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He should make his voice heard more often. The more, the better.

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Bosnian Serb war criminal recaptured after years on the run

Bosnian Serb war criminal recaptured (cnn)

CNN) -- Bosnian police have recaptured a former member of Serb paramilitary forces who escaped from prison nearly five years ago, authorities said.

Radovan Stankovic was convicted in Bosnia in November 2006 for crimes against humanity, including rape, sexual assault and enslavement of women and young girls during Bosnia's 1992-1995 war.

He escaped from a Bosnian prison in May 2007.

"Today's apprehension of Stankovic significant for the victims of the grave crimes he has been convicted for," the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia said in a statement Saturday.

"I hope that this arrest reflects an increased commitment of the authorities of Bosnia and Herzegovina to support the process of bringing to justice those responsible for the grave crimes committed on their territory in the early 1990s."

Stankovic was captured in Foca, the same town he escaped from jail.

Thank you Mr. Darius

Thank you Mr. Darius Kadivar for this great news!

I believe as an Iranian, the least we can do is to share this report on our facebooks and twitters ...... Come on People , don't be so scared, especially all you Iranians outside Iran!!!

What are you waiting for??? For Iran to be bombed??? We must share this with the whole world claiming we Iranian people want Freedom & Peace in Iran, in and with the Entire World!!!

People, Don't wait! ACT for God sake. 

MM Jan Iran is not signatory of the Rome Treaty

Hence why RP 2 is taking this to the UN security council as a first step. 

Even If the UN doesn't respond positively (which is quite likely given that they are hardly reacting to similar calls on Syria) RP has said he will continue through other means.

From what I understand The key to this initiative is first and foremost to draw international awareness on this situation but also as a reminder for future UN Sessions.

By officially submitting this report today then if tomorrow let's say Iran decides to hang or stone people for adultry, homosexuality or even espionage, Human Rights Activists will have the legal arguments to condone or sanction future UN deliberations on Iran's Human Rights Record. 

The seriousness with which this is being submitted will allow to convince different diplomatic corps or MP's notably within the European Community to Lobby the cause of Human Rights beyond vague promises and commit them to taking this report seriously.

This can be a very useful tool of at least moral pressure which cannot be overlooked nor dismissed so easily regardless of what the UN security council's response will be.

The European Parliament is not a homogenous entity. Thanks to this report deputies or MP's belonging to different political parties as well as Human Rights lobbies can use it to pressure their respective governments in complying with the Moral and legal demand for Human Rights to be respected in Iran.  

The La Hague Court of Justice is the Only Court since Nuremburg which has seeked to pursue such crimes since the end of WWII. 

It has remarkably been successful in the case of all crimes committed during the Conflict in former Yougoslavia for which ALL those accused of such crimes were arrested and convicted. More recently this was also the case in Ivory Coast with Mambo Ghabo ( not sure of the spelling).

The main argument and justification behind this initiative is that it will give us Iranians some leverage in regard to the West or other nations who wish to cut deals with Iran while overlooking the Human Rights issue.

On the other hand it also gives Iranians at large a moral legitimacy and high ground over the IRI if ever god forbid a similar situation like in Syria were to occur in Iran.

Will this be enough ? Definitively Not but it is at least a first step and one which follows a legal procedure with sufficient evidence ( notably thanks to the Boroumand Foundation for Human Rights and other research centers) to seize the different Juridictions.

In addition if other cases of abuse and systematic use of torture and executions are to appear given the rogue nature of this regime. These new evidences will be added to the Report officially and not merely for the Press. This will build up the ever stronger arguments of taking these reports seriously a little like when the Shah's regime was put under similar pressures due to reports by Amnesty International back in the 1970's. 

My Humble Opinion,

DK 

DK

A couple of questions:

Back in 2009, when i suggested prosecution by the Hague court, a few "lawyers" here told me that since IRI is officially in charge of Iran, the court did not have jurisdiction. Have things  changed?

I am hoping that RP has an electronic mail for us to sign and send to all the recipients in your report??

Thanks.  I am glad he is tackling this issue. 

I hope he sees this through

If he does, he would achieve an amazingly concrete and meaningful action.

Attached report sent to the following Recipients

This attached report along with the cover letter is addressed to the following recipients:

The Right Honorable President Hu Jintao of the People's Republic of China
The Right Honorable President Nicolas Sarkozy of the French Republic
The Right Honorable President Dmitry Medvedev of Russia
The Right Honorable President Barack Obama of the United States
His Excellency Prime Minister David Cameron of the United Kingdom

His Majesty King Mohammed VI of Morocco
Her Excellency Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany
His Excellency Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho of Portugal
His Excellency Prime Minister Manmohan Singh of India
The Right Honorable President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan
The Right Honorable President Juan Manuel Santos Calderón of Colombia
The Right Honorable President Álvaro Colomof Guatemala
The Right Honorable President Asif Ali Zardari of Pakistan
The Right Honorable President Jacob Zuma of South Africa
The Right Honorable President Faure Gnassingbé of Togo

The Right Honorable Mark Lyall Grant, Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the United Nations
The Right Honorable Vitaly Churkin, Permanent Representative of Russia to the United Nations
The Right Honorable Wang Min, Permanent Representative of the People's Republic of China to the United Nations
The Right Honorable Susan Rice, Permanent Representative of the United States to the United Nations
The Right Honorable Gérard Araud, Permanent Representative of France to the United Nations
The Right Honorable Agshin Mehdiyev, Permanent Representative of Azerbaijan to the United Nations
The Right Honorable Nestor Osorio, Permanent Representative of Colombia to the United Nations
The Right Honorable Peter Wittig, Permanent Representative of Germany to the United Nations
The Right Honorable Gert Rosenthal, Permanent Representative of Guatemala to the United Nations
The Right Honorable Hardeep Singh Puri, Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations
The Right Honorable Mohammed Loulichki, Permanent Representative of Morocco to the United Nations
The Right Honorable Abdullah Hussain Haroon, Pakistan Ambassador to the United Nations
The Right Honorable José Filipe Moraes Cabral, Permanent Representative of Portugal to the United Nations
The Right Honorable Baso Sangqu, South African Permanent representative to the United Nations
The Right Honorable Kodjo Menan, Permanent Representative of Togo to the United Nations

You Can Download RP's UN Report Here

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