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Court: Dutch liable in 3 Srebrenica deaths
Source: Huffington / AP
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — The Dutch Supreme Court has ruled that the Netherlands was liable for the deaths of three Bosnian Muslim men killed during the 1995 Srebrenica massacre.
The decision Friday upholds a 2011 appeals court judgment that was seen as setting a worrying precedent for countries providing troops for United Nations peacekeeping forces, as it held the Dutch state responsible for events that happened during a U.N. mission.
Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20130906/eu-netherlands-srebrenica/?utm_hp_ref=world&ir=world
