ICTY Hague court in turmoil amid claims of manipulation

[muriel_volestrangler]

Last week an email reportedly written by a Danish judge emerged that claimed external forces were manipulating the court - the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) - to protect themselves from future investigations.

One of the recent cases causing concern is that of Franko Simatovic and Jovica Stanisic - two of the highest-ranking Serbian state officials to appear before the tribunal accused of war crimes.

They established and trained the feared Serb paramilitary squads that terrorised non-Serbs in Bosnia and Croatia, and provided the weapons that were used to unlawfully kill them.

But, last month, they were found not guilty and acquitted on all counts.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-22941857

[Monkie]

1. lawyer for war criminals says change protects future war criminals

now that is surprising, but good news for all those americans that cant currently take holidays abroad.

Peter Robinson, the Californian lawyer currently representing Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic at the ICTY, says: "It allows the US and UK and other people who want to intervene on the side of the rebels not to fear that they would be prosecuted if the rebels go ahead and commit crimes with some of the arms or funds that are provided for them."