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2328. In addition to the training of SAO Krajina Police, between 1991 and 1995, the
Accused organized the training of members of other Serb forces. These forces included
members of the Unit/the JATD, the SBWS MUP, police units, the VRS, the Skelani TO, the
SVK, the JNA, and paramilitary units known as “Karaga’s men” and the “Miće group”. The
training took place at training camps in Ležimir, Brčko, Pajzoš, Doboj, Tara, Skelani,
Bratunac, Sova, Bilje, Zirište, the Surčin airport, the Banjica security centre, and Lipovica. 4996
2329. The training provided at these camps was of a military nature. For example, training at
Golubić included weapons and ambush training and training at Skelani included tactical
exercises, physical conditioning and firing practice. 4997 Training at Golubić also included the
treatment of POWs and the treatment of civilians in armed conflict. 4998 However, at Doboj,
apart from general combat training, the Unit also trained its members in the use of human
shields. 4999
2330. The evidence received does not establish to what extent the Accused determined the
specific content of the training at Doboj or other camps. In view of its findings, the Trial
Chamber is satisfied the Accused organized the combat training of the aforementioned Serb
forces. In some instances, members of the aforementioned Serb forces committed serious
crimes against persons of non-Serb ethnicity in Croatia and in Bosnia-Herzegovina. For
example, SAO Krajina Police who had previously been trained at Golubić participated in the
attack on Saborsko. 5000 However, in view of the overall nature of the training provided, the
majority, Judge Picard dissenting, does not consider that the only reasonable inference from
Stanišić’s actions with regard to the Unit’s training of Serb forces is that he shared the intent
to further the alleged common criminal purpose of forcibly and permanently removing the
majority of non-Serbs from large areas of Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina. In this respect, the
majority, Judge Picard dissenting, does not consider its finding that on one occasion in Doboj,
the Unit trained its members in an unlawful means of warfare (the use of human shields), in
itself, indicative of the intent to forcibly and permanently remove non-Serbs from certain
areas. The majority, Judge Picard dissenting, allows for the reasonable possibility that
Stanišić’s intent in relation to the Unit’s training of Serb forces was limited to assisting these
forces in establishing and maintaining Serb control over large areas of Croatia and Bosnia-
4996 In this respect, the Trial Chamber recalls its findings in chapter 6.3.3 in relation to the Ležimir, Brčko,
Pajzoš, Mount Ozren and Vila, Tara, Skelani, Bratunac, and Bilje camps.
4997 In this respect, the Trial Chamber recalls its findings in chapters 6.3.2 in relation to the Golubić camp and
6.3.3 in relation to the Skelani camp.
4998 In this respect, the Trial Chamber recalls its findings in chapter 6.3.2 in relation to the Golubić camp.
4999 The Trial Chamber refers to its findings in chapter 6.3.3 in relation to the Mount Ozren and Vila camps.
Case No. IT-03-69-T 837
30 May 2013