Croatia will not drop genocide case

by admin
Nov 5, 2011
Croatian Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor has stated that Croatia will not be dropping charges of genocide levelled against Serbia, in a case filed before the International Court of Justice in The Hague.

The case, was put forward in 1999 against Serbia under the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide. In response, Serbia filed their own genocide case against Croatia in 2010, focusing on the persecution of Serbs during World War II.

While Serbia has said it would be in favour of both countries withdrawing their mutual genocide lawsuits, Croatia has stood firm and refused to withdraw their case.

In a government statement, Kosor said,
“We have no intention of dropping the charges and the government headed by the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) will not withdraw them.”

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