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Fundamental Freedoms in an exigent procedure.” The ten released defendants had been sentenced to between 14 and 33 years of imprisonment, and are now subject to a “speedy” appeals procedure under the more lenient SFRY Code, according to the Bosnian State Court’s spokeswoman, Manue- la Hodzic. One Bosnian legal scholar, Goran Simic, speculates that the rulings could affect up to 70 convictions.
This news dealt a heavy blow to victims of the Bosnian War who had also seen the early release of at least two convicted war criminals by the ICTY in November 2013. The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe’s Mission to Bosnia noted that the Constitutional Court’s ruling “may be seen as part of a constructive dialogue among courts aimed at enhancing and clarifying impor- tant human rights.” While the quest for Bosnian justice undeniably loses face in light of the release of previously convicted war criminals, the on-going legal dialogue between the European Court of Hu- man Rights and the Bosnian courts will ultimately strengthen war crimes processing in Bosnia and abroad.
* Submitted by Kaitlin Ball
ICJ Attempts to Settle Ancient Temple Dispute Between Thailand and Cambodia
Nestled in the Dangrek Mountains between Cam- bodia and Thailand, the Temple of Preah Vihear (the Temple) has been an important cultural landmark for roughly a millennium. The Temple is a well-pre- served sample of Khmer architecture, dating back to the first half of the 11th century AD. Today, the Temple is both a World Heritage Site and a Cat- egory 5 Protected Landscape as defined by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature. However, the ownership of the Temple and the surrounding land has been a point of contention for several decades, dating back to the colonial demarcation between Cambodia and Thailand. In 1962, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) was
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