Kilde: Uddrag af sagen mod Biljana Plavsic
Uddraget omhandler Biljana Plavsic’s erkendelse af skyld ved den Internationale Krigsforbryderdomstol i Haag (ICTY) i forbindelse med de etniske udrensninger begået af bosnisk serbiske styrker under krigen i Bosnien.
”althoug I was repeatedly informed of allegations of cruel and inhuman conduct against non-Serbs, I refused to accept them or even to investigate. In fact, I immersed myself in addressing the suffering of the war’s innocent Serb victims. This daily work confirmed in my mind that we were in a struggle for our very survival and that in this struggle, the international community was our enemy, and so I simply denied these charges, making no effort to investigate. I remained secure in my belief that Serbs were not capable of such acts. In this obsession of ours to never again become victims, we had allowed ourselves to become victimisers”. (99) 8…9
[I] now come to the belief and accept the fact that many thousands of innocent people were the victims of an organised, systematic effort to remove Muslims and Croats from the territory claimed by Serbs”.[…] (127)
To achieve any reconciliation or lasting peace in BiH, serious violations of humanitarian law during the war must be acknowledged by those who bear responsibility – regardless of their ethnic group. This acknowledgement is an essential first step”. 130