžić’s support network and those of the two remaining fugitives were intertwined, and that Karadžić’s family were still a part of it.

A group of ten victims in the U.S. sued the former Bosnian Serb leader in 1993 via lawyers from the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) in New York for genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity, including a campaign of rape and other sexual violence as a form of torture against both women and men in Bosnia-Hercegovina.

According to the daily, those cases expanded the use of the Alien Tort Statute of 1789, which allows foreigners to bring suits for breaches of human rights committed anywhere in the world before U.S. courts.

Karadžić, who was represented by Ramsey Clark, participated in the case until 1997, but later stopped attending hearings. In September 2000, a jury found him guilty of the said crimes, and ordered him to pay compensation of USD 4.5mn to the victims.

A further suit was brought against the former Bosnian Serb leader in 1994 by a second group of victims in a case dubbed “Kadić versus Karadžić“, writes the daily.

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