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war crimes is, however, in reality incomprehensible. The Report of the FrenchParliament concluded that there was but one reason for not reporting the war crimeswhich was that the priority of the Dutch government during the entire crisis was theprotection of the Dutchbat soldiers held by the Bosnian Serbs. For that same reason TheNetherlands was also unresponsive to French proposals for military interventionfollowing the fall of the Safe Area (see the Report of the French Parliament, Part I, page102):‘L’explication est e realité assez simple: tout au long de la crise, la priorité dugouvernement néerlandais est de garantir la sécurité des soldats du Dutchbat détenuspar les Serbes. D’où une discrétion volontaire sur les exactions serbes. Dans le mêmeesprit, les Pays-Bas se montreront très réticents face aux propositions françaisesd’intervention military après la chute de l’enclave.’[Lawyer’s translation :The explanation is in reality pretty simple: the priority of the Dutch government duringthe entire crisis lay with the protection of the Dutch soldiers who were held by the Serbs.That was the reason for the deliberate silence about the Serb acts of violence. In thesame spirit The Netherlands showed itself to be very unresponsive to French proposalsfor military intervention after the fall of the enclave.]I.13. Role of Dutchbat in the separation of men from women and deportation253. The Bosnian Serbs began the process of deportation of the refugees on 12 and 13 July1995. To that end the Serbs wished to separate the men and boys from the women.Dutchbat did not stop that. Nor did Dutchbat report the separation, or at leastinsufficiently reported it. Instead Dutchbat soldiers even assisted with the separation anddeportation. The failure to report various matters was discussed above. Plaintiff willexamine below the co-operation given by Dutchbat soldiers in the separation and thedeportation.254. One Dutch officer, who was not prepared to co-operate with the separation anddeportation, stated on this before the Dutch Parliamentary Commission of Enquiry as© Van Diepen Van der Kroef Advocaten 2007www.vandiepen.com114