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ICTY Digest : October

ICTY Digest 19/09/2011

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Croatia started purchasing weapons for its armed forces.

A large number of automatic weapons were purchased in late 1990 or early 1991 with the involvement of General Spegelj, who later became Minister of Defence of Croatia. A video footage showing the shipment of these weapons on 1 January 1991 was broadcast publicly. This further stirred emotions among the people.

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Giving Voice to the Victims Approximately 140,000 people were killed and millions displaced during the conflicts in the former Yugoslavia.

The ICTY's courtrooms have heard hundreds of victims tell often painful and tragic stories about what they saw and experienced. The majority of witnesses who have come before the Tribunal are victims who survived crimes, who witnessed them, or whose family members were victims of crimes. Many of them still suffer physical and psychological trauma from the horror that they lived through. For these people, the act of testifying is an extremely courageous one. People from all walks of life - farmers, doctors, housewives, local politicians, mechanics, students, school children and many others- were among the victims of horrific crimes. Many of them were victims simply because they were of a different ethnicity from their attackers.

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Statement regarding reports on Mladic's health.

“It has been reported by some media that Mladic has pneumonia. I can confirm that he is currently receiving medical treatment but I am not at liberty to reveal its nature. Concerning the allegations in some media that Mladic had collapsed last week, I would like to stress that these are completely inaccurate. The delay in the start of the Status Conference on Thursday 6 October had nothing to do with the health of the accused, but rather with a delay in his transportation from the Detention Unit to the Tribunal. As such, these unfounded speculations cannot be linked in any way to the treatment he is receiving today. As I have stated previously, Mladic was transferred to the Tribunal with a series of pre-existing medical conditions for which he is receiving treatment. The Tribunal continues to provide Mladic, as any other detainee, with the best possible medical care and attention available in The Netherlands.” “Neki mediji su prenijeli izvještaje da Mladić ima upalu pluća. Potvrđujem da on trenutno pod medicinskim tretmanom, ali nisam u mogućnosti da otkrijem prirodu tog tretmana. U vezi s navodima pojedinih medija da je prošle sedmice Mladić kolabirao, željela bih da naglasim da su oni potpuno netačni. Kašnjenje početka Statusne konferencije u četvrtak, 6. oktobra nije imalo nikakve veze sa zdravstvenim stanjem optuženog, već s kašnjenjem njegovog prevoza iz Pritvorske jedinice na Međunarodni sud. Kao takve, ove neosnovane spekulacije ne mogu ni na koji način biti dovedene u vezu sa zdravstvenim stanjem zbog kojeg je danas pod medicinskim tretmanom. Međunarodni sud nastavlja da Mladiću, kao i svakom drugom pritvoreniku, pruža najbolju zdravstvenu njegu dostupnu u Nizozemskoj”.

Statement by Nerma Jelacic, Spokesperson for Registry and Chambers.

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The Changing Status of Serbs in Croatia

Within Croatia, following elections in early 1991, which were won by the HDZ, and the steps directed to constitutional change which have been described, clear tensions began to became apparent between Serbs and Croats. - Paragraph 21 Mrksic Trial Judgement

The constitutional changes had the effect that Serbs, as an ethnic group, were no longer considered a constituent nation of the Croatian Republic, but became a national minority. The use of the Cyrillic script as an official script was also banned. This was seen by the Croatian Serbs as a potential threat. - Paragraph 22, Mrksic Trial Judgement - Paragraph 22 Mrksic Trial Judgement

At about the same time or even earlier, Croatia started purchasing weapons for its armed forces. A large number of automatic weapons were purchased in late 1990 or early 1991 with the involvement of General Spegelj, who later became Minister of Defence of Croatia. A video footage showing the shipment of these weapons on 1 January 1991 was broadcast publicly. This further stirred emotions among the people. - Paragraph 23 Mrksic Trial Judgement

This post is part of a series made to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the fall of Vukovar on the 18th of November.