ZAGREB/PARIS, Jan 18 (Hina) - The chief prosecutor of The Hague-based International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) on Monday said the ICTY did not accept immunity for a president of state which could protect him
from being brought before the tribunal. ICTY's regulations clearly state that the fact that somebody is or was a president of state does not exempt a suspect from criminal responsibility, Louise Arbour told French daily paper 'Liberation'. She said Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic, Croatian President Franjo Tudjman, and Bosnian President Alija Izetbegovic, as well as other high-ranking political and military officials had since 1993 known they had no immunity. Arbour said it was a question of making detailed investigations into crimes which could not have been committed without orders or consent from high-ranking political and military officials. Their personal responsi
ZAGREB/PARIS, Jan 18 (Hina) - The chief prosecutor of The Hague-
based International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia
(ICTY) on Monday said the ICTY did not accept immunity for a
president of state which could protect him from being brought
before the tribunal.
ICTY's regulations clearly state that the fact that somebody is or
was a president of state does not exempt a suspect from criminal
responsibility, Louise Arbour told French daily paper
'Liberation'.
She said Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic, Croatian President
Franjo Tudjman, and Bosnian President Alija Izetbegovic, as well as
other high-ranking political and military officials had since 1993
known they had no immunity.
Arbour said it was a question of making detailed investigations
into crimes which could not have been committed without orders or
consent from high-ranking political and military officials.
Their personal responsibility must be established, she added.
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