Call to lift UN immunity 
18 June 2008 
Radio Netherlands
Original Source: http://www.radionetherlands.nl/news/international/5837235/Call-to-lift-UN-immunity

A group comprising survivors and relatives of the victims of the massacre in Srebrenica have called on a court in The Hague to lift the United Nations' immunity. The six thousand Bosnians want to bring charges against the UN and the Netherlands for their role in the fall of the Muslim enclave. But that can only happen if the judge in The Hague makes legal proceedings against the UN possible. The judge will consider the request and deliver a ruling in mid-July.

On 11 July 1995, the Muslim enclave in Srebrenica fell into the hands of Bosnian Serb troops who then proceeded to kill 8,000 of the inhabitants. The survivors and the next of kin believe that the UN and the Dutch troops who were protecting the city failed in their duty.

The complaint follows another lawsuit involving Srebrenica that was delivered to The Hague on Monday. That case is less concerned with the fall of the enclave than with the turning away of refugees by Dutch troops.