In the Hairpiece interview, Pettigrew said that the resolution, thanks to the Diplomatic Efforts of the Ambassador of BiH, in the UN Zlatko Lagumdžija and his team, convicted his denudation and the glorification of convicted war criminals, and invited to educational activities and commemorations around the world.
However, he warned that the ban on the installation of memorials at the scalp locations, such as the Kravica warehouse, Bran Petkovci, and the Branjevo Farm, and the House of Culture, is a rough violation of human rights. The same applies to the places of rape women in the war, such as the “Partizan” sports hall in Foča and the hotel “Vilina Vlas” in Visegrad.
– The inactivity of the High Representative concerning these issues, after numerous survivor’s appeals, is actually complicating the rights to memorialize, inviting the OHR to use the Bonn Powers to legally protect and converted to national memorial characteristics.
Pettigrew assessed that the Republika Srpska and Serbia authorities strengthened the negation of genocide and threatening after the adoption of the resolution, culminating the adoption of the “Declaration of the World Council”. According to him, he promotes cultural, economic and political separatism, with the emphasis of the RS entity and continuation of the 9th January, despite the decision of the Constitutional Court of BiH that this date is unconvantable.
He also warned of the de facto state of Art Nades in the RS, pointing out Dodik’s decree on the non-recognition of state institutions such as the SIPA, the Court of BiH, as well as the adoption of the Separatist Constitution which is re-introduced by the entity army.
– The rebel actions of Milorad Dodik and the RS National Assembly hold the state of BiH and its citizens as hostages. In order to meet UN Resolution, the international community must determine resolutely in defense rights to commemoration, democracy and the rule of law – it concluded Pettigrew.
The UN General Assembly is 23. May 2024. year, “for 84” for “and 68 restrained, adopted the resolution on 11. July declares the international memory of Genocide in Srebrenica.
(Vijesti.ba/fena)
