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2010-03-31 Europe

Dutch court upholds UN immunity in Srebrenica case

[Bangla Daily Star] Relatives of Bosnian Muslims killed in Europe's worst massacre since World War II lost another round yesterday in their attempt to sue the United Nations for responsibility.

The Hague Appeals Court upheld a 2008 lower court ruling affirming UN immunity from prosecution enshrined in international conventions that established the world body, and said the legal protection is an essential foundation of its peacekeeping operations around the world.

Lawyers for the family members, known as the Mothers of Srebrenica, vowed to take the case to the Dutch Supreme Court and the European Court of Justice if necessary.

Some 8,000 men were murdered in July 1995 by Serb forces who overran Srebrenica, which had been declared a UN safe zone for the Muslim civilians in the Bosnian enclave.

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