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39283and cause of death. The sources of such information, as indicated on the documents,were often relatives of the deceased. The Trial Chamber generally accepted the personalinformation from such reports as reliable. However, in relation to information onlocation, time, and cause of death the factual basis on which the information providerrelied, remained unclear. Furthermore, on occasions such information was contradictedby evidence provided by witnesses to the alleged murders. For these reasons, the TrialChamber decided not to rely on some of the information from “Reports onCircumstances of Death” if uncorroborated by other evidence.59. Exhibit C5 is Croatia’s Population Census of 1991. When admitting thisdocument into evidence, the Trial Chamber noted that it “may provide context and/orcorroboration to other evidence before the Chamber and assist it in making factualdeterminations relevant to the Indictment”. 124 The Trial Chamber was mindful of thefact that the census data relates to 1991 and applied great caution in drawing anyinferences from this data in relation to the ethnic composition of the RSK in the summerof 1995. 125 On many occasions in relation to villages of incidents covered by theIndictment, the census data indicated that an extremely high percentage of inhabitants ofa village in 1991 were Serb. Considering also that the parties agree on the fact thatsignificant numbers of non-Serbs left the RSK between 1992 and 1995 126 , therebyincreasing the percentage of Serbs on the total population, the Trial Chamber found thaton some occasions the census provided a sufficient basis to make findings on questionsof ethnicity in 1995. The Trial Chamber also considered in this context the possibility ofany remaining Croat population moving within the RSK into villages with a previousSerb majority, thereby altering the ethnic composition of those villages. However, thisalternative has not been made sufficiently plausible by the evidence received andtherefore does not raise a reasonable doubt in relation to the Trial Chamber’s findingson the ethnic compositions of villages.60. In making factual findings, the Trial Chamber generally considered the allegedcrimes separately and by incident. When the circumstances so allowed, the TrialChamber considered the evidence on certain crimes together. The Trial Chamber124 T. 28488.125 For example, the Trial Chamber refrained from using the census on its own in order to make factualdeterminations on the ethnicity of single persons, unless the village was exclusively Serb in 1991.126 See Chapter 5.1.2.32Case No.: IT-06-90-T 15 April 2011 `