“The judgments related to the genocide in Srebrenica were decided by more than 20 judges at the Hague Tribunal, and there is nothing to complain about them. They are a reflection of world competence. The only question is whether someone wants to admit it or not,” said the Belgrade lawyer Sead Spahovic.
“The Hague Tribunal is the only one competent when it comes to the genocide in Srebrenica. When you read those judgments, it’s 100 years ahead of us. In connection with the genocide in Srebrenica, at least 20 judges decided. Those judgments are a reflection of world competence. It is legitimate and legal and they have no objection. The only question is whether someone wants to admit it or not,” Sead Spahovic stated.
Legal and political guilt
Spahovic assessed that even next year, when there will be the 30th anniversary of the genocide in Srebrenica, not much will change and when it comes to that crime, Serbia will continue to be silent.
“This society was created on that genocide and that war. Just as Tito’s Yugoslavia was created during the Second World War, this Serbia was also created during the wars of the 1990s,” said Spahovic.
He added that this does not mean that everyone in Serbia is responsible for the wars and crimes committed in the former Yugoslavia in the 1990s.
“In an essay on German guilt, Jaspers talked about different forms of guilt. Legal guilt is borne by those whom the court finds guilty. It is a criminal-legal guilt. But there is also the political guilt of all those who supported it,” Spahovic said.
Metaphysical responsibility
He reminded that Jaspers also talks about the so-called metaphysical responsibility.
“That responsibility belongs to every man who did not oppose it. Therefore, those who fought against Milosevic in Serbia wore the black fleur, attacked Milosevic, and the like, saved their souls. But it should also be remembered that when Miloseviclost the elections in 2000, he won two million votes. That is, as Srdja Popovic said – two million applause for the genocide in Srebrenica”, lawyer Sead Spahovic explained.
