§ 18 Mr. WicksTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on Bosnia. [36870]
§ Mr. RifkindI refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave earlier.
§ Mr. WicksDoes the Foreign Secretary agree that, just as 50 years ago, Nazi war criminals were brought before a tribunal and properly judged, so today there should be no hiding place for those who have initiated war crimes, be it the policy of mass rapes, of murder or of frank genocide? Can he reassure the House that the Government are giving resources and support to the war crimes tribunal and that, however senior within their regimes those people may be, justice will be done?
§ Mr. RifkindAs the hon. Gentleman knows, a number of individuals have appeared and are appearing before such tribunals. Warrants have been issued against Mr. Karadzic and General Mladic, which shows that even 1017 those at the most senior level in the Bosnian Serb hierarchy are subject to the laws to which the hon. Gentleman referred.