Posted on 06/18/2008 1:50:44 PM PDT by knighthawk
A group comprising survivors and relatives of the victims of the massacre in Srebrenica have called on a court in The Hague to lift the United Nations' immunity. The six thousand Bosnians want to bring charges against the UN and the Netherlands for their role in the fall of the Muslim enclave. But that can only happen if the judge in The Hague makes legal proceedings against the UN possible. The judge will consider the request and deliver a ruling in mid-July.
The Muslim enclave in Srebrenica fell on 11 July 1995 into the hands of Bosnian Serb troops who then killed 8,000 of the inhabitants. The next of kin believe that the UN and the Dutch troops who were protecting the city failed in their duty.
The complaint is independent of another lawsuit involving Srebrenica that was delivered to The Hague on Monday. That case is less concerned with the fall of the enclave than with the turning away of refugees by Dutch troops.
Amen.
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