The Hague and local courts
A while ago I was heaping scorn on Del Ponte’s threat that whoever didn’t surrender soon would have to face local courts.
Well, her threat seems to have worked up to a point, for a very specific reason that I hadn’t considered. On a local TV program last night, human rights lawyer Senka Nozica pointed out that the sentencing in Bosnia would be much stricter, with higher sentences and less leeway for judges, than is the case in The Hague.
It makes sense to prefer eight years in a Swedish prison to twelve in a Bosnian one.
The Bosnian court just opened its war crimes chamber last week and is expected to be rather busy rather soon.
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T K Vogel | 11:56 am |
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