OPATIJA OPATIJA, May 8 (Hina) - An international symposium on the activity of The Hague-based International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia began in the northern Adriatic port of Opatija on Monday, gathering about 200
participants from Croatia and abroad. The symposium has been divided into sections. From the beginning, domestic experts have shown that more topical than the work of the war crimes tribunal is the competence or lack of same of the Croatian judiciary to process war crimes committed on Croatian territory during last decade's war. According to Milorad Pupovac, the Croatian judiciary should establish "stimulating mechanisms" to incite the criminal prosecution of perpetrators and facilitate the process of reconciliation and reintegration of minorities. Attorney Slobodan Budak said the judiciary was demonstrating neither the will nor the competence to tackle war crimes, while Croatian D
OPATIJA, May 8 (Hina) - An international symposium on the activity
of The Hague-based International Criminal Tribunal for the Former
Yugoslavia began in the northern Adriatic port of Opatija on
Monday, gathering about 200 participants from Croatia and abroad.
The symposium has been divided into sections. From the beginning,
domestic experts have shown that more topical than the work of the
war crimes tribunal is the competence or lack of same of the
Croatian judiciary to process war crimes committed on Croatian
territory during last decade's war.
According to Milorad Pupovac, the Croatian judiciary should
establish "stimulating mechanisms" to incite the criminal
prosecution of perpetrators and facilitate the process of
reconciliation and reintegration of minorities.
Attorney Slobodan Budak said the judiciary was demonstrating
neither the will nor the competence to tackle war crimes, while
Croatian Deputy Justice Minister Ranko Marijan countered by saying
the judiciary was willing and capable of doing so, but "tired and
sick" of petty politics on the subject.
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