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919. Interview with Dobrila Govedarica, executive director, Open Society Fund BiH, Sarajevo,
Nov. 30, 2006. Govedarica observes that the OHR’s approach to judicial reform “changed every two
years.” Id.
920. Interview with Judge Wolfgang Schomburg, The Hague, Mar. 5, 2007.
921. In contrast, while a somewhat analogous special chamber was established under Cambodian
law to prosecute surviving leaders of the Khmer Rouge, international judges and co-prosecutors are
to remain part of its structure as long as it operates. Unlike the BWCC, however, the Extraordinary
Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia are temporary.
922. Interview with Nidžara Ahmetašević, editor, BIRN Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sarajevo, July
13, 2009.
923. Interview with Milorad Barašin, chief prosecutor, State Court of BiH, Sarajevo, July 14,
2009.
924. Id.
925. ICLS Report, p. 46, para. 145.
926. “OHR Extends International Judges’ Mandate,” Dec. 16, 2009, Balkan Insight, http://www.
balkaninsight.com/en/main/news/24402/.
927. See the history of the BWCC developed expensively in ICLS report, supra.
928. “Decision Close on Bosnia’s International Judges and Prosecutors,” BIRN 16 September
2009, http://www.bim.ba/en/184/10/22245/.
929. See, for example, Human Rights Watch, Soldiers Who Rape, Commanders Who Condone, pp.
53–54 (July 16, 2009).
930. Interview with Nidžara Ahmetašević, editor, BIRN Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sarajevo, July
13, 2009. As an example of the latter, Ahmetašević noted a “strong judgment for genocide” issued
by the BWCC against eleven defendants, and said: “It’s a huge thing. It’s a historical thing.” Id.
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