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39234taken up their positions. 502 According to Liborius, Čermak claimed to have authority tocontrol the area of Sector South. 503 Liborius stated that Čermak was the personresponsible to grant freedom of movement to staff of international organizations. 504159. Stig Marker Hansen, an ECMM monitor in Knin from June to September 1995and head of ECMM Knin from approximately 5 September to 23 September 1995, 505testified that ECMM monitors referred to Čermak by a variety of titles including“military governor”, “civilian governor”, “commander of the operation zone”, “militarycommander”, and “administrator of Knin”, and there was a difference of understandingabout his responsibilities amongst ECMM monitors. 506 The witness met with Čermakon a number of occasions from the middle of August 1995 onwards, and during thesemeetings Čermak gave him the impression that he was the person in charge of thesituation in Sector South, however he was not able to control and guarantee theECMM’s freedom of movement. 507 Čermak never informed the witness that he was notin charge, or gave him the impression that he was not in charge. 508 Čermak wore auniform and was introduced to the witness as “General”. 509 Although he was in uniformČermak had a very different character than he would expect from a “military man”, andaccording to the witness it would be fair to describe him as “a civilian in a uniform”. 510160. Edward Flynn, a Human Rights Officer with the Office of the UNHCHR andthe leader of one of the HRATs in the former Sector South from 7 August to mid-September 1995, 511 stated that he participated in several meetings with Ivan Čermak. 512Flynn testified that Čermak was open to meetings with UN staff, which could502 P800 (Søren Liborius, witness statement, 11 November 1997), p. 2; Søren Liborius, T. 8358, 8623,8681, 8683.503 P800 (Søren Liborius, witness statement, 11 November 1997), p. 2.504 P800 (Søren Liborius, witness statement, 11 November 1997), p. 3.505 P1283 (Stig Marker Hansen, witness statement, 18 December 1995) p. 2; P1284 (Stig Marker Hansen,witness statement, 22 August 1997), p. 2; P1285 (Stig Marker Hansen, witness statement, 24 April 2008),para. 3.506 P1283 (Stig Marker Hansen, witness statement, 18 December 1995) p. 3; P1284 (Stig Marker Hansen,witness statement, 22 August 1997), p. 2; P1285 (Stig Marker Hansen, witness statement, 24 April 2008),para. 15; Stig Marker Hansen, T. 14956-14959; P1300 (ECMM daily monitoring report, 7 August 1995),p. 2.507 P1284 (Stig Marker Hansen, witness statement, 22 August 1997), p. 3, P1285 (Stig Marker Hansen,witness statement, 24 April 2008), para. 15.508 Stig Marker Hansen, T. 15097-15098.509 Stig Marker Hansen, T. 14955, 14959-14960, 15098.510 Stig Marker Hansen, T. 14960.511P20 (Edward Flynn, witness statement, 29 June 1997), pp. 1-2, 6, 13, 23; P21 (Edward Flynn, witnessstatement, 26-27 February 2008), p. 1, paras 3-4, 36; Edward Flynn, T. 1044, 1270, 1291-1292, 1312,1325.512 P20 (Edward Flynn, witness statement, 29 June 1997), pp. 8-9; Edward Flynn, T. 1082.81Case No.: IT-06-90-T 15 April 2011 `