DUBROVNIK, May 12 (Hina) - Commenting on the possible referral of theICTY case against three former Yugoslav Army officers charged with theOvcara massacre to Croatia, President Stjepan Mesic said on Thursdaythat standards in Croatia's
judiciary were so high that Croatia wasable to take over any case.
DUBROVNIK, May 12 (Hina) - Commenting on the possible referral of
the ICTY case against three former Yugoslav Army officers charged with the
Ovcara massacre to Croatia, President Stjepan Mesic said on Thursday that
standards in Croatia's judiciary were so high that Croatia was able to take
over any case. "The Croatian judiciary has proved to be meeting the
European standards, so that today Croatia functions as any other law-based
state. I agree that Croatia should take over all the cases," Mesic said during
a visit to Dubrovnik.
"I believe we would not have needed the Hague tribunal had we managed
to process all the cases we were aware of. Had we processed those cases, we
would have been able to say to the world today that Croatia is a mature
democracy with institutions and a judiciary capable of dealing with its own
problems," Mesic said.