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admit to the existence of war criminals on their side if they wish to remain as accepted citizens
of the state.” In contrast, Serbs in Prijedor “are still trying to attain recognition for their status
and need to distance themselves from the horrors that occurred in their name.” Mikloš Biro et
al., “Attitudes toward justice and social reconstruction in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia,”
in in My Neighbor, My Enemy: Justice and Community in the Aftermath of Mass Atrocity, 183, 193-95
(Eric Stover and Harvey M. Weinstein, eds., Cambridge Univ. Press 2004). While we do not have
an opinion on the authors’ theory, situational factors surely play a large role in the way the ICTY’s
work is interpreted.
650. Interview with Ivan Lovrenović, editor-in-chief, Dani, Sarajevo, July 17, 2009.
651. Interview with Muharem Murselović, member of Republicka Srpska National Assembly,
president of the RS Parlamentarians Club for the Party for BiH (Haris Silajdzic Party), Banja Luka,
July 15, 2009.
652. Id.
653. The situational factors suggested in note 650 above seem to hold true even in 2009: a recent
study found that the prevailing reality of Serb dominance and public denial in the area overshadowed
all other experiences of even those victims whose cases had been directly judged by ICTY.
Refik Hodžić “Living the Legacy of Mass Atrocities: Victims’ Perspectives on War Crimes Trials,”
Journal of International Criminal Justice (2010), 1.
654. Interview with Nerma Jelačić, then director of Balkan Investigative Reporting Network in
BiH, Sarajevo, Dec. 1, 2006.
655. Interview with Sinan Alić, director, Foundation Truth, Justice, Reconciliation, Tuzla, Dec. 5,
2006.
656. Interview with Zdravko Grebo, director, Center for Interdisciplinary Postgraduate Studies,
University of Sarajevo, Sarajevo, Dec. 4, 2006.
657. Interview with Mirsad Tokača, director, Research and Documentation Center Sarajevo,
Sarajevo, Dec. 6, 2006.
658. Interview with Emir Suljagić, advisor to the mayor, Sarajevo, July 14, 2009. While Nerma
Jelačić believes that the Tribunal has already had “a huge effect in terms of establishing the historical
record of what happened, for example conditions in the Omarska camp” and that this “is important
for victims [and] for society,” she also believes that this is important “for future generations when
we have normal history books.” Interview with Nerma Jelačić, then director of Balkan Investigative
Reporting Network in BiH, Sarajevo, Dec. 1, 2006.
659. See “ICTY Destroyed Some Srebrenica Material,” BIRN, May 5, 2009.
660. Kristin Deasy and Dženana Halimović, “After Hague destroys Srebrenica evidence, survivors
feel pain of lost memories,” RFE/RL (Prague), Sept. 3, 2009.
661. See id.
662. See id.
663. Interview with Mirsad Tokača, director, Research and Documentation Center, Sarajevo, July
24, 2009.
664. Interview with Asta Zimbo, then director of Civil Society Initiatives Program, ICMP, Sarajevo,
Dec. 6, 2006.
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