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• The report of Amnesty International
• Some comments on the report of Amnesty International
• SVEND JOINS AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL IN CALLING FOR WAR CRIMES TRIALS OF NATO IN YUGOSLAVIA

This is another NATO 'pussy cat' report, in spite of appearances.
 - like HRW report about casualties it starts with an assertion of the
legitimacy of NATO 'humanitarian intervention', referring to Rambouillet as
'peace talks' instead of an international scam designed to bully Yugoslavia
into submission,
- has a pretence to objective investigations, but forgot that int'l
forensic teams found next to nothing in Kosovo dirt compared to NATO 'promises',
- wants to be taken seriously but ignores that Racak is a 100% fabrication
- maybe they should demand public release of the final report from Dr
Ranta's forensic team first, if they really want to get to the guts of the
NATO problem,
- it hangs on to the 400-600 number of casualties (as HRW) despite FRY's
detailed records of much more,
- it makes a disclaimer that only NATO's own statements are used to prove
the allegations, but does not discuss Observer/Guardian/Politiken article
on the embassy bombing which quotes high-ranking NATO sources; instead, it
dwells on CIA 'punishment' of the 'guilty' thus legitimizing yet another
NATO lie in a series that starts to look more boring than puky to my taste,
- among 9 example cases is bombing 'by accident' of the train on the bridge
in Grdelica; this case is documented to be a lie of top NATO brass incl.
Clark -- the train WAS THE TARGET as is obvious from analysis of first and
second AGM-130 films . See
http://www.grdelica-case.org/index.htm
The authors of these pages dedicate their work to justice, truth and
honesty, to the duties of Rule of Law.
That's what democracy stands for. That's what ICTY stands for. That's what we
thought.

[Svend Robinson is Canadian federal New Democrat [a party similar to
Labour in Britain] spokesperson on International Affairs and Human Rights]

Worldviews Summer 2000 / Le Globe Été 2000

In mid-June Amnesty International issued a report on the NATO bombing
campaign in Kosovo and Serbia, Yugoslavia, during Operation Allied Force
in the spring of 1999.  AI found that NATO violated international rules of
war, violations which led to the unnecessary deaths of hundreds of innocent
civilians, and which in at least one instance constituted a war crime.
This was the same conclusion I came to in my minority report issued in June,
dissenting from the conclusions of the majority of members of the
Foreign Affairs Committee following hearings on Operation Allied Force.  In that
report, I called for the International Criminal Tribunal in the Hague to
reverse its decision refusing to investigate alleged war crimes
committed by NATO during the Kosovo campaign.   As well, I urged the Liberal
government to abandon plans to honour the chief architect of this policy, US
General Wesley Clark, with Canada's highest award of military merit.  The
situation in Kosovo today is terrible.  UN Resolution 1244 is effectively a dead
letter.  The UN Special Representative on human rights in the former
Yugoslavia, Jiri Dienstbier, former Czech foreign minister, reported in
November 1999 that "the spring ethnic cleansing of ethnic Albanians
accompanied by murders, torture, looting and burning of houses has been
replaced by the fall ethnic cleansing of Serbs, Romas, Bosnians and
other non-Albanians accompanied by the same atrocities." Over 200,000 of the
300,000 ethnic Serbs have fled from Kosovo, with the remainder
ghettoized in enclaves, too often beaten, intimidated, and driven from their homes.
Unexploded mines and cluster bombs have already taken many lives and
threaten many more, including those of children playing in the fields.
The long term effects of depleted uranium could be devastating, both on
civilians and possibly on military personnel exposed to it.  Canada
should take a leading role at the United Nations in seeking reform and
democratization of the Security Council, and clarification of the
circumstances in which humanitarian intervention may be required
(drawing on the lessons of Rwanda, East Timor and Kosovo, among others).  This
should be based on consistent standards.  Never again should NATO be allowed to
arrogate unto itself the power to make this determination.  And never again
should the government be permitted to commit our troops to such a
mission without full debate and a vote in the House of Commons.If you would like
a copy of my minority report on Kosovo, you may find it on the web at
http://www.parl.gc.ca/InfoComDoc/36/2/FAIT/Studies/Reports/faitrp08/09-dis-e.html or by contacting my Ottawa office.
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SVEND SE JOINT À AMNISTIE INTERNATIONALE POUR RÉCLAMER UN PROCÈS CONTRE
L'OTAN POUR CRIMES DE GUERRE EN YOUGOSLAVIE

la mi-juin, Amnistie Internationale a fait paraître un rapport sur la
campagne de bombardement de l'OTAN au Kosovo et en Serbie (Yougoslavie),
pendant l'Opération Forces alliées du printemps 1999. AI a constaté que
l'OTAN avait violé les règles de guerre internationales, des violations
qui ont entraîné la mort de centaines de civils et qui, dans au moins un
cas, constituaient un crime de guerre. J'en suis moi-même venu à cette
conclusion dans un rapport minoritaire, paru en juin, exposant ma dissidence d'avec
les conclusions de la majorité des membres du Comité des affaires
étrangères, à l'issue des audiences sur l'Opération Forces alliées. Dans mon rapport,
j'ai demandé que le Tribunal pénal international à La Haye annule sa décision
de ne pas faire enquête sur les présumés crimes de guerre que l'OTAN aurait
commis pendant la campagne du Kosovo. De plus, j'ai prié le gouvernement
libéral d'abandonner son projet d'honorer l'architecte en chef de la guerre,
le général américain Wesley Clark, en lui décernant notre plus haute
décoration militaire. La situation au Kosovo en ce moment est terrible.
La résolution 1244 de l'ONU est lettre morte. Le rapporteur spécial des
Nations Unies pour les droits de l'homme en ex-Yougoslavie, l'ancien ministre
tchèque des Affaires étrangères Jiri Dienstbier, a déclaré en novembre
1999 que « la purification  ethnique printanière des Albanais, accompagnée de
meurtres, de torture, de pillage et maisons incendiées, a fait place au
nettoyage ethnique automnal des Serbes, des Roms, des Bosniaques et des
autres non-Albanais, accompagné des mêmes atrocités ». Plus de 200 000
des 300 000 Serbes ont fui le Kosovo, les autres se retrouvant trop souvent
dans des ghettos enclavés, battus, intimidés et chassés de leur maison. Des
mines et des bombes à dispersion ont déjà fauché énormément de vies et
menacent d'en faucher bien d'autres, y compris celles des enfants qui jouent dans
les champs du pays. L'uranium appauvri pourrait avoir des effets
dévastateurs à long terme, tant sur les civils que sur les militaires qui y ont été
exposés.
Le Canada doit prendre l'initiative aux Nations Unies de demander la réforme
et la démocratisation du Conseil de sécurité, ainsi que la clarification
des circonstances dans lesquelles une intervention humanitaire peut être
requise (en tirant des leçons du Rwanda, du Timor oriental et du Kosovo, entre
autres). Toute intervention devrait reposer sur des normes bien
établies.
L'OTAN ne doit plus jamais être autorisée à s'arroger le pouvoir de prendre
une telle décision. Et notre gouvernement ne doit plus être autorisé à
engager nos soldats dans une telle mission sans la tenue d'un débat
exhaustif et d'un vote à la Chambre des communes. Si vous désirez
obtenir mon rapport minoritaire sur le Kosovo, rendez-vous au site web
http://www.parl.gc.ca/InfoComDoc/36/2/FAIT/Studies/Reports/faitrp08/09-dis-f.html ou communiquez avec mon bureau d'Ottawa.