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STRASBOURG, November 6 (FENA) - Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Dunja Mijatović, condemned the promotion of a book which falsifies the facts of a war crime which took place at the Tuzla Gate in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1995, Council of Europe announced today.
"Unfortunately, we are witnessing yet again an attempt to deny or relativise war related crimes from the wars in the former Yugoslavia that have been established as such by the ICTY and in national war crimes tribunals. Propagating falsehoods and disinformation in a post-war context is dangerous exercise, one that seriously undermines all efforts towards durable peace and reconciliation," Mijatović stated.
"Regrettably, yesterday the Serbian Ministry of Defence organised a promotion of a book falsifying the facts of a war crime that claimed the lives of 71 people at the Tuzla Gate in Bosnia and Herzegovina in May 1995. Instead of providing a public platform to propagate views that deny war crimes, political leaders and government representatives in Serbia must step up their work on fighting impunity for war related crimes, provide civilian war victims with effective reparations, and support reconciliation efforts in the region in line with the recommendations already made by my predecessors to the Serbian authorities. Reckoning honestly with the past is essential for reconciliation and constructive interaction between different communities. It is my deep conviction that young generations in the country and in the region deserve to be brought up in the spirit of peace, tolerance and mutual respect," said Mijatović, the Council of Europe stated.
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