Lawyer Miodrag Stojanović has assessed that the announced resolution on Srebrenica is declarative and fundamentally political, emphasizing that there is still time for a diplomatic fight to prevent this controversial document from reaching the floor of the United Nations General Assembly.
“I believe there is still a fight to be had to remove the resolution from discussion, an initiative that Serbia has launched,” Stojanović highlighted.
Stojanović finds it interesting that the resolution was initiated by Germany, which has committed the largest genocide in the history of humanity, and Rwanda, where genocide has occurred, supported or sponsored by the USA and France.
According to him, the point of the resolution is a message from Germany: “We are returning the favor for what you say about Christian Schmidt.”
Another point Stojanović noticed after reviewing the draft resolution on Srebrenica is that, as he says, individual responsibility from the numerous judgments made in The Hague and before the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina is not enough for them, but they seek broader responsibility.
“This could go as far as the collective responsibility of our people, and that is what politically worries,” Stojanović told Srna news agency.
Stojanović, who describes himself as a pragmatic person, thinks that they will support the resolution and will not deal with the question of whether there was a genocide or not but will “simply state it as a fact, based on the judgments of the International Criminal Tribunal, the national court, and the International Court of Justice in the case of Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina.”
“The resolution is declarative in form, as UN resolutions typically are, fundamentally re-condemning everything that happened in Srebrenica and calling for operational actions that include declaring July 11 as an international day of remembrance for the events related to Srebrenica, incorporating the assessment of what happened in Srebrenica into school curriculums in the region, and again insisting on the prohibition of genocide denial and favoring individuals who have been convicted of war crimes,” he stated.
He evaluated from the text of the resolution itself that it is a political declaration.
Stojanović emphasized that he is confident that the potential adoption of the resolution will not jeopardize Republika Srpska, which is permanent.
“Republika Srpska is a permanent entity, a result of the Dayton Peace Agreement. There is no abolishing Republika Srpska without amending this international treaty,” Stojanović asserts.
He mentioned that he does not believe it possible for an international treaty to be changed and for Republika Srpska to disappear, equating this with the collapse of the international legal order.
Source: RTRS
