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Draft Confidential RUF Apppeal Judgment Bosna i Hercegovina Босна и Херцеговина Sud Bosne i Hercegovine Суд Боснe и Херцеговинe The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina Case number: S 11 K 003379 09 Krl Date: published: 31 October 2011 written copy issued on: 31 January 2012 Before the Trial Panel composed of: Judge Ljubomir Kitić, Presiding Judge Judge Šaban Maksumić Judge Vesna Jesenković PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE OF BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA vs. MOMIR PELEMIŠ and SLAVKO PERIĆ VERDICT Prosecutor of the Prosecutor’s Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina: Erik Larson, International Prosecutor Counsel for the Accused Momir Pelemiš: Miloš Perić, attorney Ratko Jovičić, attorney Counsel for the Accused Slavko Perić: Miodrag Stojanović, attorney Dragoslav Perić, attorney The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sarajevo, 88 Kraljice Jelene Stret Phone: 033 707 100, 707 596; Fax: 033 707 225 TABLE OF CONTENTS VERDICT 1 C R I M I N A L P R O C E E D I N G S ..................................................................................... 10 A. C H A R G E S A N D T H E M A I N T R I A L ............................................................................... 10 B. P R O C E D U R A L D E C I S I O N S ........................................................................................... 11 (a) Decision on exclusion of the public from a part of the trial .................................. 11 (b) Protected witnesses ......................................................................................................... 11 (c) Decision to partially grant Prosecution Motion to admit facts adjudicated by the ICTY .............................................................................................................................. 13 (d) Evidence presented and adduced under Article 273(2) of the CPC of BiH and in accordance with the Law on the Transfer of Cases ........................................... 14 (e) Presentation to the witness and the introduction of the witness examination testimony and transcripts from other cases tried before the ICTY and the Court of BiH (Article 273(3) of the CPC of BiH) ........................................................ 16 (f) Decision rejecting the Prosecution Motion to have the statement made by the Accused Slavko Perić in his witness, that is, suspect capacity read and tendered into evidence ................................................................................................... 18 (g) Admissibility of Momir Pelemiš’s handwritten diary ............................................... 20 (h) Recommencement of the main trial (Article 251(2) of the CPC of BiH) .............. 20 (i) Defense’s objections to the documentary evidence – intercepted communications ............................................................................................................... 21 (j) Admitting ICTY expert witness reports ........................................................................ 21 C. E V I D E N T I A R Y P R O C E D U R E ........................................................................................ 22 D. CLOSING ARGUMENTS ...................................................................................................... 23 (a) Prosecution ........................................................................................................................ 23 (b) Defense for Momir Pelemiš ............................................................................................ 24 (c) Defense for Slavko Perić ................................................................................................. 27 II. APPLICATION OF SUBSTANTIVE LAW ............................................................................ 28 III. FINDINGS OF THE COURT ................................................................................................... 30 C. KEY ELEMENTS OF THE CRIMINAL OFFENCE OF GENOCIDE ................................ 30 D. UN SAFE AREA OF SREBRENICA..................................................................................... 31 2 S 11 K 003379 09 Krl 31 October 2011 E. ATTACK ON THE SAFE AREA ............................................................................................ 33 (a) Attack on the Safe Zone Represented the Execution of a Wide-spread and Systematic Attack against Civilians ........................................................................... 40 (b) Population from the Srebrenica Enclave was Forcibly Transferred ................... 42 (c) Mass Killings of Men and Boys Were Carried out .................................................... 44 (d) Forcible Transfer and Mass Killings of Men were Carried out within Two Joint Criminal Enterprises Whose Goal Was Destruction of Bosnian Muslims from the Srebrenica Enclave ....................................................................... 45 D. ELEMENTS OF THE CRIMINAL OFFENSE OF GENOCIDE SATISFIED ........................................... 47 1. Underlying crimes ............................................................................................................... 48 (a) Killing members of the group ............................................................................................ 49 (b) Causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group .............................. 49 2. Genocidal Intent .................................................................................................................. 50 (a) Muslims from Srebrenica are the protected group......................................................... 50 (b) A significant part of the protected group has been “destroyed” ................................... 51 (i) Conclusion ......................................................................................................................... 54 E. STRUCTURE OF THE ZVORNIK BRIGADE AND THE 1ST INFANTRY BATTALION .......................... 55 F. STATUS OF THE ACCUSED IN THE 1ST BATTALION ................................................................... 57 (a) Momir Pelemiš .................................................................................................................. 57 (b) Slavko Perić ....................................................................................................................... 59 G. TRANSPORT OF DETAINEES TO PILICA ..................................................................................... 60 H. CONDITIONS OF DETENTION IN THE SCHOOL AND CULTURAL CENTER IN PILICA ..................... 62 a. The School ................................................................................................................ 62 b. The Cultural Center ................................................................................................. 66 (ii) Conclusion ........................................................................................................................ 67 F. MASS EXECUTION OF THE DETAINEES FROM THE SCHOOL AT THE BRANJEVO FARM ................ 68 G. MASS EXECUTION OF THE DETAINEES IN THE CULTURAL CENTER ............................................ 70 H. THE BODIES OF THE VICTIMS KILLED AT BRANJEVO AND THE BODIES OF THE VICTIMS KILLED IN THE CULTURAL CENTER WERE BURIED IN A MASS GRAVE AT BRANJEVO ............................ 72 I. SECONDARY GRAVES RELATED TO THE MASS GRAVE AT BRANJEVO ......................................... 74 J. THE INCRIMINATING ACTS ON THE PART OF MEMBERS OF THE FIRST BATTALION ...................... 78 st 1. Soldiers of the 1 Battalion stood guard ......................................................................... 78 a. School ........................................................................................................................... 78 b. Cultural Center ........................................................................................................... 84 (ii) Conclusion: standing guard amounts to an act of aiding and abetting ................... 87 3 S 11 K 003379 09 Krl 31 October 2011 2. Soldiers of the First Battalion tied up and blindfolded the detainees before transporting them to the Branjevo Farm, and at least two members of the Battalion escorted the buses with the detainees to Branjevo .................................... 91 (i) Conclusion: taking the detainees out of the school, their tying up and blindfolding prior to transporting them for liquidation amount to the act of aiding and abetting .................................................................................................................... 93 3. Manpower of the 1st Battalion took part in loading and transporting dead bodies to the Branjevo Military Farm .............................................................................................. 95 (i) Conclusion: loading the bodies without an identification is an act of aiding ........... 99 4. Means of communication and the logistics of the 1st Battalion were used to coordinate the killing and burial operations ................................................................ 101 (i) Conclusion: making means of communication available is an act of aiding and abbetting ........................................................................................................................ 102 K. SOLDIERS AND MANPOWER OF THE 1ST BATTALION ACTED UNDER THE COMMAND OF MOMIR PELEMIŠ AND IMMEDIATE SUPERVISION OF SLAVKO PERIĆ .................................................. 102 (i) Conclusion: by their acts the accused significantly contributed to the commission of the crime ............................................................................................
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