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Human Rights Watch reacting to Hague verdict on Serbia

(26 Feb 2007) 1. Pan exterior of Human Rights Watch office 2. Close-up sign reading: "Human Rights Watch" 3. Human Rights Watch advocate, Geraldine Mattioli, looking through files 4. SOUNDBITE: (English) Geraldine Mattioli, Human Rights Watch advocate: "We are also pleased that the International Court of Justice found genocide happened, this was established already by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia and it has been reaffirmed by the Court. It does show, however, the difficulty of proving intent to destroy a group at the state level. This is a very high threshold to prove genocide and, in a way, it is not entirely surprising that it was not possible to find it, in this case." 5. Cutaway of hands 6. SOUNDBITE: (English) Geraldine Mattioli, Human Rights Watch advocate: "The ruling finds that Serbia failed to punish those responsible for Srebrenica. And the ruling further orders Serbia to immediately transfer and surrender Mladic (General Ratko Mladic) to the ICTY (International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia). So this is crucially important, because the International Court of Justice is restating how important it is to punish, to prosecute those responsible for genocide and calls on Serbia to immediately transfer Mladic to The Hague." 7. Cutaway of Mattioli 8. SOUNDBITE: (English) Geraldine Mattioli, Human Rights Watch advocate: "From our perspective this is absolutely historical. It is the first time actually the Convention against Genocide was implemented in a way that it was thought by its drafters in 1948. Article 9 of the Genocide Convention is very clear: any state can hold another state responsible for genocide and claim compensations for the victims. So what we hope is that it sends a strong signal for other states that may be engaging in genocide, that they will be held accountable before the International Court of Justice." 9. Exterior sign reading: "Human Rights Watch" STORYLINE: An international human rights group on Monday hailed the decision of the International Court of Justice as a victory - despite Serbia's exoneration of direct responsibility for genocide in Bosnia in the early 1990s. The landmark judgment cleared Serbia of direct responsibility for genocide but also held that it had failed to prevent the genocidal killing of Bosnian Muslims at Srebrenica. The United Nations' highest court additionally held that Serbia failed to comply with its obligations to punish those who carried out the genocide after the Bosnian Serb army captured the UN enclave in July 1995, and ordered Belgrade to hand over suspects for trial by a separate UN court. Speaking in Brussels, Geraldine Mattioli, from Human Rights Watch, said the judgement was "absolutely historical." "It is the first time actually the Convention against Genocide was implemented in a way that it was thought by its drafters in 1948," she said. "We hope is that it sends a strong signal for other states that may be engaging in genocide, that they will be held accountable before the International Court of Justice." Mattioli said it was pleasing that the International Court of Justice "found genocide happened" despite Serbia's exoneration. "It does show, however, the difficulty of proving intent to destroy a group at the state level. This is a very high threshold to prove genocide and, in a way, it is not entirely surprising that it was not possible to find it in this case," she said. The case before the International Court of Justice, also known as the World Court, was the first time an entire nation was being held to judicial account for the ultimate crime. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...