Eurasia Press & News
The Chief ICTY Prosecutor begins a three-day visit to Bosnia and Herzegovina on Monday.
During his stay in Sarajevo Serge Brammertz will meet local and international officials and representatives of non-governmental organizations, as part of preparing a regular report to be submitted to the Security Council of the United Nations.
The Hague Tribunal announced that the Chief Prosecution will hold discussions with representatives of the local judiciary concerning current cooperation and implementation of the Tribunal’s exit strategy.
After visiting Sarajevo, Brammertz will visit Zagreb and Belgrade during the course of May.
Since 2005 the Tribunal has referred six cases to the War Crimes Chamber of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina for further processing.
One of the indictees whose case was referred by the Hague to Sarajevo was Radovan Stankovic, who was sentenced by a second-instance verdict to 20 years’ imprisonment for crimes committed in the Foca area. Last year Stankovic fled from Foca, where he was serving his sentence. He is still on the run. The Hague Tribunal has repeatedly expressed dissatisfaction over this case.
The Tribunal is still searching for two fugitives, namely Ratko Mladic, who is charged with crimes committed in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Goran Hadzic, who is indicted for crimes committed in Croatia. Full cooperation with the Hague Tribunal is one of the main preconditions to be met by all countries in the region on the road to Euro-Atlantic integration.
