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THE HAGUE, Netherlands — The United Nations should be held liable for failing to prevent the genocide of Bosnian Muslims at Srebrenica, Bosnia, lawyers for victims’ families argued in a Dutch court Wednesday.
The families are seeking compensation after Serb forces killed more than 8,000 Muslim men and boys around the U.N.- declared safe zone of Srebrenica in one week in July 1995.
Dutch U.N. peacekeepers who were supposed to guarantee their safety were overwhelmed by the Serbs’ superior force and even assisted in separating women and children as the victims were led away from their custody.
Dutch government lawyers told The Hague District Court that the U.N. is immune from prosecution in national courts under the U.N. charter.
