SARAJEVO, Bosnia (September 12,2007) – The Bosnian Minister of Justice,Barisa Colak sent a protest letter yesterday to the Serbian Ministry of Justice, emphasizing that the latest actions of the Serbian authorities related to the so-called Tuzla convoy case are not in accordance with the international agreements that the two countries have signed.
The Contract on Legal Assistance signed between the two countries has been breeched in by the legal procedure against Bosnian citizen Ilija Jurisic; as well as the rules defined by the European Convention on Legal Assistance, because a Court from Serbia has sent letters to Bosnian citizens, calling them to testify at the Court, the Bosnian Minister of Justice Colak wrote.
The letter emphasized that that act is internationally treated as an attack against a country’s sovereignty.
The Bosnian Minister of Justice also urged Serbia to consider the Bosnian Ministry of Justice’s note to render criminal prosecution in the case of Bosnian citizen Ilija Jurisic to the Bosnian authorities.The note was sent July 3. and Serbian authorities have not yet answered.
Ilija Jurišić is a Bosnian patriot who participated in defending the Bosnian city of Tuzla from the Serbian aggressor,during the 1992-1995 Serbian aggresion against Bosnia.Jurišić has been arrested by the Serbian aggressor and has been in a prison in Belgrade since 11 May 2007.
In the past praxis of cooperation between the two ministries of justice, no such examples can be found, Minister Colak wrote and added that “respecting the agreements between the two countries would remove the unwanted situations that have been disturbing the Bosnian public lately”.
The Bosnian Ministry of Justice once again called the Serbian Ministry of Justice to contribute the future cooperation between the two countries by removing these obstacles.
Wednesday, September 12, 2007
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