Bosnia Hands Over Two Persons to War Crimes Tribunal and Accord Reached on Rules on Arrest of Future Suspects

On February 12, 1996, in an accommodation that may reduce growing tensions within the former Yugoslavia that threaten the fragile peace, the Bosnian Government delivered to the War Crimes Tribunal two senior Serbian military officers it had arrested on January 30, 1995, and all sides reached an agreement limiting future arrests. The arrest and hand-over of military officials is part of the implementation of the Dayton Accords that were negotiated in November and signed in Paris on December 14, 1995...(more)