No EU for you

Based on a report by Doris Pack; Olli Rehn noted that 2006 was not a good year for BiH in terms of reforms; therefore, they will not be signing the SAA which is a step on the road to membership in the EU. Specifically, the issue of police reform was mentioned as being an obstacle.
To be even more specific, the issue seems to derive from Dodik's unwillingness to put the RS police force under the BiH Ministry of Security; as he has noted in the past that he is willing to forgo relations with the EU if it means protecting the independence of the RS police force.

Reaffirmation of genocide

A bit lost in the shuffle is the ICJ's reaffirmation of the ICTY's decisions in numerous cases that genocide occured at Srebrenica. I would like to say that such a ruling would finally shut up those who claim that genocide did not occur in Srebrenica, but I have been around too long to be that naive.

As the President noted reading the verdict summary:

Judge Higgins said: “The acts committed at Srebrenica . . . were committed with the specific intent to destroy in part the group of the Muslims of Bosnia-Herzegovina as such, and accordingly. . . these were acts of genocide committed by Bosnian Serb forces. The court has found that [Serbia] could, and should, have acted to prevent the genocide, but did not.”

Unfortunately, Mr. Dodik has apparently failed to recieve a copy of the ICJ's verdict, or of the ICTYs verdicts as well, as he apparently still believes that genocide did not occur at Srebrenica.