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SUD BOSNE I HeRceoovme . I:. - " :' . . No: x . ' & & ~ '

&mJevo, I6 April too8

The Comc of Bosnia end Hamgovine, S a i m I for War Chtcs, Judgc 8abm Maksumit 0s the P~lgidinn Judrm and J ~ ~ R w Picbo Spas and Marie Turns aa the Panel manbcrs, with

' rhc mieipohn a Logal l visor ~ c j l a - w i t aa a m i n w taker, in the criminal a k of the accused Zdravko Mihsljcvif char@ with the criminal oflhce of Crimu against Hlrmanily in viohliwr of Mcle 172 (I), h), aa mid with a u b m a), e), I), i ) end k) of the Climinal Code of Bosnia and H m q o v h (CC of BiH), deciding upon the ludiermmt No: KT*- filed by ihc Pro#wtor'e Offiw of Bosnia and Hemgovim on I Fcbnwy 2007, tbllowim an oral and public main eiel in brc pre~nee of the accused Zdmvko MihaUeviC, hit D&nce Counacl, hwyer D m Tomit and IIIC P m c c u ~ ~ r of the Pmecutofs Offie d B M , Skvica Ted&, m d d and publkly pmmmd on 16 April aoosthe: I

.. . . V E R D I C T .' ' . . WHEREBY THE ACCUSED:

ZDRAVKO MXRALJBVI~ ~ k s . upUokn, son of Mate and mother Ka4 maiden name Wrll, bom on 27 June 1964 in ~ e v o , Pcnonsl ID No: 27069641- midii at 17 C i Kisljak Municipality, a c a ~ , litcmc, eomplacd oceanday school, married, hlhcr of llu# children - two and one child of alp, indiga~t, send his military twm in 1983 in bbaa, ~ ~ g i n t c d in mililary in U@k, Cloetisn by chicity, citkn ofBM and the Republic of Chair,

. Pursuant m Anicle 284 (c) of chc Wil P d u r c Code of eosnis end Hmcgovine is

O l tbe tollowlag chaw:

atmck o i h anny end h l imy poliw of m-D&ce Council MVO), d i ~ ~ & cleaiar( the M a k eivilii poprlnion in the luri(ory of KireUllk Munleiualicv, awan of such an sftack. aa a member of-he I1 HVO Banalimq- on .hb A m fbm Kisdjak, in

. t h e G s p a c i y o f t h e C o s n ~ o f S ~ i a l R u p o r c r U n i t ~ p N ) M a r ~ ~ , ~ h e ~ participated md aidcd ad akacd the pemeculion of tlm Bosniak civilinn population on national, eshnic. culbual and nligiow pamb including k i l l i q e n f a d diippamncc of ~ ~ v a t l o n d l i k r r y ~ t o & r d P m c n t a l ~ ~ i ~ ~ i r m , ~ and other inhumane acts, indkr ar:

On I2 June 1993, hllowhg an millcy a w k by HVO units on rht pbce of Tulice, Kiscljak Municipnlity, he panicipatcd in an infantry eltack md the dgbucdon of W p b of 'hlicc and toecd#r with Vletlra Tm@Ut alu. and Ant0 &&mviC W the mcmkrs ofthe PPN M M ~ I M and other HVO manbem, W t n 8 8 a.ka. Peps, Tibor Rsjo, Uubo Medk Nikica Medid and after che

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they caparred he entire Bomiak population of 1Llice md rounded hem up in Rant of he of Mqjo B@dUaredC; thea, in hrmr o f h capad population, the swpea deprivd

Salk0 hjlaktarrvit of hi8 Ilk by fMng fmm an automatic ritle at point=blank range, and ~ t h e ~ ~ t o ~ m m & o m w o m m a n d r l t s t a g m u p o f o v c r 3 0 men m off towards the local nmeyad in Tulig, and while armed, b crcorccd than along wilh m a a l othu wldiin including Tibor m, when hey mched thc local gnvryard hc ~ h e ~ p c ~ o m , t o ~ a n d l i m u p a n d a ~ U ~ ~ t h c 1ookprillomrsoutofline and, mguher with two more manbar of& PPN UMehuice", deprived chan oftheir Lhrir in a W l manner by A- Prom an amnmic dflc at point-blank range, IIIU depriving UE hlbhg seven prlrow~ of b i t lim: M z Huseinovi4 ZUnd HureiaovlC, Rcfik H t d m v k , Mufid TWl6, Kesim HuscinoviC, Safe1 KaW and Ahmed Bejnhamif, whilst OIW m a a h of his unit Md the HVO memba looted lhe village, as p~ ofthc aame atla&, and kill* S ih m i 6 and Saris l'Uli6, MIOSO body was thy @ pn fiG Whonao Fatima B&&md& her btcn t m a c m d for dace after b'aneelr. ha e 'ordmd tld

ad soldiers, dm &mi6 brothcre, ewotred llwm in d~aol f ' vehicle; on the Gy (o Kircljak h e o r d u c d l ~ J ~ ~ m n c t a f P d r c ~ a a n d ~ % i m i C b r m h m t o t d r a l ~ Jahie

~hc killed seib wmktmii~,- A& tiurdnovi6, zijsd Huscim~~, ~efik ~ u s e i m k MutM Mi& Karim H d d Sa6h Kmkih A h a l BeimkmevE. 8 i Wi ad Satyr rwi ; x h d in ~eb& 1998 ftam & laal &yard in Tdiq while iht ~o&II l trrminrof lbraNmJabEanbFruirne~6baven~1~fkundhicharo;

~ ~ ~ l l ~ , w p ~ o f i h t w i d r r p r r s d a n d ( Y I I C P M t J ~ ~ d i K c t e d ~ t h s ~ cMlian nodation. knowinn of ouch an attadc, he commined. micipated and aided and abaDd ih; p a k i i o n o f - h f a k dvillan p&Won, on &~onal,-et~c, CUIIIAIUI and

of pcnanr, dcpslvalion of

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Wberrby he commiltal thc criminal o R k n ~ o f ~ t i o n as a Clime ~ i m t Hum* in vio~obA;rriclsl~(IXb)ofbbcQlmindofBdaandHcncSovingin

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gnol euffaing, or s t r h i4uy to body or to phyaicsl or mencal htallh, r d h d to - . inthehcsemeclrr~.


pumuu to ~ n k k 189 (1) ofthe Criminal Pmcedun Code of and HerzeBovInn, the man of the crimiaal prw#dinga refined to in A& 185 (ZX 3 UWO@ f) of thim Code and chs neceasm exmnditum and ~#~uncmtion of thC Dcrtnrc Counsel shell be paid Dom

Punmt to Article 198 (3) ofdw Criminal Promdun Code of Bosnia and Hemgovins, h h \ i \ m d ~ ~ ~ e h ~ ~ ~ ~ t o ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ u n d s r p r o p a r ~ h ~ f b r ~ ~ ' b ~ e claim '._ ,

Ihe lndiamcnt No: KT-RZ-WO7 filed by the ProsccWr Office of Bosnia and H d m . S d l Was Crimca MOIL on 1 Pcbmm 2008 chsrncd Zdmvko MihalieviC with tk c&i& o f k ~ ~ ~ of Crimes Humad@ h viohdon &Article 172, (11-oub ~ p h h h s s r r e d w i t h 8 u ~ p h r e X e h Q Q B k ) o f ~ ~ C o d c o f M a

.. . . . . . pnd.!!pq!?$F . .. Tbc Indictment wss conhmnd on 2 Fekuay #WI and on 12 Pebnmry 2007 the Armced p ~ ~ g u i l c y t o c h e ~ a o h e ~ ~ w i t h ~ d t h e ~ f i l e w a c f i w w a r d e d t o the TriJ Panel to schedule the d n @Id.

The foilowing wilmsses wem W I I y head at the main trial: mvir Hurrinwi& Avdija (Meba) Bqj1aluad4 Hsmd@e TuliC, Zilhe Huschovi4 Dtedb Htdnovi& Bejda Del i Smad Bqimktami6, Asim Hpti6, F d i e BqjmkmreviO ond wime9o who w m granted c c d a protection meuurcr and who. testified under the UAn, "B" and V.

: . The Coun a h hcud doctor Ham= &io at the main trial, as a tomsic medicine atput.

.' 'he Cowl .ilrspffad, thc following clmmenmry evidence filed by ths Rorecution: .: . ~ k & t ~ ~ Record on examination ofwi- EWi H-C No: KT.RZ 130/05 of 16 iuno 2006; Pmmuion of EM ReGard on examinstion of wimas Zilha Hweiaovld No: KT- 13QIO) of 30 January 2001; Rasedon of BiH Record on examinadon of kitma mtkr Hudeinwid NO: KT* 1 3 W of 31 Janwy 20W, Pr&cuth of BiH Recod on examination of witncu Wda Delif No: KT-= 130/05 of 30 January 200'1; RolKcution of BiH Rceord on exrunination of w i m ~ Seaad Bqirakmd No: KT-RZ 130/05 of 31 Jaousry U)M; PIWC&OO of Bili R d on examination of Hmi6 No: KT-RZ 134105 of31 January 2001; Plpoccution of BiH of wllma FcaNia B~@kwevlC No: KT% i3W5 of 31 Janusy

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. of how68 dcrcroyed in lha village of Tulice; Pmswulion of BiH Recod No: KT-RZ43W05 of 26. kausy 2008 P m c d ~ b of BiH Recod No: KT-% 13W5 of 29 J m 2&; D&sh d h CowofBiH on the takeowof thecriminal -No: X-KRNIOJ168 of3 Oetokr Midmy of- of BUi - Zdmvko Mihaljevi6 Pemnal File Nw SO&; Register File mt. con quip^ .M Mihaljevie No: l W 0 5 0 W OIQr. of chc HVO M@ 8a11 16speadelalrin6 Klrcljak Cod. No: 02-1207-1193, ~ i r n ~ ~ ~ % r ' Z d i s ' ' v ~ - MihaIjwi6 No: 02/63Q4-2-5734!06 of 30 A- m, Decision on hhumaddn N; Kd: 1 4 W 9 6 i P w e d b y h ~ ~ h S a m j v o o n 1 7 ~ 1 9 ( n ; D c d s i o n b ; n Exhumation Na: K I 148196 ismred by the Cantonal Court In Sam&vo on 26 January 1998, Rcford on examination of expat wltmsw dr. llijas DobraPa and dr. Harm tuJo No: Kri: 1- of 23 Februay 19911; MUP ssnjevg - Slrcloh ofthe site, exhumtion, aumpq, and bui&aiw, No: 35-, Rqnm on Sesrcb and F d c Exmiinnti011 No: 35- of 8 February 1998, Cantonal COM in Saqievg - Crime Scene Investiw'on Report No: W- 1- of9 Pebnmy 1998, Rspon on fdentiflcatioa of Salko B e j n M ' r dead body of I I Febnmy 1998; Report on IdcntiWon of Zw HureinariO's dcnd body of 1 1 February 1W, bpozl on ldmifi& of Re6k Wuxeioov10~8 dead body of I I Fdnwy 1998, Rcparl on ldentificalion of MuRd 1Wk's deed body of 1 I Feb- 1998; Rcpon OII ldmti8cstion of W m Husdnovlt'r dead body of I1 Febnmw 1998; RCm on ldcnoificnt&n of '&f& W W r dcad body of I I ~ e l k y 1998; on fddtifadon or' Ahmd Bairelaud6'e dcad body of I I Fckusn 1998: RewrI on iddficatibn of Sids

of I I ~cbrusy 1-998; mth Cdtifieate 6 wn-6 m6.cdicetc.fbrfbr~tiz Hucrinwik Death Ccrtifieate fbr Ziiad Hlpdnwle &ah Cah'fiate tbr Rcfik HuKinaviC; brath C a i i i for M d d ~ u l i Deacb CQh~cpte 6br Kasim Huseinovis; Destl; Catlficare fb, SsTCc Kat* Dcsh Mflcete far Ahmd BQinW Dceth Cacificalc fbr lbmhim J W , Death Wficate for F a h mnkcarevit; Death Catificam fbr Sih Tulie Death Cutiffcate tbr Safija f i l e Opaadom Repon of the Kisejak Militmy Mii Municipal SesBt of 12 June 1993; O p r s t b Repon of the KiscUak Militmy Police M d p n l M o f 13 June 1993 Reparc hr 1Y13 June 1993 ofthe Camand of lhe 3d Company o f h Militmy Police k U a k No. 024&07/3-IOU93 of 14 June 1993, Dcckh of& ROddmy d t h c RepuM'i ofBosnia and Hmegovina to decla tht slate of war c o m a aarmc of ~IE RBW, NO: f # ~ ) ; ~WOI'IQWI d o n of br on d i d m r m t of Ule Cmgtim Communky of H ~ ~ ~ ~ B o s I I I s ("Official OmlU of ihc Cmatisn Community of tkcpBornian, m. 1191); CodtuUon of dm Fedetation of Bosnia and Hazcemrino - the d l e d Wseblnston Amanent ("official OazcW ofthe Wi, No: I & ~ ~ - W O D ~ ~ I Q Praidcncy of& Rrp;blic ofBdQnia and IO I o r m j ~ I ~ h e atate ofwar ("Offkid Oeasnc of R BiH", No: 50299.

The Caurr admitted as additional cv&nw Judgment No: K.4101-RZ: nndeicd on 23 My iOOZ b y h t o d hut hTrandklntQeceseof~Prqjo; JudgmentNo:Kt-38?/@ nnQlrdon27~baZOaZbyrhcW1HSupmnaCoPrrinOlc~ofTibor~, Recod on axaminadon of protccrsd witness UI03n before chc FBii Supme Cow in the cast No: KZS-18/01 of 21 Dcermkr 2001; LaDr of bK rtendud d i n p No: 0 0 3 ~ U R R 4 6 a of the ICTY fm Zdravlra Mihaljd6 dated 15 Pebnm~~ .=,

. . Ordet of lhe Opemlorur &up 2 of the Central Bmia Operative Zone of 27 May 1993, List of members of chc Latmmtian Unit BMI JOSlP J U ~ WjeL of 4 May 1993;

' 'AID .. PW doeumcnrab 'on of* vithge of T U I I ~ dsnd 7 M ~ Y 1998, ~ r c o r t sheet igued 1 . . .


. .' by the BuPovsca HVO Militmy Police ( I C N DoGumcnt No: YOOQ960)); Report No: KRI ZEP8 of h e 'fmvnik Hl@m COM (1Cn Doamam Not 04632734X

b)IheDcanccadddchcbo~evidcnccatthcmslntrial:

The fbUm wibwsm wem dln*ly hrard: Elvim HdaoviO. Asim HssiO, Avdija (liamld) ~ r a k t u w i & bagan &mi& Mio &mi& S e k BejnktmvlC, Anto wanovi6, ribor R81a Pdm M i & Aliia ~mkterevi4 Hslil W i C and wiMucr who wem srapica~~i~a&n~Gthk~htyiatifiedundathc . MAS*, y n and "DW. Pumuan~ to Ado* 276 of*. Criminal P m c a h W e d- T tcaificd r additional wlmua and ihe accused tdnvko Mihaljcvi6 pmonrllyvktestild

The Cwt adduced clw bllowine doc men tar^ evlQa# b e the D&nce Sfatanent given by whncse Avdua ~e jmkmmi6& 23 and 14-khy 1996 (ICN Docume~ No: aWP73666); . Smtemmt N o 329196 aiven by wiblurs MAn on I3 Amil 1996 to AID; Rcm draAed by AID: *Aaadr on ha vilw of Orahavci Hen P10fs (~WDocument NO: 03S9Sm Cutificeto of Non-Convictton No: OUPK- 1-1444 1tZ087 dated 20 Fe- 2 0 8 b b r Z d i a v l c o M U l s l i e v i O ; S ~ g i v c a ~ ~ ~ 8 " o n 9 F ~ 1 9 9 4 1 0 t l t E ~ P S S .

~ ~ d s ~ ~ o f ~ ~ ~ d ~ a ~ m o i n o i a l s n d h t ~ ~ v a l ~ o n ~ ~ dated 3 March 2008 waa admitted into evidcnm - the Dekm did not object to it.

a) AdmMlng ar proved chc hcta established under the Judemcnpl of the lnlenu~tlonal Criminal Tribunal t ' h Fonner Yugoslavia.

P u r s u M t 1 0 ~ e 4 q P c l w L s w o a t h e ~ o f C a s e r ~ t h e 1 C n t o d w R o r e c u m ' s Office o ~ i t ? id &use of Evidence Collected bk IICN in Rocwdinne kfbrc the Courts - ~~~~

in Bii, Uie c h e s O& of B i i filed M &of thc Indictment &ir Motion to admit dm &bIW Cacra Inirially, &a Motion filed by the Roscoucion conminal the facn of the B m - W J w NO: IT-95-la-T rmdatd by rlw I C n Trisl P s n c l ~ n 26 Fcbrusn 2Odl in the of Dado Kordit and Mario Those f b ware conmined 61 ~ p h 5 1 O ~ d o l h a ~ ~ o ~ i h c J u d g m e n c ~ v e ~ u , ~ h c w i d t r p n a d M d ayatemadc a~&& carried otn in the Municipalitiu of Kiscw, BurovaCs and V i t q r well as in the second htmm J- No: lC9S-14RI mndered in che case by the Applolkts Pwd of thc I C W on I7 December 2004, spcifically the f k t a under m p h s 667, 668, 669, 670, 676 Md other pamgmphs of the Judgaan which pertain IO Ute wldmpmd and y r a c l ~ ~ l c a a a c k on the heeMunMpali~&~.

admit e o c a b l i has and following 8 verbal insmaion given by the Rcridiag Judge on 25 Felnua~~ 2008 d u k che mein (rial, the R w e a W e Office of BiH filed their mmnsc - - ~

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by the Plo#cutlon wen taken tform Ulc.lCTY Jud@nentB rmdend by triel and Appelhw Panel8 in csccs No: lT9S-14R of26 Febnmry 2001 and IT95-14R-a of I7 Dcsanber 200)

In his Motion, lhe Rosccutot mud chat in chsl the proposal fBeu k admitted, it wwld contribute to a morc efficient d u c t of h ctiminal laoeccdinm. t h m b ~ &inn ther lgh to fchc~cou~dtoau i~~ w l ~ ~ l a v , ~ ~ ~ i t i s ~ ~ l i ~ ~ i 130itG Q i m h l M u n ~ o t B H d i n ~ 6 ( 1 ) o t b E ~ u r o p c a n ~ o n Human and Fundamemal Fncdoma

I h c D e f a t c e ~ e d t o c h c R a s c M t o n M o U o n ~ o n l S O c r o k r 1 0 0 7 , ~h~rslcamrup~nlhPrcdanrandMghl~&casciswdpdh+ by the ICIY Trial Panels t h f . The Dell- also aWrrucd h e wileria applied blr the b u t o f B W T ~ Panel in the caseofMiloi ~ b l ~ s r a l . whcntakingnoaiceof&

~ I l y d i a n d l i s t 4 a r t h e P r o r e n a i o n d d be umeptabk and impossible to admit.

Finally, q u a and a ~ l y s d my r u e poposcd fhel the Deftncc moved the Cowtnottoacccprargt~bl is l tedchc~aancnhrrdinPB18818ph52Od~ICTY Judg~enl No: 37-95-1412 of 26 F e b w y 2001, rwre as fbcO 667,668,669 and 676 in he ICTY Judsmart No: IT-95-14/24 of I7 Dccw~bw 2004, while the Defbnce bud no objecther to the rdmiion offhot 670 taken fCwn tho me Judgment. E d on cbst, dte D e & n c e ~ t h a t r h c R o s c c u t i o n M o d o n ~ t h e d i s p d ~ b d f s m ~ ar un- and MI to be rrkcn into co~ldcrslioa when 6nderi.S h e verdlot.

W198 cvduaad the emumen0 prcMted by h patties to the pmeeedinss. primarily &c ~ r r q u ~ ~ - a d m ~ c h a a b a c b , t h a ~ o ~ d o b c ~ r n 7 ~ 2008 in accohm wih Anick 4 of the Law on the T r a ~ L r of Case8 fiwn the ICIY to lhe Plwcrutor's Office of BiH Md h Urn of E v i h Collmcd by ICTY in Pmcecdiing* b&e the in BiH to plmiaSly admit the ~~ Motion and provided a d d k d ~ & c h r d & i o n t o ~ t o r ~ 1 m a d m h o c M f n ~ e b a c a b U ~ " ' ~

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Ihr~thatchc~addmdarpmvcnandatabliohedbyihslCTY lncmenccrdacd torhefhetthstlfic w l d g p n a d a n d ~ c i c a a a c l r ~ d u c t e d i n c h c n ~ t p u i o d b the HVO b u on the civilian Rnanialr popla& in C a d BoMie hbnicip8Iicia: V i m Bmv& and Ki~ak, including dte vilhgc of Tidim.

he case of-l'ihomir Blellki on 8 May 19911 md iithe en& of KordiO. b k e z on 6 March ? d 0 0 , k & m d a r ~ o n ~ ~ D c a n c e o ~ s t e d m l h a a n d t h e C o ~ dcc jdednot16Ddmit~m~Osrev idmccghrar lhat l lwywmprapawdtok

- a ~ a i m d d u r i n g ~ ~ ~ i o n o f ~ o s c ~ l a i o n c v i ~ b u t c h e y ~ n O r ~ ~ ~ d ' a s - evidenca in the Indiient. The Caur( lcsve che porsibility of proposing and admining chc


Ni~atthesecond~of(heproeccdings ,whiebwdoneon25Febnray200% when ihe wlmwa unu mexamined and the S&ttmtnts admitted lato evidence.

~t ~ IB msin c r l ~ ~ held on 2 oaokr 2007, che DCW -I OW to adminine into evidam Ute &llowinp docmuam: D I I - Dcdsion on the cakcovu of he criminal-mq D 12.- on the ground 11 the D @ m had no? -.up to dmt moment either

1 &'Lr*. ", '-C:"the'onrunet"&L&atified war of that document D 43 - thCy mimid that thors documents .': should-mot bava been ctdficd by the of Def--of ~ i , but they should have .' been certified by municipal authoritit8 and clw m e argummb werc .used for the ... Rosemion evidence D 1 6 D 15, and D 16 D 40 - because che Optmtiorir, Report was

- siw by 8ttk0, who wuld k head about bt, D 41 keause the Report was signed . by Commsnda blirosb Vileti4 who wdd sEso k heard, D 42 because the Report war

siw bythe~olamandaofchc 3 d ~ m ~ whoeauldalsotesity,acadinpto theDcRacc

failed to wfficicntly rrbtt chdr ~uthentidty and those w~ official doamen& which fonn d e d the dewant ~~ uitwia mwaibtd bv Ute law. This also amlied to tht lastthrtepmpod evidm#,mthst tht&tro~d th*it ma not &b hearthe 'bdivbda who tmd signed hem.

A t main hial hdd oa 3 December 2007, Ute COW decided to admit the two . .. :.c . aenti(,n'#i:~u&mnts rrndtrrd in the case of Tibw p r S i ~ . ~ t l m n d i n g the objectha .. mired by the D&nw hat it was a common IBa. since these two Jud&ments mabliiltcd

that Tibor Fqjo djnctly participated in the nlmnt in tulick . .

the main wid huring held on 31 Jammy 2008, the CoM admlcrcd as evidenoc th8 &cord on enaminacion of wiuwrr "C", ginn as a protected witma kfon the Supnme C w r t o f t h e F ~ o f B , l l u n d v ~ ~ " 1 0 3 " , m r a r h o u ~ t h c ~ f e ' o ~ t o i t b y ~ ~ b h s ~ e e o r d W a p d n c i t h c r b y t h e P n s i d i n g ~ ~ d t h s t C&t, nor by the wi& They also stated --the w i m rk in no condition b testify, however they amcd wih the Pmsecutor chat ihe w l u m could not d b l v sim it on that

fhe Rosecutor proposed at the main vial hcariq held on 7 Fcbwry 2008 that Hada Adrovid k heard as an additional witness to catif) about hia a m . The COW, however,

. @niW ,* o m of Ihs Defknoc and did not allow teati- of tbip witness as -' . .. ,. i91%&&&.tha! lib.'tcstimony of2001 crmcancd the tog qf.KiscU& and not a single

' ~ w a s ' i t n h im it to ihc villege of ~uliek . . . . . . ..'I ;. . -...

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. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ c n b i ~ o v i d c n a , b y ~ ~ ~ w c r r n o t d ~ t t o t h b e e s c s i ~ the wac o f tdravko MiheUcvit a.k.a. Piiuk was not mentioned at all. It mu decided tha~ the mmdomcd J u d m m G l d aot be a&ly admitted as evidencen but that they could k us@d wlmn proposing the astsblWcd Beg to be admitted or in the closing agum

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Pmecmion --evidence AID photo d o c ~ o n ofthe village ofTuliea &tcd 7 t h 1 9 9 8 e i n e c i h c ~ P h o ~ ~ f W l t l v e ~ ~ ~ m a f t c r ~ e i n c i d c n g i n p u c r t i o n had &en in the ;iil&oilwcc; Esmt ~hect i s k l by chs ~ u r o v o ~ p HVO h l h u ~ P o l k ( I C n Document No: YOW9604) given Umt the docuhcnt woc + i h mnpd 6 s w ; R&t'No:~iUU'iEP8 ofthe Tmvnik H i i C o u n flClY Doit~&kNw 04632934) L r U e tb;ir piece of widem was d with T& ~rqio's carc and it was noi pmentcdmf iborP~WBCDhCani~ la thEsca#sndkea \ rw~~cMioahRd rlnadybceneuriedoutinthiacecc.

wi~ the polilionofthc Deficncc Cound,cheCourtadmittd chepmpd w i d m e c ~ photo doeumcatatloa, on the lgound that Ute d l y show the village of'fuliu and chcy an e u h d c ; Ute bwr~ Shect kcslgc tha witness "C", when ht testified ktbe ~ ~ ~ t h s t h c h a d L a o w n b u ~ ~ b c h ~ , ~ l e t h c R r p o n o f ~ Tmmik HQIw Corn was admitted given Umt the D e k m Failed to cbdhgc its authenticiry nnd edibility.

Atthehcmain~heuinedon9N~kr2008,~heOeaneeCounsclpropobcdto~ Coun to summon wilnes~ M i d MujkiC, a baker Aom KiseW m mi@ a W the personality of the accused Zdrevko M w i and his behavim dwiw iht war. . ,

Tha llsme proposlll included summoniu of.witm8 Ivan V e l W VeUCevk, w b was a Polk Commander in Kiscljak when the nkvant incidents in Wicr took place because P o l ~ p e r r ~ ~ w e r r ~ # , L e p e n i c a ~ ~ i n c i d f f l g i n ~ l i o c h e p p # d ~ C o u n d b m i this propom1 ac imlcvant and redundant, since che evidence h d a l d y been ~ i n ~ t i o a t o ~ c v c a g

evidence fbr'the DehG che Corn refir;cd to admit &wid& the Document issued b i SlSm26March 1 9 9 1 - I n I 1 ~ C t h c T ~ ~ h i h e ~ c o u l d n o t a n a c b ~ ~ o C

T h t C O M d c c i d r d t o d m i t l u ~ e v i d m # t h c A I D R c p o n ( 1 C n ~ a n N o : 0395993) due to im nlevanca to the aiminal- given thsl the document wu a compilation ofwitness stnteman, b u t the relevant incidents in the villege of 'lllics and M aucb, it m, e@ely linked to thim erre. . . . . ., . .

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On I1 March 2008, Ute Cam u d m i i ar additional cvidcn# tb;e &tem&t'givcn by wimss"B"on9Frbruesy 1994aihePSSKnZevqdeapitethcbbjectimmadtbythc Rwecution that It was only an idonnative statement since this witness testified in the d i m eaaunlnadon about che circumstnncw contained in thc SIUICIIIC~~.


., . ! . .. i:; ... . .,,.; ' f * .mk&I,*:i~ -' - . . . approsohcd the hc in written lbrm regarding any denial of evidence or P P D Q ~ ~ to records

. c o p h e ~ ~ k r r ~ b y ~ ~ t o b e p r w c d b y i h s ~ o n o f o u c h *ridcnce - if anyone wss assigned cubin vehicle during the rr lmnt period - wm e p l a e l y diffkml &om the fkts contained in Uc Indicmenl.

d ) S i n c e c h e p M i g ~ t o i t s o m c w i ~ ~ ~ l e d ~ ~ ~ ~ i n ~ i a n m c a w c o and thay testified at the main lrial under ~ I C "An, YBn, YC" and UD''. The panier conmtal to a closed s d o n what wlmcucc "CN and "Dn testified, so that the trial w a r o l o # d t o p u M i c c b m ~ t h c i r m t i m o n y p u n ~ t o ~ 2 3 5 o f t h e C l i m i w l P m c c d u r c ~ o f B M . T h e C o ~ t o u n d t h . t t o b e t h e o n l y ~ m g u u n t o a c b i * r ~ heir protech. A k q h audience wps m d to amher mom while these witnaw mtilicd, so that thy could not sce the wicnccra, but they naivcd audio m~umirrion of their testimonyony In accordance with Article 235 of h e Crimiil Roadue Code of BiH end with~oonscmofdwpartico,chepublicwss~accludcddromikemdadal~tvat

...i I thc Court dcemed tlyt some parts of tcsdmonics of these wimc~aa oould nvclll their . i&,,,itytY~..'.' -..

e ) T h e A c c u r c d ~ t o r m c n d ~ h e ~ ~ ~ ~ g r o u n d h f h u n e o r n r i L l l Sqffcmkt2007dVopleh 15OE10k12007.To~@thc~rrnducdadccisirmon 11 September 2007 whereby h war ruled hat rhould the Accused persist in his unfounded 1~APi~toa~theschcduled~~whiobbswaedulyamunoncd.tho9ehearingo would be conducted in hb eboencc, however, hs wuld k entitled to appear kfon the Court at my glwn moment. The Deknce Counrsl would be prrcmr at the heating8 held in thcaboarceofcheAccwcdsndhCounwouldprompllyi~ihcAccurcdsbolnche conduct of the W i by providing him with ihe audiohidm mod of the entire h c s r l a g ~ l l a m e d s y i t ~ h r l d i h c ~ ~ h e l d i n ~ s b o c n e s o f ~ A c e w c d a n l l SeptemberI 1 Wber and 9 Ootabcr 2007. Whm rendering this dcciaion. the Coun wna @uibe;l by the lher such a khsviwr of the Accused war -&iomly a i d a hb wi1W obstnmim and mwmtination of dte criminal muceedinek 'Ihe Bbrcncc of the Accused

M ~ i n ~ l h h c C o u r c f o u n d c h a t O d k i ~ ~ p r i a ~ t o o o d e r t h u h e k ~ i d u d circumstan#s given UIOI pbysicel force was not seen to be a m m r say of d i n 8 a mgsggc to the ~ c c d that & t&l would continue m'thoul his jn&cc. Ihaefbm, the Cow fourrd &at instead of d n g k c , it would be batu in this specific .'.' cam to duly i n h the Accused that the trial would continue in his abtcraw and to ins~uet hfm rhat h i could appear before chc Coun a any $YQI time. This &h was mpporced by i ~ d gse IW. for i n s t a ~ ~ ~ thc Ikdriom rrndued by the Intm~tiod Climinal Ttibuarl dbr R e lo tbC Cese of J-.80&0 BUSy118- (COW NO: ICTR-97-IP-T) Md it wae also in a c a d m m with Article 6 ofthe Eumpcan Comntion on Human Riehb cmd


by w i m Avdjte Bajmkmdd in the fim place, who mqgnistd the Amwed in tk eoumoomerPijukandwhortatedactrmclintrielthaithcAocwcdhsda~ei~ dmwn or gl)NuA 011 his arm.

over his hcad the nlcvsm day in rullta. Thc Prorecution w&d Iha wiws, "A; e o n o b o t a t c d t h e i ~ ~ p o m r m ~ ~ r i t e ~ g i ~ ~ w f m c w r ~ v d ~ j a ~ q / ~ ~ Da@ile the obvious attempt lo i n h e m lhis wimem prior to hi testimony, ha navmhd~~ told* bu(4 and recolplkd ZdrwLo M i e v i C Pi/& ar the hepepur&. He e l l d q dwbb at to' Ma identity. The Rowcution tiurhn submitted that in his earlier testimoniw ksoDc lhe ICN end &moral Caml h TmvoiL h the case of the accused libor WIUIWB V' never h8d.w doubt8 wlmmeva oboul Pi/uk's idtntily, nor did he have than whm hc tesdfica in&ii'cbc kfbrr the Pmsmuor's Of&e.pf.Bii.:~$~rS'~ w.&@& l r n e w c h e ~ ~ ~ r r y m l ~ f i o m k f b s c , h ~ ~ e ~ r u ~ e d t b c ~ ~ ~ b i " ' o t ' & m a i m n l s l m l c e s t 3 0 l i m ~ . h r h d r d o g i n e ~ ~ t h p R o s e n n i o n m ~ o m d ~ t s a o o ~ which some of the witmsse~ d m d to ar on idendfidm mark of the mpetmhw, giving

some of &, acawdii to dm t s t h n y of cnpcn witness-a- eurpicon. ihs Proscuhn lwtcd that H d ~ whohad did in the meanthe, stated-dim that one of the k i l h w a ~ Zdrevko M i h a l j d PijuL, with a d@ih over his k

Thr Rosccudon believed thpl it fillowad barn the hw rhet Zdmko MiWeviP had pupelrated the oflhffa he war charged wilh in thc Indictment end proposed to the Caun to p m n o u a c c i h c A e c u s c d g u l l l y o P ~ u l m i n a l ~ o f C r i m c s ~ w t H ~ t y i n violati?n of Article 172 of the CC ofBiH. . . With naud to tAc bbdv of the n M erimlnal o l b c ~ , which is m f l d in the fbtt UUU thae a w i d a i d and systematic anae~ dthe H V O - ~ Y and HYQmililary.poliOt.in the h c h t perid thai w u d i d a g a h the Bosaiac civi~an pbpu&on?n tlii-turltoy o f C m t d B d , includiugKiseliakMunicipdiiadchrccheAcMedlrnawofsuchaa aimck and papcasDd the criminal otBnca domibed in the Indiman, tho Pmcanion belied tha dl t h e elemeats wae proved a tho main vial behe this Cowt.

7 h c ~ o n b d ~ n r o n c l ~ t b e t b A c e ~ ~ a m c m k r o f t h o H V O o n l h e Older of the Oparatim Olwp 2 of the Canal Bmnia Operative Zone or 27 May 1993, Pusond File fbs Officer 2dravko MUlolj& and the Wstw File tor Conscript Zdrsvlro MUla- which show that -vko MihBUeviE - a member bolh of the W O and Ahmim.

I n ~ d c l o s i n g ~ ~ P ~ i o n ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ t h e a v a n t m o f ~ ~ chat.tkc-Accused was not inlhlicathc hclevant dayaadthat that war confinned by the ~ w i ~ ~ h R q j o a n d A m o C v i j & C - T . ~ l b ' l b c ~ o n ~ m d t o t h e Oder issued on 4 lMey 1993, wbM elcPrly show that Zdmvko MihabkviC war

Commander ofthe 3: emup of Maf~ufca. Some oflhe mldias listed M memkn of ihc 3* '~poup pdntCd'out'.hi &gej Sasvija vohmtadly O a W M to. of BiH in S m k r 1993 and rubtequcatly m m mcmioniog Zdmvko M i e v i C ..


I\r for chc epplieuion of subsanlive low, che PmaUion completely wpporrcd the to dale . 4, :[email protected]@-@u?t.d.BiH ta apply the C h i * W e of . BOS& . srrd H e l l s to chis

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Wih aqard to the -(In8 circumslancaf, it was pmposd ,ta th6 Cowl to giw p M i ~ ~ c o ~ ~ o f ~ m , a n d ~ m e n d p a Q i l i o s r h c l d b y ~ A e w K d a n d n a e d b t a n a p ~ ~ o p d a t o ~ ~ d ~ a s b o t h ~ d g e n a s l p s r u u t i o n

In their elaslnn amumenbi. the Llhknca submitted that on 3 Aunwt 2006 Zdrevlro ... ~ ~ ~ ~ - - ~~~

M i m i 6 wm-& of killing 127 civilislg in the -of ~ i t e ~ i k M ~ i c i p l i y and W a Pllosecudon included only 7 out d 127 mentioned victims in tbcir lndinmen~

. . . . am . . . . made by chc Pmsohh that scrgej saeviia

had vol~lsrily mnsfkmd to the Army of BiH by slating that he md end tomnd in SYIobB whea he pve matemennu about Zdnvho Mlha@wi6, e m q ohm.

Ilw D e b e Arrdw d. in the cloaing agumente tha chc attuck;" chc village of Tulice was Id by tuna, which war confinned bv all the witnaoca while w i m UD". d i n e - wthe eke, w n f h d iha! the A C C ~ could not have bdm bete m all.

The DE&ncs armed tbet m 2 May 1993 Zdmko MihaUeviO was only ~loDooed to be appokd ari o& of the commank of Mu/ur/w1 but thaicha did not i;ppcn due ro the killii of Mato LuCIO o 10 Wlev 1993. None of the wimasea conf~nned to have s e a MY of tke ddim of hip lpoup (19 i f than) in Tulice, mepl Tibor F+rqio, while hey menti& almost m e m h ofthe 4"' grpup of&~urla.

With to witnus A d j a BqinLtamiC and wibma "AnI chc Dcfbncs agued h t those were rmnliable wimespcr due to nrunerola, lnconrlncnciw in drcir teaimonia as to tbe

. ideWq&p.of. PEjuk and Ute m w ths killiap ,yere cdcd.o~ul, which wer precisely 9 t b W h S S W hsd not tcrdfi~d b c f e ~ thc ICTY. h h temimonig of thgC tma witnesses with dm tinmy my of witness "Cn and submitted &at the hewiblatrrhad givas d i d l y o p p o d m ~p~ ofpatpuratam of the relevant of&ncea

" h I b r w i c n a u " C " , c h s y ~ l l t a t ~ t i n t ~ w i t h ~ v L o W h W w e r i n i h e Gaurtmom and that the witma was hifly daubtfL1 about hit 'Mty. Ihc Deknce quadomd thc credibility of this wi(ner, he dropped hia dfle and took otPhis mili shin,buthtwa8hrdtycnoughmkamncdbyan~~arhowpswich~H

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j .. . . The ~ ~ r r hi&lightuJ the id- testimonies of rim dud* the main .Y d; @ ~ ~ t h c ~ b y h i , v p i e e . s i n c s o n e o f t h c m r a i d h t t h c t o n e o f h i r ~ m ~ Umcdiumns another one that it was "high pitchedn, while (he third one said that he had a Ulispvofce'"dooon. I UQ t 0 . b ~ s ~ n m , W@S UA" stared chpt the individual who had c o d i i h e criminal ofihcw had black f&@cs and a yellow T- wlmtur.*Tn m.k lmd a ~ u a i 8 n m , w h i l e w i ~ ~ ~ ~ s a i d r b a r a l l c h n e e ~ ~ c u l i o n c ~ h a d b ~ ~ ~ ~ c h n e ~ r e a ~ t h a c l h a e w r r r & a t l e r c n v o m n s i n e n t ~ m o n ~ a b o u t cht conclyoive f&t and wimcss "An was the anlv one who had seen &on ah& on the

~ i ~ ~ m ~ n s o f ~ ~ ~ ~ . t h e ~ d a n C u e ~ ~ j ~ t h c RDoEcudonshwldhsvcWthero~ofbrtnent ioncdpcrconduri~thc~ ' lk s inca~~a l sop lrecd inthctrueLin lapmlcsandlmmrwhoki l l cdIho '~~~ . D&ce also poinled to ihc thilwe ofthe Rosmtbn to hear all the individuals memiow i n d a c ~ t I ..

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~ b c m ' w u d t d h i r wgmem by h t they M!OPL~ tbc acmnt of kc6 contained in the fndictmcnt, but not the subswtiur low and added rbar the Accused, j*Jy .@viq Born Cmdq @6lcgalhy to the Coun of Bin. . .. . . . . . . .

I I t i s b n ~ m n r # e * b r p r o v i l i o a o o f ~ C C o f ~ S f R Y s ~ ~ i n ~ a r ~ time the relevant inddmu cook place, b n# applied ee the substantive law. I - Aniclc 3 o f . h CC of BiH prercribw principle of legality which foresea W, criminal ~ m d e r i m i n r l ~ r h a l l b p r r s a i k d d y b y b w a n d t h w n o ~ d t biha criminal sanction mev k i m d on MY p ~ o n fbr an ea which psiw,to kine ~ t c d , b n o l k c n ~ a s - a a i m i a a l ~ b y l a w w l n t a n m i a a a l l e u i s ~ ~ which a mnidrmcnt has not been mscdbcd by law. Aniclc 4 of the CC of BiH provider tbatthe~~twaoinctactat~dma&thseriminalo~waspcrpnraad~ apply to he perparator ofthe criminal o f h e . If he law b been amended on onC or m m ~ e f t r r t h s e r i m b l ~ w a r ~ t c d , t h e l a w t h a t & m ~ m W t o t h e prpep.atot~lk.app~ied. ;. . . I

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Principle of lcgslity is heseen also in Attide 7 (1) oftha EW~&I &vention, that hac priority over all other laws as it is provided in Anicle 2 0) of Ute Ced~~t ion of BiH. Ihc mentioned provision of thc Europgn Comntion pmhibio that a havier pa\nhy k imposed chan the one that war applicable at &e ttime tht criminal war ajmmittcd, however M appliition ofthe moot lenient law ir presctikd I

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. - .' . . . . when it was committed. WM aiminel UCCO&W /o /ha ~ m l p r h d . . ~ ~ f l ~ I 0 1 1 0 l Imp..., w h k Article 7 (2) of dm Eimpoan Convention fmwca dm amne cxccpion, prwided tha~ r u m p m I of the same Adicle ... "&all raar p@nI/cc rlrr rrlol and

. punIshmranr 4/orlypmonjb any ac/ or onrIPI01) IVM& at t h rime when 11 t ~ a r commI~nd, war crl1111~1 d w /ha g a t i d pr ldp!~~ 4Imp nrryprkkd by dvllhd )HIIIw". (SCC also AnWe IS (1) and 2) of the lntemntional Covenant an Human and Politicel Ri@o that ~ i m W i l a r p a o v i r i o n s . 7 k e ~ o f W i s d ~ n s , e s m o P h ~ 1 ~ ~ ~ 8 ~ 0 n of the Yqpslavir, has mUW this Treaty).

' I k e h ~ , the m q u h m m m deflmd that have to b sads&d to allow depamuc fiom the principles sa Ruth in AIU& 3 and 4 of the CC of BM (and Altiele 7 (1) of the European

. .,.' '.*y@nti~~$ sq.wll. M dmgntion ftom the application of the aiminel code that wer in . Iionc at-& time of papcention and the applicahn of a mom lenient law in the criminal ~ ~ t o ~ ~ o f & n # r t h a t c r r c e ~ l ~ ~ m b a i m i ~ l ~ a l s o i n International law.

Heme, at the rrlevsnl paid c o v d by the Indictment, m e ofthe criminal provisions of chc CC of SPRY ex~Uddy addnrpcd the Crimes reainst Humanity, a sn IIOW lbrrsccn in

lnm~tionalcllsromaylaw,m~theyarembrumdunda~cgcncnlprinciplcsof international be. es beseen in Atiick 4 al ofhe hew on Amendments to the CC of BiH Md undcr ''the ~ I ~ ~ C I Q~IOU, by chd~ksdllptlm" set fonh in Aniclc 7 (2) of the Eumpam Convention. It b p l h lrom these provicion, W the CC of BiH may

... " . 8 ~ ~ ~ . i ? f f Q I p y ngdnst H u d t y in Ute international astommy law, a well er rhC Condpt'' altrlbutina individual orlmbl rdmdbilitv, in the Pcliod dmm to the

& m l in -with da Resolution 808, h p h 2 ofthe Semity Council dated 3 k(ry 1993, lniemadd keal Coamiaa. Cammenlaw to the D d Code of Cdme, &t P& and &amity a~enlr ind (1% and the & law of the ZCIY ad ICTR. These institutionr haw established that the culpability &r Crimes agnht H d t y or lur comm rrprercnm the impemthe norin of the intermtionel law (1- b I &mitt&, Commentary 6 DraR Altkla on Raspomibility o r h r lntunatia&ly Wronaful Acm, 2001. Aniclc 26). b f b m it seem indidisputable that the Gmcr anaim - ~ u a d t y b ineorpomtd in international cwmnmy law h 1992.

Morcom, the lbtl that ihc Crime, 8g8ina H d l y , limed in Art&& 172 ofchc CC of BiH, were encompassed in the law the1 wa in b e in tbs nlevant perlod - a h a time of pmpamtEon ofIfw cfidnal offsncee, 8pcciRcally in AH&B 134,141, 142, 143,144, 14S, l46,147,lS4, ISS and 186 ofthe CC of SFRY, which means hut the criminal o h c a wuc plmidy~h by the then applicable eriminrl code, addilionally contributed to the

. . . ..I. d**:.'i . . . . - bme ~ O M a9 to the prindple of kgelig. .,.. , ". . . . . . ... : .. E~mhgIly, the appliion of the CC of BiH L additionally jletificd by d# p-t fbrr#cn b y c h c ~ o f B 1 H i r a n p ~ m l ~ 1 h s a t h e c q p i @ p u n

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' b, p r . * i w e at the iL* umcrimido- .r&d w~mee&p~;ei"pi;:& h e coMImin111 ~ g d i n g applicability and bw principle of applicability of a mom lenient E s w a r t b o t h r r ~ c d

~uohepodtion~bychc~ourccmnflieowihh@tim~ninthe~aditt~ Section I of the Appellate D i n of the Caurt of BiH in h he of Ab@hdhh

MaktOuf b k KP2 32/05 of 4 ~pri12006 and bw Verdict in the east of ~ o : d 0 ~ 6 o C 2 7 0 a a k r ~ w h k h c u a c o n & m c d b y i b c ~ s i m ~ ~ o : ~ 7 ~ m d m d by lha Co~htional Caurc of Banis and Hazqoviw on 30 Mmh 2OD7;

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~ ~ r l n h l l * d d t n c e u n d c r U d a d r n i d i i n . l i o l d l a ~ * * ~ ~ applh~pxoceduml law - Ute C M i P m c c d ~ Code of Boonin and ~ e n & h a by pnmrming iha Accwals8 inn- -bed by d e l e 3 of tht Wl: or' BiH, .which ~ l ~ h g c n c n l p r l n c i ~ d l a w t h e t ~ b u r d c n d p l a o f l i c c w i t h h ~ i a m s t h a t h t o p r w e l h a ~ g u i l t b ~ e r e a s o n e b l e d o u W . 1

I w a m d ~ ~ * w i ~ l ~ m O n k d ~ ~ ~ p a i d ~ a t l ) n r t i o s r t p bw d u a , dua, and chamcm ofthe w i t h t ad evaluated also o h r aviden# ad

8Unwndiq this casc A l e the Corn borne in mind lhat the q b i l i t y of w i c n a r s c s d c p a & d o n t h d r ~ o f ~ a b o u t ~ ~ ~ c h m o n c h e i r p t m d integrity* effursy and chcir obligation to tell the huth.

~ ~ c a i n g c h ~ ~ m 0 n i e c ~ ~ w i ~ ~ ~ o u n ~ n o d o u b r ~ ! t h e t t h c y 8pokethemnbsbutlhakey~hacwacwhnbrrecrreia~tenimonigweN c n d i ~ ~ o t ~ e n d , c h c ~ o u r c ~ l o o l r ~ a c e o ~ m t h s t i b y l ~ i f i d a b o u t i h a i l ~ d d ~ l l &ch had taken plaw low be- their ccsdtuin8 ml theta given ~ K I long ~ t ~ m p o d d i i wuld be posmiblc impmbion due to illusive human prccpdon and ~ ~ ~ I ~ o f t r e u m a l i c evam

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Wih nervd to lndiAt cvidroce, the cam law of ~bio.'Cou!'har 'es tab l i i Mi admiiibilii. In addition, Ankle IS of thc CPC of BiH aipuktcs h rim ofthe' W to 6 n e ~ o t ~ t m ~ ~ C o u n h a r m k c o n v ~ t h a t c h c w ~ w s r r given w l u d l y and hat it i8 auUcntic and credible- Abq chc pmbatiw value of i n t i ~ ~ ~ n b y a w i ~ ~ o a ~ h c c o n m u M d w w r o f t h e e v i ~ m ~ ~1ywhethaouehevldcncewsrrsupporcrdbyoU1~~ccceof~. I

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lndicrment NOC KT-R24/07 was issued by thc P~SCWWI Oftlee of BiH on 1 !~cinuaty 1007wbacbythcdZdrevkolMUIPljcviCwspchegcddththeeriminaloffclacsof f i m e r against Humanity b violetion of ~rticle 172 (IX M, as rend with mbpmpphs a),

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T b Low provldw that, in addition to thc special e h t n m associated wid^ idividwl a * i o n r , ~ P ~ 9 c o h a r t o ~ w a l l ( p n u o l ~ d c k c ~ o f R n c e o f Climes agaimt Humanity to be able to define it as swh, namely:

I. .Ihat them.- s wkplcad or systtmdc s a d d i d against any civilian 1. 'C" Mstion,

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end that he vma a w e of &at;

11 fbllow ftom one pan of rhe Rcuonine of Ute V d u con#min~ the admimion of h e a~&liohcd &CIS in &a cast and a h hm thc wl- (cgtimodts d o d ~ n n e d hat fir^ thcrs~~art i lkrvpaacLwhichwat~ l lowcdbyaa~tryamckonthev i l lancof ' h k a in Khtw ~ ~ h i c i ~ a l i t y on I2 June 1993. I& Court i&puUy concluded udrd al the time nkvant tb the Indictment, specifidly in June 1993, thm we, s widcaprcsd nnd s y a ~ ( I c d in the ane of Vikz, Busova& and KIstUak Municipaiitira crvried out by the Cloadan Dcfbn# Council dircEtcd against b h k c M l h populndon. The sneclr, ~inihe~ofCrimesry(ei~HUmanityunde3bho~onalourtomarylew, l~llls uot limited only to Uan aimed contlicr".

As fbr obne#rsly plemfflo of the a i m i d o f b e of Climes @wit Humanity, b v i ~ d u s t d all pnsclued evidence individually end their codatioa, the COWI hund thnt it wm beyond & mmnsblc doubt that the ~&ustd war in the area of ~iscljnk Municipality at UE rckvant period and that he was a member of c)rc Closcian Defence Council. ?hutht)eg. rlthowh it fullow itom all the pnstnttd widam that the Aawcd was wuc of the--* and sysmnasic OWE& directed @nst Bosniak civilinn population of Kisclink Municimlalhv and a bmada a m ofCentml Bosnia and lhat the a*im described in iha 1;ldiamcnt ke-mkta within the widerpnsd and tyslanaic aaack, thc Proscculion ~ l e d m p r a n ~ ~ l c d o u b t t h a t t h o s c ~ o n , w ~ ~ b y t h e d h v k o Mi-& A men fau chat b Accused was a mcmbw of the m y b t k i m d the dme and hia prrwce in tlm bma&r arm in which the mime took place, nrsy notoprlwl bud aegmdu lbrcrbnhra) nrpomibilltyof hacwscd Zdnvko MiMaviE.

It h lhcmb quwtioonabk whether ibs Acmtd, elthou@ a member of the CllPadan ~ ~ & l , paftlclpated in I& Wnmtry attack and ,* demaion of the p b of TWke ai h time, place and mnnntr irr described in the lndi&&, led the h s b m of the PPN ~ t u r i e e w and otha HVO mmkn, took pnrt in capturing ihc BosnSak population of the village and depriving Salko BajmkbuwM of hi8 lifu cogclher.with Arh HuseinoviC, ZUad H-, Re& HusebrC, Mu6d TUiC, Karim HusdmviC. SaBc M C and Ahmcd W-6. Ihnr, on thc way to Kirrljak, he wdmd the s i i ~ b m t h to trike lkahhn JabM back to rhc v i l l ~ e of T d i M of when lbmhii J a h i hru been mccounted for. ln so doh18 ha committed the fbllov;ing o f b m deprivation of other pason's lik @I*), u n l a d deprivation of lim in violetion of hdnmtnml intmaional law, totlure, enfined diaappeamnw and other Wwaana acte of

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~ h c ~ i h d ~ p u t a ~ y ~ u d ~ d c h e t ~ e r i m g ~ n ~ d i n ~ i n d i ~ , ~ ~ ArcPscd with having participated in d i n g up and aubstqumt killing of the mtnlioned b n h k civili.aua, .Wed happaed. The Accused was chqpd as fbllom: . .

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1 n c b s ~ h a u m o f 1 2 l l m c l ~ a n d l ~ e t l n c k w s s ~ d b j ' ~ i r 0 d i r o n c 2 w place of Tulica while humanitarian aid war beinn W b u t e d by Madmet. The aback was ;.anaucrrd shultencovsly Bmn cwo dlnccionr 1 OMk and Ikovica. w h t tk&rbii

of witnesses g i k i at clw main W, who wcn in the village of Tulicc Ute nlewqt day and w h o ~ ~ a ~ ~ d c t l l i h d e e c a ~ m o f h o w t h e ~ l l a v a ~ a n r h s v i l ~ ~

villegca&erthat. ~ i c n c o , 0 a s r c r ~ ~ * u r d d m t h c w p o ~ c 2 w h 0 ~ ~ ~ ~ r r h e n . ~ aneck wed and when the ghallii h m I& mentioned locrrtonr ka~. he hid at hi aunt s h o u 3 e ~ b a e y e d ~ m i l t h a & l l l a g g o g p d . f h c n , o n h i s ~ h o m e , b ~ ~ cowinWrmsinfligh(dwlrocoldhimhtthevil@warimadedbyChCtWEl& HVO, that heescaped in thediionof Leptnicaend on Ute way there, he amuate~~I some soldim in unibma The witness then dcDcribed how he was armttd by the HVO d ~ ~ ~ . ~ # s t i ~ o f t h L w i m c p , w p c c n t i r e l y e o n e i s t e n t e r t o t h c d e y & t i m c . duration of the shelling and complied with Ute tcdtimonics . g i m b . M & Avdijn B~jrPhami4 -&I fuli ZZil hwhvk, Asim APimi6, ' P ~ e ' E # a h d & , wi- "An. "Bn and "C'' abau~ the eonelwive k t h t the attack indeed Rammed in the momipsboun,of l 2 ~ u n c 1 9 9 3 . ~ o t a ~ w i m c f l , w h o ~ i n t h e v i l l a ~ & t & ~ r a i s c d MY as to the eonelusion ofthe Cou* since all the wiinemw who ttsdficd about this ~~ - ~- ~~

&gavcamonos~arsaffurstc~~~~althe~lng,iuaerr,~lyddunlia6 and bay tmwo in agrcamcm that (k toc#s with HVO i n s i ~ i a en- & villqt inuntdlsaly a k it stopped. I ~ ~ t a k t , all of IIB v i l b of IW~W who rwrrr h m at ~ l a t A, - symnatically capwrd d bfoqht in h t of the but of Ahmcd BqjraktucuiO, whm wmasma~ village rhop.ThcnasolditrMivcd witha hood over hi had, who hepafated mm~w~aenandekiIbcaandto!dUmntosay~tocbdrlowdona. ! ~ h c 'A k v l r ~ ~ i h a ~ e v i o IS charged in the indictment with dcpriw WICO BejllJlcDmiC of his lifk by firinn h u an autonutic rifle at point-blank ran^^ in hnt ofthe hoke of Mujo ~ q l m k t y b l ~ and in f l w ~ of the caphmd population. u i r w fbr the RpsMion: Avdb BQjWIc, ,&& <&&&& '

BsiraksrcviC, wilncsll~ "An and UC" testified about thst and U w t indiddub men direct wi-km of-Um execution. ihe Cowt bound chat IIIC discnpencics in their ttdmonh concuninn the number of b u l k fired Ciom the automadc rifle at Salk0 Baimktamrib w m ~ ~ - ~ d i d a ~ r ~ ~ o n t h t ~ ~ i n t h s s n r p c ~ ~ v e n t h c i h y ~ ~

, . in deouiblng the arrival of Snlko B@aktamd4 at dw plattau in Rwlt ofthe s b his shpn

. ~ o n w i t h t h c d i r g u i r e d p c n o n , t h e w ~ l i n g g b b y 6 # & ~ d & t o f i ' 20 be silent and hi Mi at him. 1

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. . Ihe C h m t did IIOI give wedew to testimonies given by the D&be wS- Alija Bqj- and Halil BcMO about this iwidcnt, since W r msimnim mrp incoariaa bothmuarallyend l n r r l a i o n t o t h e o h p r r s u u c d * r i ~ ~ C o t n t d d n o t f i n d h tplimony of wHwss AIM BBqiraktamiO convincina also about mother Iha He mentioned

: t o h a v c ~ ~ e r b b ~ i a b v i l l e g e ~ d a y , ~ ~ t h a r w s r n o t s u ~ ~ o r t c d b y my orhaheaid wilncrrd ~ o f & e o t l t c r w i ~ m c o t i d ~ t h e r a wemany Serb sobem in the village UW day. 7hiP wimws a h only auumcd that one of the fbur kldien killed &b BqjraklaravEO and mid lbet he war afhid to watch &a.

Wirnt91 Xslil Wif tesdfkd tba a sold'kr firat wounded Slim in Ma legs and that a soldin In a gmoufkge unlfbnn 4 t h no hood on his hwd killed him after chsb whkh wntmwnw ~heh~ofallotberdlnecwicnaon,whoccsli~~the~nolwroundcd

A l l t h e h o a r d w i ~ w e m ~ i n t h e i r t s w i m o n i u t h a t h w i n ~ ~ t c d a r o u n b U ) mcn~the~rhcmldiwina~ouHageunihwiha~ing~hiahcad took them togcUtw wich several other HVO mldik mwds thc local pv&rd, where the selection was carried out and the fbllowing men exec- Aziz Huseinovie, Zijad HumimiO, Kssim Huseinwi4 Rdik kludmvk Mufid Wit8 Abmed Bqjmkarcvif and Sam wid.

: All wltmsm who wem pmscnt at the dB: Ehrir Huseinovid, Avdua Bqj-if, Senad ' BqlrakmreviO, wim "As', h i m W6, Halil BeOif, witness *CD and witness "Bn, who

. . watched the ea of Cxccution Rom s narby &IWC, wee completely consisant whm hey teslified aboltl Umt conclrrsive faM. Thc Cmnc admitted UIC raimonh o f h e wimsses about the incident, given that they elw d i y parcicipatcd in it or were d i t witnesses wonchem.

. ' . .., ".* ;:; ! :' - . .. . . 7hc uhesm we^ roaaJscent when chcy lea& about che"i&dan'invoiving Halil WC. H c h a d ~ ~ p ~ d l i a e ~ c h e l ~ l ~ h ~ t a l L c d t o s m l d i w w i t h a

o m his head, who repwted M i l to neme h persons .yRo posmsd weapons end e k i y time a mame w a callid, but person hed to step-- of lint ad was exccwcb. In addition to othn wilmssu. this war confinned a h by Halil W i f and left ao doubc Tw the

&pert witness, fbrmslc pothologia H a m 40, who toedher with doctor 1lUlro bobrsfa, . . a h a h a s i c p d m l o ~ m d expm witness8 e x b d iho bodlea in ihe vlllag~ of Tulice

in February 1998 confirmed a the main aial thet &e victims Nfkrrd a v i o h d d ~ ' k t *

followed h n the Record No: Kri-148196 of 8 Fsbntvy 1998 and of9 F h w y 1998 and UIC Record on identification of every individual p ~ ~ l ~ h It erlses ftum the m e m i d Bcpn .. ehluation npon hat all Ute snuedindividual, 8 u W a violent death8 wih the excepiion of &lko & j M 4 who did not have mv sMctal lnludw and the cxm wicncrsu d d not qkblieh the diml cnw of'deab, h8 k did nat rule out thd poasibilii of

. . . yiolent diat l i . 'Wah Wlows from tht Expert evelustion mport Uyt thc bodies of Sib wd 7~ig wCri: adurmcd to@w wilb o h bod'i the h e . a a y in Tulica and IIMI w

two pason, ruflkd a violent death, while the body of Satija 'Mid wsc slso b u d . The Cmnc admitted the Expn d d o n mpor~ in ita eathty8 sing it wss pnpgnd in awdtmm with proRstiannI nandards, paninrlarly havik in p n p a n d b y c x ~ w i l b y e a r s l a n g ~ i n ~ c ~ c h o l ~ t o l ~ m

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Funher dmlopmenm that en outiM in tha nceoun~ of decr~ o~ ih i ;&& i d i i l y p r o r m ~ c h e t t h t m a wbourrelshcnaway inn lincand~ved,wert nftuacd tothe villageoPTWice, where- rmc loadcdontoa T A M m n k e t ~ & ~ t h s i l b d m Jahi war, taken off the trudr in the place d l t d tcpnia and laken in the unknown d h e a i o a , w N c b w a r , d r m c d b y k w i ~ w h o t c a i f l ~ a t t h e r h e m a i ~ w b o eye-witnessed thc incident. In additionB it i b l h from the hemonits given by the m e a c i d w l ~ W h h c m m r m c ~ m t h c ~ i n K i ~ U & B p 4 b ~ span d i w p a i d of time ihuc, they mn cxeltMgrd

~ ~ m a a d & e ~ ~ ~ n a m d b a r F d m ~ ~ ~ H o ~ , n o t e ~ p i c e e o b ovidenee . war, . . . . . pscsmled a the mein Gal to mppod these allcgatim of the lndicmscnt.

, . Thc (estimoniw of all heard wimcma m k d suspicion chet the w i m -1ly ncoed#dthoprsqnwbpsrdelpsadinthacapwineaad~umt~l l ingdtbdr nhiws and ' n t i g h h the ttlev8nt day. Mqioaily of the. ?bwmtit~ . ' ,.. . . ..* ~ t o ~ r r ~ m i n a r a . ~ i n L I * t c w i m n i ' c g ~ ~ t = o w ~ 0 s o t d i c r h t h c v i t l s e c ~ ~ w b o h a d a ~ ~ l a v a o v a h i s ~ a n d 5 ~ ~ ~ ~ b o r e y e e a n d m h ~ t ~ & t d c b n h c d ~ ~ ~ e j & ~ E ~ ~ local gravyerd and olha victim aflenwds in the manner d d y de~eribd.

Thce#eucmwsr, so described by the whncmw tkmt Rosecudon: 6lvirHwcinoviO, Avdua BajmkmmdO, AlUa wmklmvk, scnrd Baj&tomiCB wimcsclcr, "AnB. 9" and "C", but dw w i l n e s ~ br k D e k Sclva BajrakemiC and Halil Wt. who were wmimnt h t Ume war a soldier in the village with a mckhghblevs on his hcsd On he o&er hand, witnata Zilho H u ~ d n ~ ~ i t , lbim HsriO, Pdija Bqj-6 tdfird ihac W~oththnemLdie(gin&evillegpdwwwithd-~thcirhcadP.

~ t i b ~ o m f t o r n t h e ~ t c d e v i d c n c c ~ o n l ~ w i t n c s , ~ ~ , ~ ~ ~ f d h c a r d w i ~ h e d known the accused Zdmvko MiMjcvY fiom b e f h by his nickname PUuk and hc donthncdetbdn~rbPrhwsrh~d~inchc~ourtroom.Hemtedhth4 used to set Nm in KiceljaL in ihe rsme grrmp with Tibor Plsjo. Peco and figo and.thm he I& m set bim vcy o h while he himself ww cnesged in the rt$ohl p o b . Witkiec UCttadfitdotthe mainrrial ihachtalwam melmaintd chat W p r r s ~ n wilhadiseuion - ~ - - ~ - -

h i r h c a d ~ ~ i j u k , k n t h a s b ~ w ~ m a r m h i s i d a n i ~ M d t h e t h r w a s ~ l q a % sure about hi# idtnliw due to the dbwrist over hi8 had, but Ulac he mogdsed ihe Accused ~~~~ ~ - - ~ ~

by his wicelbis whss ctwd tha? he ptmn with dstocking on h is -k l wore militmy ~ o n t h e d c v a n ~ ~ d a c u n o u f l s s e r l e c v c l c r r a r t a u l t j a c k e t d i b l l o w i n g ~ utcutions, the mdoncd soldier ateyed in chr village end did noi aecomperry them towards kpdc11 i;nd Kiseljak. However, thcwitma atatcd-ihac he did not cce his feoc in the come of rrlrmnt incidm8 because he hed a d i ova hio head at dl times. This a ~ ~ & h e & b c l l a n u p i n & ~ i n ~ ~ a k , ~ t h p l i l w a r , , n o t b by Pijuk, but by auoUter soldier who had a plruler ova his eye.

. . H I l v i ~ c v a l ~ t h e ~ g i ~ ~ t h i r w i l n c s r n b o r b ~ m d b e f a r w ' ' witndq togtthm with his testimony M pmltctd wimcrr U10311 dven in chc c s ~ e of nbor ~~thcS~pl~~#C~~(d~P~dBin~thcPBPClCOUldnos'eondudr


byond nuronable doubt that witmg "C" C" positive about the identity of Zdravko M i b a l i e v i C . ~ U u k a e ~ ~ w h h a h o a d o v e r N s l r e a d w h o ~ o s n m i t r c d r h e o ~ h e war&gcd-&h.'fltebuth isthmthwitrmgstatcd inhibtestiimonykftucthc~~i~ Sumrne Caun in 1001 hat he immdrtelv rroonnised Zdmvko MiilieviC aka. Piiuk by ~fi@ue and voice and provided a &ail& &kt d the e c q v &events the n'k&t dny in Wca. On the 0 t h ~ hand, the in his teMhmy bdbm tk*PBM Supmne Court, witma "C' could not identi@ the pemn wih m i n t y , he rrthrrd to him es Mihqjlovid end he did aoc explain haw he ~ ~ g n i s c d him by his voice and @ue. Wkn testifying behe h i s Court, wi- UC" was elway highly susplciou, about Pijuk cu a possible papeatw of chc dwam ofkncw, he insisted that it ms the individual that he nrspcaed ms Pijuk, but he W f i d l y claimed that hc never saw Umt person oftcr Tulica, either in kpmice & in the ~ T ~ C S in KiM& This avcnncnt d'iy-contravenes mimony given b y W i ~ U A n , w h o ~ t o h a v e s a n P U ~ i n ~ ~ w b c n t h i s W i r n c s s w a r i n t h e ~ ~ \ ; I t h w i h w s s ~ ~ " a n d ~ ~ ~ & n # n i i ~ ~ c ~ ~ ~ ~ o o k b i s ~ ~ ~ ~ off his head. It is even man in wmmwmion with dw testimony of witma Avdiia BajrskuunriC, who stated to have seen PUuk in the bansdm in KlscUalr M well, when he allqtdly took off his disguise and kat wihacDI "Cn. When he testified at the main trial that & @,w- he had talked to some of his nei@bwn.~.@ the papemtors hc said that he alsbyn ex- his suspicion hat it ws Pijuk.

Whu, d a d - Pijuk, witness "An smted to have wm him for the first time in Bdaci in 1990 or 1991 end that romwne told him that it ms ZdmvIto IMlhliwib Puuk. so that hc knew him h m k h by sight. W b he dcrerikd hi rnake m - r h s c hiallegedly saw on the day of execution on PUuk's ann, thc witness stated that the snake w a wrapped cuwndaswmdoslchcIeRPU~s~ppffmandUUtk~ueht~thehsdsccnthc~ t o a o ~ d m ~ t o c h r c c m m & p r l a ~ b t h e r a l ~ m a ~ ~ ~ u r g t o w i m ~ ~ t ~ ~ ~ , ~ ~ ~ ~ ( had bled tmswa and chc tolr mlt of fbtiam. The Cow however. wuld not nive credence IO the m i m w of &is win&& psrticul&ly IO his knowing Piiuk from beroc since it was in conmvemih ofdl oher pr&ud cvi&racc. Witness "* kted that upnthc arrival of the bUCk in Lcoenica, Piiuk, who o e o d the truck. took his disguise ofhis head in dwrt of the F ~ u n r r if& that h i c i d y twodscd him thin and that 6 could also k noogniscd by all o h captives who were in the ~NCIL These avmnet~ta made by witness "A" complealy contravene nat only the testimony dm by witness ''PC, who stated that the pmen ,yihrh.a,IpiIpie his fecc stayed in @ , v i l w of'Nica nod did not follow thcm to Lapmi&, but also all o t k witncesa wlto wac In ihe tnmk. 6 of those wimeam even meDlioncd that either PUuk or anyone else took OR their disguise in tcpnies. In addition, wimcas "An testified that witness TS' told him dreedy when they q .mken out b o r ~ ~ a e r ~ l o e a l p ~ t h a t i t u r c u P i i j u L , b u t t h a t w a o & ~ ~ o f tedmony of wihKIl "C', who did not member this detail at all. Also, when tmtiQing for the sccond ttme as Defence ~~IIICSS, witness "Aa maintained UIIII tbe main sign of identification of the perp(rator war the makc tam wrapped around the sword that Ganral the main Won of his loft upper ann and ~ u l d c r . However, doctor Sead e p h i c end rrnomauaia surgeon and expert witneoq exemitted the Accuscd and plrswed ~lindingsatthemincrial.Hetbundlhstthcrewasnoccmooonhatpwofchc~'s am and that them could never k any tattoo there. lke OoYn found that the expm cvaluarioa mpon was credible in its antimy, it wan pnpPnd in pmfi#rionsl s t d d s end it was pdcularly nlsvam kowPc i specieliked in plastic and ncananutive 8urge1~ who had kea naovi :

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he mcndod in his testimony. Iha apon wiurss Weed lh, in addition to a cmrs, the Aerwddso had taawcd~mc~Katica"aad~JNA~on he idl l omr i~c ramaadcwp mow d l @NOW filled by bluc ink d3#I cm and 3,111 em mpccdvcly. Wi directly mmiwd ~IO middle and iwr third of Um ftonr mt ofthe left lower am ofthe ACCUBUL ~hcarpnwirnersmIcdruchcmainlr fa l thsckwaenopiaurrs~hchChnro blucWIrsffoar,bus6oJncaurnbar.Ibc~wl~wrpcifictbatchcerosotenoo NW the moat dominant one, visible snd n o d d e mn fim a gnetv distance, in p m p o l r i o a t o h e . s i r c o f U m ~ , i t m l d b e ~ h a ~ o f u p t o IOmacra fhe'mcntioned information Mded by UIC expert witnew alro mggata chsc ihe 4- who durlne thc nl*ram incident rmc nrar UIC paron with a hood OW his hcsd would - . catsinly s# thc crog on lhat pemnss 1i;va outer mn. .. .

. . - . . - , . . a . .. .. . . . .. . , ' . . .*gr.lypc!pp . . ?.: .:! - . Wirna, Avqa B q j m I m d also mlflcd about Piid es IIIC pwpcdstor of &e n i t a i m i n s l ~ . H e n a t c d t h e t t h e ~ b a d a o s p o n h i s M a U l h e c i m e , t h u b c ~ ~ t i o m ~ w a i r r r u ~ h ~ h c d i d m # c c h c m m o m c n t w h c n h e o o ~ o f P b c b p . Mngtothiawi~Olly(twwlrcPbrswbflrawarinihebanselreinKiwljsk, whtn thc Accused alle@y bsat wimcss V and when thc wimecsa "Cn told him thot it ww PUuk. Wimccr Avdiia BqjmkmmiC @&bed ihe mtIoo8, a snslre on bin left erm md a e r o r s m h i ~ ~ ~ a a n d h e ~ ~ ~ t h c ~ ~ ~ l y p n # m w h o m ~ t i d t h e c r o m , p o c h c m b s c d i r W v c ~ t b a t h ~ m U m ~ ~ s ~ n w b o b a d a h o o d o v c r h i s h e s d a t c l w n l ~ lime. Alro. none of the other witnesm mentioned that Piuk pmceedsd Rvchrr Han Lepenii whlch war Pnother incolrrinancy in chc tdmony AvdUa BqjrekrersvlC. Wicncrr Avdiia Be,imkm&C tatiW about drc decisive f h conmined in the Indietman. b u t h c d ~ ~ ~ d c a ~ ~ d ~ . o f ~ & ~ l r i e h h i a ~ ~ d ~ b m , h t his testimony sounded like a q~~ l i t i on of d n c i r c u m ~ d

chc d#iiw fac# the witma war, nm specific about the &wive fuc& ~ & I C & Cow mled.ht hk tadmony wap unnliaue and inabnimiblc. Thc h u t ah mlndfW '6f the hct that tbc teahnom of thin wimm about o t h e r , ~ i ~ fact8 ahd . . .,. - ., eiloum- war mppod neither by-teolimonies of o h wim&ss& nw by matcrial e v i h The Panel could nm give aedncc to tbc tcolimoay of this wimcss also on W g r o r m d o f i m ~ i ~ w i l l \ o ( h r r p l a e n t c d ~ T h t w i ~ a E d f i d ~ P ~ u k had black bmtsem and th he wan naked 6um rbc mLr up, that he sow hb fern in the bmclrc in Kkliak when he nancd b i n 8 wlmm "C" and reodslng PUuk in UIC ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ i n ~ i n g b y t h e ~ e t w c t h e w i u r # ~ ~ , ~ t c n i f L i n g boOl ac the P d o n md D&m wibwg. cxmssly med that Zdmvko MihalieviC PUuk new beat him, chur not in drc hum& in K h U & but rhat he war beaten by Modyr pcrmn wih a plsstu over his eye. Witma V clteted chat he pcrpcmtor of chc nlevant ofikncm wme a military canoutla& u n i h at h n l m t time.

~ h e ~ o l m ~ c n d i b I e t h e m ~ ~ e v o l ~ 0 l i o n n p o l t p r e r e m c d b y & . s c a 6 L@&C, a qualified and skilled cwprc wimeo9. It w folPrd t b t thee w a of l?xlQdJanmnaocdoathcdehtlowvwtaannofthcAeeustd,butrhaclhncwno m ~ l c c & e i t h a o n t h e k ~ o r c h e ~ t a r m o f l h c ~ m e ~ ~ ~ m y b a ~ ~ ~ ~ f a t a n ~ ~ which rwld look like i?.'n# expa( wimcsrr wae anlicit in his assmion that dme wm oo - - - ~~-

- ~ f & ~ o n ' c h c ~ p r u r o f ~ ~ ~ & h ~ e c d a n d ~ ~ n e d d r o r b y . stating that in fasc thst a m m be podbiy nmwed. the akin lhen always looks difRrrnl . .

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. w h n t s s A ~ a ~ & w r r ~ o n l y ~ t o c o ~ t h e ~ r o M i a ~ w a r c h e r e d u r i n ~ the r e h t incident had a cmm tanoocd on Ns mn.

It bliowr fbm the renimony given by wimem "B", who mane@ to avoid the arms! end hid in a ararby tgo~, thst ha watched ilw execution of his ndgrboua ncar tht local p y a & 6om a of 100.1SO metem (M the crow flies). He described the main . . . execu&ru a soldier, completely dressed in a Wack long sleeved unifbnn, with a black vest

:' %vWlt~dad'lh@d&& glows on his hands. According to chis w i m , h e wac m h r two Individuals in black unibnna tired at lhott plcoplc md nom of the soldiers in . camouflage unitornu fired at the vic~ims at the gnwyd. He alro stated that he hsd not known the accused Zdmvka Mihsljevit ftom k h end that il was wltne18 "C" who told him after the exchaqe in the viilegc of h i t i , near that F i m Pijuk and Cmogom imd dom it. In his teslimony, witness UCn said dm hc did not nm#nkr telling virncsllYBnanytbi~aboutlhat

The Plwcadion witnna Hamdie Tulit, who who not a d h t dlrcclcioant in these evanr. n a m e d ~ ~ u l r e s t h e ~ m o f r h e n ~ ~ s n d ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ w n t l ~ Born his ndghbwrq inhnMtsntr ofTuliy that dr killings wac committtd by Figs, h and Wuk.

Wimo, Senad testified to have learned in Kiseu& UUII IIS person with a hoodova~htpdwpsP~ulr,butitrOllowed60mNstcatimolry~hecould~pncisely member who among the thm imprisoned ne&hboun and rehdver told him abw~ h t

..' niehp:ii,~.,,. .. I . . .. desuibing the pupamor of the d o n a ! criminal oftmwr, wimcrrr Elvir

Hwinovid stated that he knew him ao ~ lmnr t , that he had a e d k i i over his head, that he was of medium hci@ had a high pitched voiw and wore a eamouiiage mi-. ~ i t n w SenadBa'~Pdhtchc-wihahood~&hcadMa~~niclim ace, a-mcmo Wow Ms eI& ad camoutlam muwrr. while wi&-&lk B J m M 4 who did not directly see the execution-near the local 1p8veyerd, stated that ~ t m soldier he sew in the 4 t h with a b k k hood over his hwd. who Birly &on. slocky and wore uniform. Wibtms A ~ M BejmktarcviC, who also w i b d the ex&u& k tk vmd, dcruibd him at rhe main aial ns a you- call and m n a soldier with a stocking over his head, wlrh something on his ann, while wlmcss Halil Wi6, also pfiicnt on the 6pOl during the relevant kidenla, dereribcd him as a m l d i i in e b h k low d m d dfOnn, wirh a stoahg ova his head md accompanied by tva soldiem in camouflege

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.As opposed to the testimonies of h e mcntlomd w i t m s q 7 h Panel found that the .. ; d-pw* ~eah#: -w n& pd4 wo

gimit, P d n q Pmvdit aka . Dmpn and witmw "D" gave an allbl to the Accuwd r to Ns parnee in the village of Tulicn on 12 June 1993, in absence of any 0 t h ~ additional evidence. It h i l M from the temimony given by Ante W-C aka. TOM, mentioned in dre 1- as the pewon who together 4th PijpL puticipated in ihe relevant incidmts h~icsmd~heddeMIclylrnormtheAccu#dtoryeerq~thcwarpnwt' the nlevm day since his unit u n ~ to enter the village a h the she

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wit- IWWW, catceorially ehmnd that he =itha SOW zdlwko ~ i h e m chcre atell; norksswthccxccutionncsrthc locelgmvmdandundedinedthathc h a d d r h e e n i n

. . y! *,I u , 9,. ..;* ',I Similarly, wi&'.'~i& Rqih 'arho panidpMcd in tlk .-cion in .%& 4. wllo

cornriffed fbr that by a find judsmcm, claimed to have kcn in t& village throuj$out &I operation, but hc ms explidt Umt hc had not seen Zdravko MihrrUcViO there and that Zdmuko M i h a ~ d had never been the camtwndw of Mblutfce.

mrr deployed, while his biwhw, wlmars-wo #hi& stated that ke LC been a ~pudkvac 6 rhe n h t day, at the ffwa lii Both witncsrar were cowistent that thy were not'in Tulica on 12 June 1993, while wi- Dragon Sim2 stated that he dm b y had raidhellotoPijulrin~g,whwnbothoftharimmverywcll,thatbwwcje~q sncaLasandaTJhindrbathewas&.Bothwitncsseclalmmthrtwhe4 not taken away m i m JahlO togelk with Pijuk, as it wes ellegcd in ihe lndfchna~

The nvumenm of iwltnesr Tibor Pqjo about Zdmvko MihIjcviO's belonging to the PM ~ r h r m r s c o d r m c d b y ~ , ~ ~ o t w S ~ W , w h o M L n o w r r h e A c w c q uay well cvai'kfom ihc war s t m d in 1992. He wpmsly ~ l \ a t ~ v I g & l i b a ~ e $ bad acva been rhe Commdw of he PPN Maaui# and added that his unit w ~ r r elrated in late April 1993, that im fim oommandw wss Msto LWie end that chc unit ms named after himwhcnbdicd-PPN~andMarIaboBoh\ i&kesmcimeonrmrada.The testimony of this witness wss entirely c d t t c n t with ctolimonics of other Defence whirma as to the acwemrent the1 Zdrwko MibaljeviO wmnot in 'Nica the nleMnt day, aincc him unit wss dcpioyed in the town of Kireljd. He also stated that the older broths of Zbavko Miw% was much better kPoun M Piiuk in Kiocliak. while Zdrwlro MiWievM

Ihe tclldadco of tbe mcmioned bfhce wlcnapa cmn*ly complied with the csnimony &veo by the Aceud, whcnheW(iticd as wiamsat the main mid. He Qpl#I hat he M never been a manbw ofk t r ah r , but that hc war a member of tly tpcSial ~umoac unlt when its comnmdw wss Moto Wi6 until ha not killed on 10 Mw 1993. & d i n g to drc Accused, the mentioned unit "dlrsohrcdm and-- not engaged d i rhc time Umn& June 1993. when he was amlnned to che dvlliw police. The Accused stated thpt hc had i;;vcr seen the .order of 27 1993 on the enebiiahment of Maturicc platoon and rcoinnlnn Zdravko MiballeviO as the leader of the third wuo a d that he bad nmr nedwd thc-~&& on his appo~ntment to that position and &t h; had ncver been the eommanda o l ~ t u n l t . W c w a e ~ e i ~ ~ ~ a b o u t ~ l i W c d m c m ~ o f b u n h , a i n e c o o m c d t h D y men wae colonels and and i~ did not makc llcnrc that he could command ova SO N ~ y r a n ~ e d o f n ~ n # r m t h P ~ ~ ~ c c u r c d a a t e d t h a r o m c o l t h c l i n e d individuals, like S q c j Saavija or SlsvLo TW, were unda his command in 1992, but tbt Scgc) S a a v i j a ~ a m i e d bythe~rmyof Bill in 1993,mUmt hs could not haveheen ad@ to Maauicc lam on, while Slevko ' M a left lo Croatia in late 1992 md nsm

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. ~ ~ a o t h e ~ i ~ ~ t h e ~ b n o s w h o h w t h e ~ ~ ' t l w A c c u r c d p n o n a l l y rWEddWhs~~hTulimthanlevwtdry,hths~in~cs,whgshevi1ced Mr. PmdiO in hb md vehick. In civilian clothes and he cxpla1ncd (hat he used to a t Mr. PmvdiC bccauw of his dogs since cwas a hunur, but when hedid not fmd him h e , ha immediaml~ Id? Leoenica. The Accused dm said that durine his short vtit to Lemica, ' he saw D& hn i6 -h p i 4 and hat h just wved to hi;o to my hello and 0- SimlC confirmed dmt in his tcefimony.

TIE p d i n g r d e d dmt the i m p M people bdm takcn Tor forcible labour by h a guerds and ofher HVO memben until they wem archsllgcd ad Umt some of them were w M d to tomue. These Frar fbIIow Ran the testimonies ofheard witntrsa, primatily-fbnn tbe h e d m given by Elvir Huseinovit, Sewd Bejrdasmit, h i m H d e , Dhfet HusdnoviC who wac unison that thw wae kine taken f& brcible labour durinn

' ' ' theii i;;;i-in UB h td~ in m a i m dig m c k s &, HVO, h t m e pdsoneG wm tomnrd while they wne imprisoned in the knack. Nmnhclers, the Court could not l i n l r ~ e ~ ~ n ~ w i r h c h e A e # p c d , ~ i t w a r n o ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ h t ~ psrcicipakd in than, due to almdy mmtionrd m m .

m- having evaluated ail the witness* testimonies, both tbr the Rosecution and tw the hf- togaher with the documanery evidence admitted in the file during the main

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: chew with in fhe fndicen&t 1 war o b v h diet kt r dngk wit- H e d a cmnpl*c account of tho penidpation of the Accused in the Incidents of I2 June 1993 in rhe villaec of r u l i c s a n d & o n ~ ~ h e y ~ e Y w c r r d e r c d k d i n t h e ~ . h i t b a t k e n a l ~ mendomad in the -of the vdict that hue were no at bast two consistent testimony of wibmsw aa to the movement of the prcon with a hood over hi# head during the mlwant i n h , or as to the clothes he wwc, his apparan# or activities u n d e d by him. To rhat,end, wi- UC" claimed that the mentioned phson,staycd in the village of rjltca && o k d o a and dld not accompany &an, while witness "An mnd :hat the pan took off hi8 hood in b t of the he in -a. W~mcss AvdUa Wrakmwk testified to haw sten Pijuk's RIM in the b a n e in KijaL, whm he was beatiag wim UC". nK testimonies given by chPc Ley Pmsecution wibmses, who identified tho individual wid^ a hood - erecutor of 8dLo ~ r a k m w i 0 and o d m mar fhe I d m r d , 06 Wuk, each of than in hi OW way, completely conhavmcd each other about the eonelusive Caar. L clearly fblloun ltom ev+h@ pmcnted up to now that the mentioned w i b m w OW difkrcnt and inconsistent infomation about the identity and movanent dtht Accused on the devant dry. In addition, theit dcscriptiona of elorha thc necuto5wmdMnotcomspondma~kdclpestothe~pdonrgirmby1he&y Plpaculion wi- Wirncg, Avdijs Bt\jmktamH explicitly stated that PUuk had black trw#nrandthBthswasnakai thin thebcktup, witneas"An~thC had b l a c k t m ~ s ~ a n d a b W v g t ~ d a ~ ~ T s h i n , w i ~ U C " W h c ~ m i l i t s y m o ~ uniform. Also, the Rosccution wimcsws who stated to had possible r#cn the Accused baCbrsc4uld~~yrpeeif i~01l~ w h c n , u n d a w h i r b ~ a n d d i d n e t p m e n t any bet about tbac. lhey mcnly slated that 80111eane else told thcm that it was Pijuk or Zdravko

; Mbl&&;Fb,led Pijuk, but UIOI they did not commcOmmunicate .y@ bh, or hat anly to have seen him some dmc prim to drc war and the rrlwnnt'ilioiiiint

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Such en idemilialion of the a c d Zdravko MiweviviC wos incoherent, so wrr, their ~~tothcAeMcdonlyatoUfiulrnorsrtoLbpcffonwitha~~ponhirhcsd", difbmt dcswiptione of his clollr, - m e wih#s#r ctatcd that he wes completely dressed i n e b l o c k u n i ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ b ~ e r n i l i ~ ~ p p ~ ~ ~ e a d e w n ~ h a t t h e a m c t r a c w ~ V ~ K a w t M o v l b . a w a n a t c d b y c h c ~ ~ h w i m r r , - W r H* who twtified wt to.havc anyone with e kouflegc hood ovq @ head that day in Tblica All that juadfial maonable do* to the identity ofthe A c w d

.. l a c ~ o u r r ~ p a n i C u l u l ~ r c l o v ~ t t h e t c a h n o n i a g h r e n b y t h e k e y ~ o n w i ~ - w i ~ U C " , ~ w t h a o n l y ~ m W r ~ ~ h a d i n d c c d I m o r m t h e p r r o n b y the ahmnie'dPPijuk bcdPrr the critical incEdma ~ a v i g enalywd chc teadmodw in detail, the Corm concluded that char e high & p a of pici ion that the puson whb won e hood aver ~ b c a d tke he- day and who iudiapumbly killed b l k o Bqjre)aemiC ad OhLe i r i & ~ ~ ~ ' & t k e ' l d lpavcysJd on I2 June 1993, . .. . acqity,W~ , t .".-. ihe.,ap@ Z r L a ~ ~ ~

~ t h e u i m i n a l p m c e c d i i t k ~ ~ o n t h c i d f f n i t y a l t k e e c c u a c d chsgcd~theIdiobncnl,andraiou3doubmwcnm~atotheidunltyofr lrAd durtorlrsvamatrmadebyallthchtard~wiblfiuwebouttheplpeDasionofchc rekvpnl ofFencw by Zdmvko MI- All the manlioncd wiwrso wlm had known 6 ~ceurcd6ombdbkwwecon&tait i n t h e & t a t i m o n i e s t h a t h e ~ n e v a e e o r ~ o f ~PPPNMonvlorandlhethcwsr~~intkevillrgcoflWkeCthlrrlcv~t&y.ThcCOM catinly Mi the aatmam given by these witmema an credible, precisely on' lpound oftheir conrPtcncy eboul the concluoive Foccq both muturrlly and in corn& 2 th

lac a h m of eoncluaive identifhtion of the accused Zdravko M i w e ar & p a p a r s t o r o f t h e t h l ~ ~ ~ n t e r i m d o ~ w M c h w o o u p l e d w i ~ h ~ h c f a a h P l o r c c u d o n w i ~ h e d ~ ~ ~ t h c ~ 8 w n k f b r e a n d i n v h d t k e a l i b i prwidrd by UteCkfcnee wim- that tk Accused could not han.b..- at the ~ t ~ o n r h c d ~ d m r . g u W c d ~ C o u r ( r o d u d o ~ ~ P d ~ M l e d to p r m bepnd rrsronsblt do& that it wr, Ute accused Zdravko Miheuovit who p r p c t r e t c d h ~ i n ~ v i l ~ o f ~ i c s c h c ~ d a y U l a ( h e w a o c b a g e d w i t h i n the IndleEncnt. The evidence by thc PloreMion did not prove kyand m f ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ b l e d o u b t m n t h e p r r a n c c o f t b e A c c u d a t h e n l t v M t p l a a , o t ~ t & ~ o r pwpumtcd the rekwnt ofknces.

~ d t e c o n d d & d a u i a r y p s o G c d u n f b i l c d a , p m v c c h s c c h e ~ Z d r s v t o M i e v E parcicipaed in the widccgnad and ryrtam!ic atmck d i i against thk Bosniak civilian population, in the deprivation of liberty contrary to fbdmcnral NIU of intamtiowl law, tome, e n t b d diippaimea and other inhumane sap of e ~ I I W chmctw inkntimlly causing grcal rufibing, or serious i a u y to body or to Ohydcal or . meqml Real&. The Corvt appUd In dublo pro roo principle, and due to the lack of e v k k acquitted t h e d 2dnvko Miheljevioofthe hecharlpr to t o l e W ( c ) o f h :CPC of BiH.


1. Cmta of (be criminal pmeedlnfp and p ~ ~ l b l e cMmr

'ConWriw that UIC reed Zdrwko MiiUcviO wcls ecquincd of chageq ihc C- ruled punusnt to Miole 189 (1) dlhc Chinel Procedw Code of Bosnie and Herzegovina, that U t e ~ d c h r a i m t t l J p r o o e c d i n g s ~ t o i n A r d c l e 185(2).$chroughf)ofthk Code and the necwswy expenditures and nmuncntion dthe DcRnce Counsel shall k paid hwd h e budgel appmprlatlons.

Pummt to Anicle 198 (3) dthe Climlwl Roccdurt Code of Bosnlm and H ~ n a , the iqjured patties am hereby hstructed to laLa a civil a h under plopeny law ibr all possible

LEGAL REMEDY: Aa appeal may k flld to contca this Verdict with Ute Appellate P a n e l o f ~ C o u r r w i ~ I S ~ B o m t h e d e t e o f t h e d p t ~



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