The right of the victims to know the truth and to get compensation

The victims and their rights to compensation are not even mentioned in the 30-page judgment convicting Florence Hartmann. Yet, an estimate of 150 000 persons have been killed and over 2 millions displaced during the war in Bosnia (1992-1995): widespread murders, arbitrary detention, torture, besieged civilians as in Sarajevo during the 44 month long siege, rapes, deportation… As for today there are still hundreds of thousands Bosnians who have been prevented from returning to their home.

In her English article Vital genocide documents concealed for which she was convicted by the ICTY, Florence Hartmann had very precisely addressed this issue:

The ICTY did not object to being told by a state that it should place restrictions on evidence because that same evidence incriminates persons or bodies involved in crimes, who would then be found liable, in whatever forum (including the ICJ), to make restitution or payment to the victims of those very crimes. Thereby the ICTY Appeals Chamber violated the very UN Security Council resolution (827) that established the Tribunal in 1993. According to paragraph 7 of this resolution, the work of ICTY shall be carried out without any prejudice to the rights of the victims to seek compensation for damages incurred as a result of violations of international humanitarian law.