THE HAGUE, Oct 17 (Hina) - The War Crimes Tribunal for Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) can send doctors to examine the health condition of a was crimes suspect, Mladen Naletilic Tuta, upon being officially notified that there are medical
reasons for non-extradition of this Bosnian Croat to the Hague-based Tribunal, said an ICTY spokesman on Sunday.
THE HAGUE, Oct 17 (Hina) - The War Crimes Tribunal for Former
Yugoslavia (ICTY) can send doctors to examine the health condition
of a was crimes suspect, Mladen Naletilic Tuta, upon being
officially notified that there are medical reasons for non-
extradition of this Bosnian Croat to the Hague-based Tribunal, said
an ICTY spokesman on Sunday.#L#
In case that health reasons prevent his extradition, there is a
possibility that an international team of doctors examine
Naletilic, the spokesman, Jim Landale said after being asked to
comment on health problems of Mladen Naletilic Tuta, wanted by the
Hague Tribunal as he allegedly committed crimes against humanity
and breached Geneva Conventions as well as the laws and customs of
war in the Mostar area 1993 and 1994.
Last Friday, Croatia's Supreme Court confirmed the Zagreb County
Court's ruling in favour of Naletilic's deferral to the Hague
Tribunal.
The pre-condition for any following step by the ICTY is that the
Croatian Government formally inform this court about reasons why it
is not possible to extradite this suspect to The Hague.
Last Thursday Naletilic was admitted at the coronary care unit of a
Zagreb hospital as his health was deteriorating.
The Hague Tribunal has already done examinations of the health
condition of some suspects, just as in the case of Bosnian Croat
Zlatko Aleksovski, Landale added.
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