Srebrenica massacre and Netherland Judgement

Samuel T. Cogley

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/srebrenica-massacre-dutch-peacekeepers-murder-300-muslim-men-serbia-bosnia-war-1995-appeals-court-a7809806.html

Probably going to come across as a bit thick here, so no change there, but when/where will the full judgement on this be available, ideally in English. Also opening the thread for some general discussion - of which I am too ill informed at the moment to properly do.

Oddly enough something cropped up recently where I'll be writing a piece that will touch on Peace Keeping and International Law, so just to disclose that fully from the outset - not that I'll be stealing your ideas*


*without significantly rewording them!

Edit: Sorry should read Netherlands

Peregrinus

This is a Netherlands court, so presumably their judgments and orders aren't routinely or officially translated into English. Here is the official website of the court.

There's an English-language academic legal education project, the Hague Justice Portal, which mostly focusess on the international courts and institutions located in the Hague, but also provides some coverage of Netherlands domestic legal issues of international relevance. They do provide unofficial English translations of some relevant decisions of the Netherlands courts, and in particular of the Hague Court of Appeal, and I wouldn't be surprised if this decision didn't turn up there sooner or later. But I have no idea what kind of timeframe what would be in. At a glance, the most recent translated judgment I see dates from 2010, so this may be something that they don't do on a systematic basis.

Note also that the Hague Court of Appeal is a regional court of appeal in the Netherlands system (one of five). A further appeal is possible to the Supreme Court of the Netherlands. I don't know what the time limit for giving notice of appeal is, or when any appeal might be heard.

Samuel T. Cogley

Thanks Peregrinus, that was exceptionally helpful and generous of you to take the time posting and linking!