Expert: Too much importance assigned to Srebrenica draft

International courts have found that Serbia had not committed genocide in Srebrenica and that fact cannot be changed by the announced UN resolution.

Serbian hypocrisy at its best again. International court has also found that Kosovo's independence is in line with international law .Why don't you respect that?

Srebrenica is genocide even if ICJ concluded it wasnt. Looks like some don't accept the ICJ decision concerning Srebrenica but at the same time want us to accept the fact that Haradinaj and Oric were free from charges of warcrimes against serbs. I guess when Serbs are found not guilty of something, the are somehow still guilty.

"Serbian hypocrisy at its best again. International court has also found that Kosovo's independence is in line with international law .Why don't you respect that"

Mark

Easy there albanian cowboy. The ICJ never ruled on the legitimacy of Kosovo independence. They only provided an advisory opinion. However the court ruled that Srebrenica was no genocide. You albanian cowboys have your own twisted way of interpreting things.

International court has also found that Kosovo's independence is in line with international law .

No - It found that making a DECLARATION of independence (saying you are independent) does not violate international law. It made no ruling on whether the ACT of independence was in line with international law.

Lazy in reading, lazy in mind.

International courts have found that Serbia had not committed genocide in Srebrenica and that fact cannot be changed by the announced UN resolution.

Serbian hypocrisy at its best again. International court has also found that Kosovo's independence is in line with international law .Why don't you respect that?
(mark, 18 June 2015 17:58)
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Correction, ICJ has found that decleration of independence was not illegal not independence itself. So you can declare anything you like but whether you country is found to be independent is a different story. Yes, Serbia should have asked the question differently but then if Serbia did that the question would not even be allowed.

Easy there albanian cowboy. The ICJ never ruled on the legitimacy of Kosovo independence. They only provided an advisory opinion. However the court ruled that Srebrenica was no genocide. You albanian cowboys have your own twisted way of interpreting things.
(MikeC, 19 June 2015 01:20
I find a lot of amusement in these responses. Go back and read all the comments from the Serbian camp about how important this "opinion" was about 3months before it was given, and all Serbs thought they could not lose. But as soon as it was released all those that claimed it would be a landmark decision and end all recognitions suddenly downplayed it as totally irrelevant. Talk about your hypocrisy.

They only provided an advisory opinion. However the court ruled that Srebrenica was no genocide. You albanian cowboys have your own twisted way of interpreting things.(MikeC, 19 June 2015 01:20)

Plenty of cowboys in here, evidently, because this is what the ICJ ruled on Srebrenica:

The Court concluded that the acts committed at Srebrenica falling within Article II (a) and (b) of the Convention were committed with the specific intent to destroy in part the group of the Muslims of Bosnia and Herzegovina as such; and accordingly that these were acts of genocide, committed by members of the VRS in and around Srebrenica from about 13 July 1995.

The Court, however, also found that Serbia was neither directly responsible for the Srebrenica genocide, nor that it was complicit in it, but it did rule that Serbia had committed a breach of the Genocide Convention by failing to prevent the genocide from occurring and for not cooperating with the ICTY in punishing the perpetrators of the genocide, in particular General Ratko Mladić, and for violating its obligation to comply with the provisional measures ordered by the Court.

In short, a genocide took place in Srebrenica but neither Serbia as a state nor as a nation were directly responsible or complicit in this genocide.

Given that the ICJ already has exempted Serbia of responsibility for it, there is even less reason Belgrade should not recognise it took place.

It's interesting that Serbia will not accept ICJ's ruling on Oric, so they put a warrant out for his arrest; however, they have (and want everyone) to accept ICJ's ruling on Srebrenica (though 8,000 killed in two days is what then?). And usually, the rhetoric is that ICJ is one sided and incompetent...so which is it? But I guess they are not the only hypocrites in the Balkans.

Srebrenica is genocide even if ICJ concluded it wasnt. Looks like some don't accept the ICJ decision concerning Srebrenica but at the same time want us to accept the fact that Haradinaj and Oric were free from charges of warcrimes against serbs. I guess when Serbs are found not guilty of something, the are somehow still guilty.

"Serbian hypocrisy at its best again. International court has also found that Kosovo's independence is in line with international law .Why don't you respect that"

Mark

Easy there albanian cowboy. The ICJ never ruled on the legitimacy of Kosovo independence. They only provided an advisory opinion. However the court ruled that Srebrenica was no genocide. You albanian cowboys have your own twisted way of interpreting things.

International courts have found that Serbia had not committed genocide in Srebrenica and that fact cannot be changed by the announced UN resolution.

Serbian hypocrisy at its best again. International court has also found that Kosovo's independence is in line with international law .Why don't you respect that?

International courts have found that Serbia had not committed genocide in Srebrenica and that fact cannot be changed by the announced UN resolution.

Serbian hypocrisy at its best again. International court has also found that Kosovo's independence is in line with international law .Why don't you respect that?
(mark, 18 June 2015 17:58)
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Correction, ICJ has found that decleration of independence was not illegal not independence itself. So you can declare anything you like but whether you country is found to be independent is a different story. Yes, Serbia should have asked the question differently but then if Serbia did that the question would not even be allowed.

International court has also found that Kosovo's independence is in line with international law .

No - It found that making a DECLARATION of independence (saying you are independent) does not violate international law. It made no ruling on whether the ACT of independence was in line with international law.

Lazy in reading, lazy in mind.

Easy there albanian cowboy. The ICJ never ruled on the legitimacy of Kosovo independence. They only provided an advisory opinion. However the court ruled that Srebrenica was no genocide. You albanian cowboys have your own twisted way of interpreting things.
(MikeC, 19 June 2015 01:20
I find a lot of amusement in these responses. Go back and read all the comments from the Serbian camp about how important this "opinion" was about 3months before it was given, and all Serbs thought they could not lose. But as soon as it was released all those that claimed it would be a landmark decision and end all recognitions suddenly downplayed it as totally irrelevant. Talk about your hypocrisy.

It's interesting that Serbia will not accept ICJ's ruling on Oric, so they put a warrant out for his arrest; however, they have (and want everyone) to accept ICJ's ruling on Srebrenica (though 8,000 killed in two days is what then?). And usually, the rhetoric is that ICJ is one sided and incompetent...so which is it? But I guess they are not the only hypocrites in the Balkans.

They only provided an advisory opinion. However the court ruled that Srebrenica was no genocide. You albanian cowboys have your own twisted way of interpreting things.(MikeC, 19 June 2015 01:20)

Plenty of cowboys in here, evidently, because this is what the ICJ ruled on Srebrenica:

The Court concluded that the acts committed at Srebrenica falling within Article II (a) and (b) of the Convention were committed with the specific intent to destroy in part the group of the Muslims of Bosnia and Herzegovina as such; and accordingly that these were acts of genocide, committed by members of the VRS in and around Srebrenica from about 13 July 1995.

The Court, however, also found that Serbia was neither directly responsible for the Srebrenica genocide, nor that it was complicit in it, but it did rule that Serbia had committed a breach of the Genocide Convention by failing to prevent the genocide from occurring and for not cooperating with the ICTY in punishing the perpetrators of the genocide, in particular General Ratko Mladić, and for violating its obligation to comply with the provisional measures ordered by the Court.

In short, a genocide took place in Srebrenica but neither Serbia as a state nor as a nation were directly responsible or complicit in this genocide.

Given that the ICJ already has exempted Serbia of responsibility for it, there is even less reason Belgrade should not recognise it took place.