CASE NO. IT-04-75-I
The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, pursuant to her authority under Article 18 of the Statute of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia ("the Statute of the Tribunal"), charges:
- Goran HADZIC, son of Branko, was born on 7 September 1958 in the
Municipality of Vinkovci, Croatia. Prior to the conflict in Croatia, Goran
HADZIC worked as a warehouseman at a VUPIK plant in Pacetin, Municipality
of Vukovar, Croatia.
- Goran HADZIC had been a member of the League of Communists since
his youth. Prior to 1990, Goran HADZIC was President of the Local Community
of Pacetin. In the spring 1990, Goran HADZIC was elected a councilman
at the Municipal Council of Vukovar as a candidate of the League of Communists
– Party for Democratic Changes /Savez Komunista – Stranka za Demokratske
Premene/ ("SK-SDP"). Goran HADZIC later joined the Serbian Democratic
Party / Srpska Demokratska Stranka / ("SDS"). Goran HADZIC was
elected chairman of the SDS for Vukovar on 10 June 1990. By March 1991, Goran
HADZIC was President of the Municipal Board of Vukovar, a member of the
Main Board and Executive Committee of SDS in Knin, and Vice-President of the
Regional Board of SDS for Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Srem in Pakrac.
- Prior to 25 June 1991, Goran HADZIC was a leader in
the Serbian National Council ("SNC"), a political forum of the Serbs covering
the region of Slavonia, Baranja and Western Srem. On 25-26 June 1991, the
SNC was transformed into the government of the so-called "Serbian Autonomous
District /Sprska autonomna oblast/ Slavonia, Baranja and Western Srem
("SAO SBWS"). At the same time, Goran HADZIC was appointed President
of the Government designate of the self-declared SAO SBWS. Goran HADZIC
acted as President of the Government between 25 June and 25 September 1991.
On 25 September 1991, Goran HADZIC was officially appointed President
of the Government of the self-declared SAO SBWS, as published in the Official
Gazette.
- On 26 February 1992, Goran HADZIC was elected President of the so-called
"Republic of Serbian Krajina /Republika Srpska krajina/" ("RSK"). Goran
HADZIC remained in this position until December 1993.
INDIVIDUAL CRIMINAL RESPONSIBILITY
Article 7(1) of the Statute of the Tribunal
- Goran HADZIC is individually criminally responsible for the crimes
referred to in Articles 3 and 5 of the Statute of the Tribunal and described
in this indictment, which he planned, instigated, ordered, committed, or in
whose planning, preparation, or execution he otherwise aided and abetted.
By using the word "committed" in this indictment the Prosecutor does not intend
to suggest that the accused physically committed the crimes charged personally,
other than the crimes described in paragraphs 19 and 25 of this indictment.
Committing in this indictment includes Goran HADZIC’s participation
in a joint criminal enterprise as a co-perpetrator.
- The purpose of this joint criminal enterprise was the permanent forcible
removal of a majority of the Croat and other non-Serb population from approximately
one-third of the territory of the Republic of Croatia ("Croatia") in order
to make them part of a new Serb-dominated state through the commission of
crimes in violation of Articles 3 and 5 of the Statute of the Tribunal. These
areas included those regions that were referred to by Serb authorities as
the "SAO Krajina," the "SAO Western Slavonia," the "SAO SBWS" (after 19 December
1991, the "SAO Krajina" became known as the RSK; on 26 February 1992, the
"SAO Western Slavonia" and the "SAO SBWS" joined the RSK).
- The crimes enumerated in this indictment were within the object of the joint
criminal enterprise and Goran HADZIC held the state of mind necessary
for the commission of each of these crimes. Alternatively, the crimes enumerated
in Counts 1 to 9 and 12 to 14 were the natural and foreseeable consequences
of the execution of the object of the joint criminal enterprise and Goran
HADZIC was aware that such crimes were the possible outcome of the execution
of the joint criminal enterprise.
- This joint criminal enterprise came into existence no later than 25 June
1991 and continued until at least December 1993. In order for the joint criminal
enterprise to succeed in its objective, Goran HADZIC worked in concert
with or through several individuals in the joint criminal enterprise. Each
participant or co-perpetrator within the joint criminal enterprise played
his role or roles that significantly contributed to the overall objective
of the enterprise. Individuals participating in this joint criminal enterprise
included Slobodan MILOSEVIC; Milan MARTIC; Jovica STANISIC; Franko
SIMATOVIC, also known as "Frenki"; Vojislav SESELJ; Radovan STOJICIC, also
known as "Badza"; Zeljko RAZNATOVIC, also known as "Arkan"; and other known
and unknown members of the Yugoslav People’s Army ("JNA"); the self-declared
local Serb Territorial Defence ("TO") in the SAO SBWS; the TO’s of Serbia
and Montenegro; local police forces including Serb police forces of the SAO
SBWS commonly referred to as "SAO SBWS Milicija" and the "Serb National Security"
("SNB") of the SAO SBWS; police forces of the Republic of Serbia ("Serbian
MUP"), including the State Security /Drzavna bezbednost/ ("DB") of
the Republic of Serbia; and members of Serbian, Montenegrin and Bosnian Serb
paramilitary groups (also known as volunteer units), including the Serbian
Volunteer Guard, a paramilitary/volunteer unit led by Zeljko RAZNATOVIC commonly
known as "Arkanovci" or "Arkan’s Tigers", and volunteers related to
the Serbian Chetnik Movement and/or the Serbian Radical Party ("SRS") of Vojislav
SESELJ, commonly known as "Cetniks" or "Seseljevci", who during military operations
were integrated in or related otherwise to the TO of the SAO SBWS, all operating
under the command of the JNA (collectively, "Serb forces"); and other political
figures from the (Socialist) Federal Republic of Yugoslavia ("(S)FRY"), the
Republic of Serbia ("Serbia"), the Republic of Montenegro ("Montenegro"),
and Serb politicians from Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina.
- Goran HADZIC, acting individually or in concert with other members
of the joint criminal enterprise participated in the joint criminal enterprise
in the following ways:
- In his capacity as the President of the Government of the SAO SBWS and
subsequently as President of the RSK, he formulated, promoted, participated
in, and/or encouraged the development and implementation of SAO SBWS / RSK
governmental policies intended to advance the objective of the joint criminal
enterprise. Throughout 1991, 1992 and 1993, Goran HADZIC attended
meetings with the Serbia and (S)FRY leadership and/or their agents defining
these policies of the joint criminal enterprise and presented its positions
in international negotiations.
- He was instrumental in the establishment, support and maintenance
of the government bodies ruling the SAO SBWS / RSK, which in co-operation
with the military and police implemented the objectives of the joint criminal
enterprise and participated in the commission of crimes as listed in this
indictment.
- He participated in and contributed to the creation, organisation, financing,
and direction of the SAO SBWS Milicija and the SNB. These police or security
forces were created and supported to assist in the execution of the joint
criminal enterprise through the commission of crimes in violation of Articles
3 and 5 of the Statute of the Tribunal.
- He participated in and contributed to the creation, organisation, financing,
and direction of the local Serb Territorial Defence forces (TO) of the SAO
SBWS, including volunteers related to the Serbian Volunteer Guard and the
Serbian Chetnik Movement, which participated in the crimes described in
this indictment. From at least 26 June 1991 to and including December 1993,
Goran HADZIC was the de jure commander of the TO forces.
- He personally participated in crimes committed by these police and
military forces in the targeted territories as described in paragraphs 19
and 25 of this indictment.
- He participated in the provision of financial, material, logistical and
political support necessary for the military take-over of territories in
the SAO SBWS and the subsequent forcible removal of the Croat and other
non-Serb population by the local Serb TO forces, who acted in subordination
of or co-ordination with the JNA, the Serbian MUP forces and the SAO SBWS
Milicija and SNB.
- He requested the assistance of or facilitated the participation of JNA
and Serbian MUP forces to further the objective of the joint criminal enterprise.
- He encouraged and assisted in the acquisition of arms and their distribution
to local Serbs in Croatia to further the objective of the joint criminal
enterprise.
- He openly espoused and encouraged the creation by violence of a homogenous
Serbian State encompassing the territories specified in this indictment.
- Goran HADZIC knowingly and willfully participated in the joint criminal
enterprise, sharing the intent of other participants in the joint criminal
enterprise or while being aware of the intent of the other participants of
the joint criminal enterprise substantially contributing to the crimes being
committed. On this basis, he bears individual criminal responsibility for
these crimes under Article 7(1) of the Statute of the Tribunal, in addition
to his responsibility under the same Article for having planned, instigated,
ordered, personally committed, or otherwise aided and abetted in the planning,
preparation, execution, and commission of these crimes.
GENERAL ALLEGATIONS:
- At all time relevant to this indictment, a state of armed conflict existed
in Croatia.
- All acts and omissions charged as Crimes Against Humanity were part of a
widespread or systematic attack directed against the Croat and other non-Serb
civilian population of large areas of Croatia.
- At all times relevant to this indictment, Goran HADZIC was required
to abide by the laws and customs governing the conduct of armed conflicts.
THE CHARGES:
COUNT 1
(PERSECUTIONS)
- From 1 August 1991 until the end of June 1992, Goran HADZIC, acting
individually or in concert with other known and unknown members of a joint
criminal enterprise, planned, instigated, ordered, committed, or otherwise
aided and abetted the planning, preparation, or execution of the persecutions
of the Croat and other non-Serb civilian population in the SAO SBWS / RSK.
- Throughout this period, Serb forces, comprised of JNA units, local Serb
TO units and TO units from Serbia and Montenegro, including paramilitaries/volunteers
of the Serbian Volunteer Guard and the Serbian Chetnik Movement, local and
Serbian MUP police units, including the SAO SBWS Milicija and the SNB, and
paramilitary units, attacked and took control of towns, villages and settlements
in the territories described in paragraph 6. After the take-over, Serb forces
in co-operation with the local Serb authorities, including Goran HADZIC,
established a regime of persecutions designed to drive the Croat and other
non-Serb civilian population from these territories.
- These persecutions were based on political, racial or religious grounds
and included the following:
a. The extermination or murder of hundreds
of Croat and other non-Serb civilians, including women and elderly persons,
in Dalj, Dalj Planina, Erdut, Erdut Planina, Klisa, Lovas, Grabovac and Vukovar
in Croatia, as described in detail in paragraphs 18 to 29.
b. The prolonged and routine imprisonment and confinement
of hundreds of Croat and other non-Serb civilians in detention
facilities within and outside of Croatia, as described in detail in paragraph
31-33.
c. The establishment and perpetuation of inhumane living
conditions for Croat and other non-Serb civilian detainees in the mentioned
detention facilities.
d. The repeated torture, beatings and killings of Croat
and other non-Serb civilian detainees in the mentioned detention facilities.
e. The prolonged and frequent forced labour of Croat and
other non-Serb civilians detained in the mentioned detention facilities or
under house arrest in their respective homes in Vukovar, Dalj, Lovas, Erdut
and Tovarnik. The forced labour included digging graves, loading ammunition
for the Serb forces, digging trenches and other forms of manual labour at
the frontlines.
f. The imposition of restrictive and discriminatory measures
against the Croat and other non-Serb civilian population, such as restriction
of movement; removal from positions of authority in local government institutions
and the police; dismissal from jobs; and arbitrary searches of their homes.
g. The beating and robbing of Croat and other non-Serb
civilians.
h. The arbitrary arrests, torture and beatings of Croat
and other non-Serb civilians during and after their arrest.
i. The deportation or forcible transfer of tens of thousands
of Croat and other non-Serb civilians from the territories specified above,
including the deportation to Serbia of at least 5,000 inhabitants
from Ilok, 20,000 inhabitants from Vukovar; and the forcible
transfer to locations within Croatia of at least 2,500 inhabitants
from Erdut, as described in detail in paragraphs 35 to 38.
j. The deliberate destruction of homes, other public and
private property, cultural institutions, historic monuments and sacred sites
of the Croat and other non-Serb population in Vukovar, Erdut, Lovas, Aljmas,
Sarengrad, Bapska, Tovarnik, as described in paragraphs 40.
- By these acts and omissions, Goran HADZIC committed:
Count 1: Persecutions on political, racial, and
religious grounds, a CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY, punishable under Articles 5(h)
and 7(1) of the Statute of the Tribunal.
COUNTS 2 to 4
(EXTERMINATION and MURDER)
- From 1 August 1991 until the end of June 1992, Goran HADZIC, acting
individually or in concert with other known and unknown members of a joint
criminal enterprise, planned, instigated, ordered, committed, or otherwise
aided and abetted the planning, preparation, or execution of the extermination,
murder and wilful killings of Croat and other non-Serb civilians in the SAO
SBWS, as specified in paragraphs 19 through 27 of this indictment.
- In September and October 1991, the local Serb TO and Milicija of the SAO
SBWS arrested Croat civilians and kept them in a detention facility in the
police building in Dalj. On 21 September 1991, Goran HADZIC and Zeljko
RAZNATOVIC visited the detention facility and ordered the release of two of
the detainees. Immediately after, members of the TO of the SAO SBWS led by
Zeljko RAZNATOVIC killed eleven detainees and buried their bodies
in a mass grave in the village of Celija. The names of the victims are set
out in Annex I attached to this indictment.
- On 4 October 1991, members of the TO of the SAO SBWS led by Zeljko RAZNATOVIC
entered the detention facility in the police building in Dalj and beat, tortured,
then killed twenty-eight Croat civilian detainees. The bodies
of the victims were then taken from the building and dumped into the nearby
Danube River. The names of the victims are set out in Annex I attached to
this indictment.
- On 18 October 1991, members of the JNA, the TO of the SAO SBWS, and Dusan
Silni volunteer unit forced fifty Croat civilians, who had been
detained for forced labour in the Zadruga building in Lovas, to march into
a minefield on the outskirts of the village of Lovas, located approximately
20 kilometers south-west of the town of Vukovar. On the way to the
minefield, one detainee was shot dead by these Serb forces.
Upon reaching the minefield, the detainees were forced to enter the minefield
and sweep their feet in front of them to clear the field of mines. At least
one mine exploded, and the Serb forces opened fire on the detainees. Twenty-one
detainees were killed either through mine explosions or gunfire. The names
of the victims are set out in Annex I attached to this indictment.
- On 9 November 1991, members of the TO of the SAO SBWS led by Zeljko RAZNATOVIC
and members of the Milicija of the SAO SBWS arrested ethnic Hungarian and
Croat civilians in Erdut, Dalj Planina, and Erdut Planina and took them to
the training centre of the TO in Erdut where twelve of them
were shot dead the following day. The names of the victims are set out in
Annex I attached to this indictment. Several days after 9 November 1991, members
of the SNB of the SAO SBWS in co-operation with several members of "Arkan’s
Tigers" arrested and executed three civilians, two of them family
members of the original Hungarian victims who had inquired about the fate
of their relatives. The bodies of eight of the initial twelve victims were
buried in the village of Celija and one victim was buried in Daljski Atar.
The bodies of the three additional victims were thrown into a well in Borovo.
The names of the victims are set out in Annex I attached to this indictment.
On 3 June 1992, members of the SNB, in co-operation with members of "Arkan’s
Tigers", arrested Marija Senasi (born 1937), a female family member of the
original Hungarian victims who had continued to make inquiries about the fate
of her relatives. This woman was subsequently murdered and her body was thrown
into an abandoned well in Dalj Planina.
- On 11 November 1991, members of the TO of SAO SBWS, under the command of
Zeljko RAZNATOVIC, arrested seven non-Serb civilians in the village of Klisa.
Two of the detainees who had Serb relatives were released. The remaining five
civilians were taken to the TO training centre in Erdut. After their interrogation,
the victims were killed and buried in a mass grave in the village of Celija.
The names of the victims are set out in Annex I attached to this indictment.
- On or about 20 November 1991, as part of the overall persecution campaign,
Serb forces under the command of the JNA removed approximately two hundred
and sixty-four Croats and other non-Serbs from Vukovar Hospital in
the aftermath of the Serb take-over of the city. The victims were transported
to the JNA barracks and then to the Ovcara farm located about 5 kilometers
south of Vukovar. There, Serb forces consisting of JNA soldiers, local Serb
TO forces, paramilitaries/volunteers, and other members of the joint criminal
enterprise beat and tortured the victims for hours. During the evening of
20 November 1991, these Serb forces transported the victims in groups of 10-20
to a remote execution site between the Ovcara farm and Grabovo, where they
shot and killed them. Their bodies were buried in a mass grave. The names
of the victims are set out in Annex I attached to this indictment.
- Between 18 and 20 November 1991, after the termination of the military operations
in and around Vukovar, the JNA assisted by local Serb TO forces, paramilitaries/volunteers,
and other members of the joint criminal enterprise deported thousands
of Croat and other non-Serb inhabitants into the territory of the Republic
of Serbia. Following a request of Goran HADZIC to retain those non-Serbs
who were suspected of participation in the military operations, the JNA transported
a large number of inhabitants of Vukovar to the detention facilities in Dalj
on around 20 November 1991. There, local Serb TO members selected those suspected
of participating in the defence of Vukovar. The selected detainees were interrogated,
beaten and tortured. At least thirty-five were executed. The
names of the victims are set out in Annex I attached to this indictment.
- On 10 December 1991, members of the TO of the SAO SBWS led by Zeljko RAZNATOVIC
and members of the Milicija of the SAO SBWS arrested five non-Serb
villagers from Erdut. The victims were taken to the TO training centre in
Erdut and subsequently killed. The bodies of three of the victims were later
disposed of in a well in Daljski Atar. The names of the victims are set out
in Annex I attached to this indictment.
- From 22 December 1991 to 25 December 1991, members of the TO of the SAO
SBWS led by Zeljko RAZNATOVIC and members of the Milicija of the SAO SBWS
arrested seven ethnic Hungarian and Croat civilians in Erdut
and took them to the TO training centre in Erdut. On 26 December 1991, they
were shot and killed. The bodies of six of the victims were buried in Daljski
Atar. The names of the victims are set out in Annex I attached to this indictment.
- On 21 February 1992, members of the TO of the SAO SBWS led by Zeljko RAZNATOVIC
and members of the Milicija of the SAO SBWS arrested four non-Serb
civilians in Erdut. All of the victims were interrogated in the Territorial
Defence training centre in Erdut and then killed. The bodies of the victims
were buried in a mass grave in Daljski Atar. The names of the victims are
set out in Annex I attached to this indictment.
- On 4 May 1992, members of the special operations component of the DB of
the Republic of Serbia arrested five non-Serb civilians in the
village of Grabovac. The civilians were taken away and killed. Their bodies
were later buried in Tikves Park. The names of the victims are set out in
Annex I attached to this indictment.
- By these acts and omissions Goran HADZIC committed:
Count 2: Extermination, a CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY,
punishable under Articles 5(b) and 7(1) of the Statute of the Tribunal.
Count 3: Murder, a CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY, punishable
under Articles 5(a) and 7(1) of the Statute of the Tribunal.
Count 4: Murder, a VIOLATION OF THE LAWS OR CUSTOMS
OF WAR, as recognised by Common Article 3(1)(a) of the Geneva Conventions
of 1949, punishable under Articles 3 and 7(1) of the Statute of the Tribunal.
COUNTS 5 to 9
(IMPRISONMENT, TORTURE, INHUMANE ACTS and CRUEL TREATMENT )
- From 1 August 1991 until the end of June 1992, Goran HADZIC, acting
individually or in concert with other known and unknown members of a joint
criminal enterprise, planned, instigated, ordered, committed, or otherwise
aided and abetted the planning, preparation, or execution of the unlawful
confinement or imprisonment under inhumane conditions of the Croat and other
non-Serb civilian population in the territories listed above.
- Serb military forces, comprised of JNA, local Serb TO and paramilitary/volunteer
units acting in co-operation with local and Serbian police staff and local
Serb authorities and authorities in Serbia, arrested and detained thousands
of Croat and other non-Serb civilians in the following short- and long-term
detention facilities:
a. STAJICEVO agricultural farm in Serbia run by the JNA,
approximately one thousand and seven hundred detainees.
b. Military barracks in Begejci in Serbia run by the JNA,
approximately two hundred and sixty detainees.
c. Military barracks in Zrenjanin in Serbia run by the
JNA, scores of detainees.
d. Military prison Sremska Mitrovica in Serbia run by
the JNA, hundreds of detainees.
e. Military prison in Sid, Serbia run by the JNA, approximately
one hundred detainees
f. Police buildings and the hangar near the railway station
in Dalj, SAO SBWS, run by the JNA and local Serb TO, hundreds
of detainees.
g. Territorial Defence training centre in Erdut, also
referred to as "Arkan’s" military base, SAO SBWS, run by members of the local
Serb TO and "Arkan’s Tigers", approximately fifty-two detainees.
h. Ovcara farm, near Vukovar, SAO SBWS run by the JNA,
approximately three hundred detainees.
i. Velepromet warehouse near Vukovar, SAO SBWS run by
the JNA, approximately one hundred detainees.
j. Police station in Opatovac, SAO SBWS run by the JNA,
scores of detainees.
k. Stable or workshop in Borovo Selo, SAO SBWS, run by
members of the milicija and local Serb TO, approximately eighty
detainees.
- The living conditions in these detention facilities were brutal and characterised
by inhumane treatment, overcrowding, starvation, forced labour, inadequate
medical care, and constant physical and psychological assault, including mock
executions, torture, beatings, and sexual assault.
- By these acts and omissions, Goran HADZIC committed:
Count 5: Imprisonment, a CRIME AGAINST
HUMANITY punishable under Article 5(e) and Article 7 (1) of the Statute
of the Tribunal.
Count 6: Torture, a CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY
punishable under Article 5(f) and Article 7 (1) of the Statute of the
Tribunal.
Count 7: Inhumane acts, a CRIME AGAINST
HUMANITY punishable under Article 5(i) and Article 7 (1) of the Statute
of the Tribunal.
Count 8: Torture, a VIOLATION OF THE
LAWS OR CUSTOMS OF WAR as recognised by Common Article 3 (1)(a) of the
Geneva Conventions of 1949, punishable under Article 3 and Article 7 (1) of
the Statute of the Tribunal.
Count 9: Cruel treatment, a VIOLATION
OF THE LAWS OR CUSTOMS OF WAR as recognised by Common Article 3 (1)(a)
of the Geneva Conventions of 1949, punishable under Article 3 and Article
7 (1) of the Statute of the Tribunal.
COUNTS 10 to 11
(DEPORTATION, FORCIBLE TRANSFER)
- From 1 August 1991 until the end of June 1992, Goran HADZIC, acting
alone or in concert with other known and unknown members of the joint criminal
enterprise, planned, instigated, ordered, committed, or otherwise aided and
abetted the planning, preparation, or execution of the deportations or forcible
transfers of the Croat and other non-Serb civilian population in the territories
of the SAO SBWS.
- In order to achieve this objective, Serb forces comprised of SAO SBWS Milicija
and SNB under the control of GORAN HADZIC, in co-operation with other
Serb forces comprised of JNA, local Serb TO forces, Serbian and Montenegrin
TO forces, and paramilitary/volunteer units, including the Serbian Volunteer
Guard, and other police units, including the Serbian MUP, surrounded predominantly
Croat towns, villages, hamlets and neighbourhoods and demanded their non-Serb
inhabitants to surrender their weapons, including legally owned hunting rifles.
Then, the towns, villages, hamlets and neighbourhoods were attacked, even
those whose inhabitants had complied with the demands. These attacks were
intended to compel the population to flee. After taking control of the towns,
villages, hamlets and neighbourhoods the Serb forces sometimes rounded up
the remaining Croat and other non-Serb civilians and forcibly transported
them to locations in Croatia controlled by the Croatian government or deported
them to locations outside Croatia, in particular Serbia and Montenegro. On
other occasions, the Serb forces in co-operation with the local Serb authorities
imposed restrictive and discriminatory measures on the non-Serb population
and engaged in a campaign of terror designed to drive them out of the territory.
The majority of the non-Serbs that remained were then deported or forcibly
transferred.
- According to the 1991 census, the Croat and other non-Serb population of
this area was approximately as follows:
SAO SBWS: 47 % Croats (90,454).
Set out in Annex III are detailed population statistics for
this area according to the 1991 census.
- Virtually the whole Croat and non-Serb population of this area was forcibly
transferred, deported or killed.
- By these acts and omissions, Goran HADZIC committed:
Count 10: Deportation, a CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY,
punishable under Articles 5(d) and 7(1) of the Statute of the Tribunal.
Count 11: Inhumane Acts (Forcible Transfers), a
CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY, punishable under Articles 5(i) and 7(1) of the Statute
of the Tribunal.
COUNTS 12 to 14
(WANTON DESTRUCTION, PLUNDER OF PUBLIC OR PRIVATE PROPERTY)
- From 1 August 1991 until the end of June 1992, Goran HADZIC, acting
alone or in concert with other known and unknown members of the joint criminal
enterprise, planned, instigated, ordered, committed, or otherwise aided and
abetted the planning, preparation, or execution of the wanton destruction
and plunder of the public and private property of the Croat and other non-Serb
population, within the territories of the SAO SBWS, although these actions
were not justified by military necessity. This intentional and wanton destruction
and plunder included the plunder and destruction of homes and religious and
cultural buildings, and took place in the following towns and villages:
Dalj, Dalj Planina, Celija, Vukovar, Erdut, Erdut Planina,
Aljmas, Lovas, Sarengrad, Bapska and Tovarnik.
- By these acts and omissions, Goran HADZIC committed: