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Stankovic: Systematic problem

Radovan Stankovic

11 September 2008  Strong criticism is coming from the OHR towards Republika Srpska because of the fact that a convicted war criminal is still on the run.

The Office of the High Representative (OHR) in Bosnia and Herzegovina considers that it is necessary for Republika Srpska authorities “to counter any notion of collective responsibility by ensuring that Radovan Stankovic and other individuals convicted for war crimes serve their full prison terms and address the systemic problems that still underlie his escape.”

Their reaction came after minister of justice Dzeral Selman and Prime Minister Milorad Dodik responded publicly to the letter by deputy High Representative Raffi Gregorian where he warned about their lack of action in trying to find Radovan Stankovic.

As BIRN – Justice Report published previously, a former prison warden from Foca prison, Aleksandar Cicmil, has been given back his job, as well as nine police officers, who were connected to Stankovic's escape. Read more: http://www.bim.ba/en/132/10/12956/

In a statement for the local press, Dodik said Gregorian is showing “that he pathologically cannot tolerate the RS”. Selam said that Cicmil and others are back to their jobs in accordance with the court decision.

“Fifteen months after Radovan Stankovic escaped from an RS prison, senior RS leaders have publicly proclaimed—in response to private correspondence—that no one is responsible, no one is accountable, and that no action is necessary to find a felon who still poses a danger to everyone around him”, the OHR letter said adding that “in recent public statements RS President Kuzmanovic, RS Prime Minister Dodik and RS Justice Minister Selman did not undertake action to recapture Stankovic or to hold accountable those responsible for his escape; instead they tried to obscure the fact that all those connected with the escape are all still working in Foca prison by claiming that the existence of the RS was being questioned.”

Radovan Stankovic was convicted to 20 years of imprisonment for crimes in 1992 in Foca, eastern Bosnia. He was found guilty for the murders and mass rapes of women and girls.