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Lagumdžija

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  1. “We will not falter or tire in our support for the Mechanism as it completes its work or in our determination to deliver well-deserved truth and justice for crimes committed in Bosnia and Herzegovina.”

    2023-12-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9502 (2023) · source

  2. “We would like to take this opportunity to express our desire and support for comprehensive, state-of-the-art digitalization of all archive materials, which would be available for ongoing trials, as well as for research and education in particular, and which would be available to the public based on the nature of the archive materials and within a legal framework that provides for their credible preservation, protection and, ultimately, their proper presentation. Finally, Bosnia and Herzegovina’s cooperation with the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals has been stable and complete. We will continue that close collaboration in order to implement our national war crimes strategy, advance investigations and prosecutions and clear the existing backlog.”

    2023-12-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9502 (2023) · source

  3. “The citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina make up a majority of the witnesses — and, unfortunately, the victims — who have appeared in the court, as a majority of all the crimes committed in the wars during the dissolution of the former Yugoslavia were indeed committed in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The archive of the court is therefore an archive of the recent history of Bosnia and Herzegovina and is of priceless significance to us — especially the victims and their loved ones. We acknowledge the establishment of the Sarajevo Information Centre on the ICTY in 2018 in accordance with resolution 1966 (2010), which allows for the dissemination of information and access to public judicial records as a first step towards modern digital transformation and full archive preservation.”

    2023-12-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9502 (2023) · source

  4. “They represent testimony that transcends individual moments in history and becomes a legacy that will exist far into the future. We should therefore make every effort and provide adequate support to enable that important process to be properly concluded. However, I want to make a further point, which is that the archives of the Tribunal and the Mechanism are very much also archives of the recent history of my country, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and of priceless significance to us. We believe that the historical circumstances dictate that the archive material should be stored in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is above all documentary evidence that was very largely given to the court by the institutions of Bosnia and Herzegovina.”

    2023-12-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9502 (2023) · source

  5. “However, the main responsibility in delivering meaningful justice now lies with national judicial institutions, and effective and open regional cooperation among prosecution offices is crucial. The unavailability of suspects or accused not only undermines our courts’ general effectiveness in carrying out that heavy responsibility, but it also encourages impunity and hinders the reconciliation process in the region. I would now like to briefly touch on the legacy of the ICTY, the ICTR and the Mechanism. The Tribunals’ jurisprudence has become an indispensable part of today’s international legal system. The consolidation, preservation and availability of all documents, evidence and records — both physical and digital — therefore remains vital.”

    2023-12-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9502 (2023) · source

  6. “After the escape to Serbia of the accused Novak Đukić, the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina requested the judicial authorities of Serbia to recognize and enforce the final judgment in that case, but the Serbian judicial authorities have never acted on the verdict. Today Đukić is a retired Republika Srpska army general living in Serbia, where he has been avoiding serving a well-deserved prison sentence ever since. That is not only damaging to the fragile process of rebuilding trust and open and future-oriented relations between our countries, but it also perpetuates narratives that go against every civilized norm and principle of humanity, justice and the rule of law. Assistance from the Mechanism here is crucial, and we are grateful for the support extended by the Office of the Prosecutor.”

    2023-12-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9502 (2023) · source

  7. “Of the total number of all unresolved cases in Bosnia and Herzegovina alone, more than 35 per cent refer to those where persons are unavailable to our domestic criminal prosecution authorities, with 63.3 per cent of those people located in the Republic of Croatia, Montenegro or the Republic of Serbia. In its daily practice, the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina has noticed a problem with the channels of communication with regional prosecutions that take place through the Ministries of Justice of the States in the region. In the light of those challenges, more must be done to strengthen regional cooperation.”

    2023-12-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9502 (2023) · source

  8. “In addition, the coordination of the High Judicial and Prosecutorial Council of Bosnia and Herzegovina regarding the activities of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Prosecutor’s Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina has improved the functionality of the mechanism in transferring proceedings in accordance with the third objective of the revised State strategy, thereby contributing to a more effective allocation of war-crimes cases by levels of justice, based on the legal complexity of each case. One of the strategy’s goals is regional cooperation, which is not yet at a satisfactory level. Around 3,000 suspected perpetrators of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide committed in the former Yugoslavia have yet to face justice.”

    2023-12-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9502 (2023) · source

  9. “We have established a specific sublegal framework designed to improve the efficiency and quality of the processing of war crimes and thereby help to implement the strategy’s goals. In that regard, the adopted normative framework that established control over the management and influx of newly registered cases of war crimes has already resulted in a clear reduction in the number of unsolved cases of war crimes registered within the judicial system.”

    2023-12-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9502 (2023) · source

  10. “For our part, we are committed to investigating, prosecuting and punishing all persons responsible for war crimes, regardless of the offender’s nationality, ethnicity, religion or political affiliation or any other kind of affiliation. Our revised national war crimes strategy contains measures aimed at overcoming the remaining challenges hindering the efficient processing of those cases. It will contribute to the realization of justice for the victims of war crimes and support the country on its path towards reconciliation and lasting peace. On 30 March this year, the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina formed a supervisory body to monitor the implementation of the revised war crimes strategy.”

    2023-12-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9502 (2023) · source

  11. “Those intrinsically linked developments were of major importance for both Bosnia and Herzegovina and international criminal justice. For our part, while we want to take every opportunity to remind ourselves of the failures in Bosnia and Herzegovina, today more than ever we are doing so for the sake of lessons we urgently need to learn and stop repeating. The work of those pioneering institutions is vital for our understanding of the past as well as the future. It has contributed to an indisputable historical record — a crucial element in combating denial and revisionism — and stands as a distinctive and decisive warning that there will be consequences. Dedication to the pursuit of justice and the fight against impunity are our most valuable tools in preventing future crimes.”

    2023-12-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9502 (2023) · source

  12. “This year, we mark several milestones when it comes to international criminal justice — the seventy- fifth anniversary of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, 30 years since the Security Council decided to establish the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY), closely followed by the establishment of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), and 10 years since the Mechanism took over residual functions from the Tribunals. In between, we have witnessed numerous accomplishments and victories for international criminal justice, not least through its precedent-setting decisions on genocide, whereby the Genocide Convention was invoked in service of accountability for this crime and in support of its prevention.”

    2023-12-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9502 (2023) · source

  13. “Mr. Lagumdžija (Bosnia and Herzegovina): First, I want to thank the President of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals, Ms. Graciela Gatti Santana, and, of course, the Prosecutor, Mr. Serge Brammertz, for their briefings related to the progress report on the work of the Mechanism (see S/2023/566). As the Mechanism is now shifting towards long- term residual functions, we appreciate detailed projections of this new stage of its mode of operation. On that note, I wish to highlight the following.”

    2023-12-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9502 (2023) · source