Theodor Meron

Hague president pays respects to victims

ČELEBIĆI -- President of the Hague Tribunal (ICTY) Theodor Meron is in Bosnia-Herzegovina where he paid respects to Serb victims of the former prison camp in Čelebići.

During the civil war in Bosnia-Herzegovina in 1992, members of the Muslim-dominated Bosnian army ran a detention camp in there for Serb prisoners.

KONJIC - President of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) Theodor Meron, who is on a visit to Bosnia-Herzegovina (BiH), paid his respects on Wednesday to the Serb victims of the former prison camp in Celebici near Konjic, Herzegovina.

During the civil war in BiH in 1992, members of the BiH army ran a detention camp in Celebici for Serb prisoners.

The president of the UN-backed court, Theodor Meron, defended the temporary release of war crimes defendant Seselj after the Croatian leadership called it a setback for international justice.

Croatian Foreign Minister Vesna Pusic on Monday criticised the temporary release of the war-crime suspect and Serbian ultranationalist Vojislav Seselj.

Pusic characterized Seselj as a "lunatic element in the region", adding that she would warn the European Union about his release from prison in The Hague.