Judgement - Naletilić & Martinović (Part 1/2) - 31 March 2003

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The Indictment concerned events alleged to have occurred between April 1993 and January 1994, in the course of a conflict between the Army of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Croat Defence Council in the South-western part of Bosnia and Herzegovina , and in particular, in Mostar and the surrounding municipalities. The Prosecution alleged that this conflict was international in nature and that the alleged crimes were part of a widespread, large-scale or systematic attack directed against the Bosnian Muslim population.
The accused Mladen Naletilic and Vinko Martinovic have been charged with having committed crimes against humanity, grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and violations of the laws or customs of war in their positions as commanders of the Convicts' Battalion and of the Vinko Skrobo ATG respectively. They are charged with both direct and command responsibility under Articles 7 (1) and 7 (3) of the Statute.