Document #1229821
IRB – Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (Author)
For information on the International
Tribunal in The Hague and whether it has indicted members of the
above-mentioned units, please consult the attached 29 August 1997
letter from the International Tribunal. For a list of the questions
put to the International Tribunal, please consult the 26 August
1997 DIRB attachment. For references to Croatian Serbs in the Bihac
region and for information on their involvement in fighting there,
but without a reference to unit numbers, please consult the other
attachments. Additional information on the above-mentioned topics
could not be found among the sources consulted by the DIRB.
This Response was prepared after
researching publicly accessible information currently available to
the DIRB within time constraints. This Response is not, and does
not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular
claim to refugee status or asylum. Please find below the list of
additional sources consulted in researching this Information
Request.
Attachments
Agence France Presse (AFP). 25 July
1995. "Croatian Serbs Reach Fringe of Bihac 'Safe Area': Bosnian
Army." (NEXIS)
_____. 19 July 1995. "Serbs Launch
Coordinated Attack on Bihac Enclave." (NEXIS)
_____. 1 February 1995. "UN: Croatian
Serb Force Moving Against Bihac." (FBIS-EEU-95-022 2 Feb.
1995/WNC)
_____. 28 November 1994. "Serb
Stranglehold over Bihac: The Main Events." (NEXIS)
The Charleston Gazette. 13
December 1994. "Serbs Let Fuel Pass, but Attack." (NEXIS)
Documentation, Information and Research
Branch (DIRB), Immigration and Refugee Board, Ottawa. 26 August
1997. Facsimile sent to the International Tribunal, The Hague.
Human Rights Watch (HRW)/Helsinki.
August 1997. Vol. 9, No. 9 (D). "Bosnia and Hercegovina:
Politics of Revenge–The Misuse of Authority in Bihac, Cazin,
and Velika Kladusa." New York: Human Rights Watch, pp. 3,
10-13.
International Tribunal for the
Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Serious Violations of
International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of the
Former Yugoslavia Since 1991, The Hague. 29 August 1997. Facsimile
sent to the DIRB.
Los Angeles Times. 10 December
1994. Home Edition. Carol J. Williams. "U.N. May Stay in Bosnia,
Envoy Says; Troops: Akashi, Citing Humanitarian Efforts, Says
Peacekeeper Withdrawal is Only One Option." (NEXIS)
Radio Croatia Network [Zagreb, in
Serbo-Croatian]. 12 November 1994. "Bosnian Serbs Intensify Bihac
Offensive." (FBIS-EEU-94-219 12 Nov. 1994/WNC)
Additional Sources Consulted
Amnesty International Report.
Yearly.
CSCE Digest [Washington].
Monthly.
Electronic sources: DIRB databases,
Internet, LEXIS/NEXIS, REFMONDE (UNHCR database).
Human Rights Watch World
Report. Yearly.
News from Helsinki Watch [New
York]. Monthly.
RFE/RL Research Reports
[Munich]. Twice monthly.
Transition [Prague]. Twice
monthly.
Uncaptive Minds [Washington].
Quarterly.
On-line search of media sources.
Unsuccessful attempts to contact oral
sources.