THE Dutch state must compensate a former soldier suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder after his deployment to the Bosnian enclave of Srebrenica in 1995, a top judicial body has ruled.
The Centrale Raad van Beroep (CRvB), the Netherlands' highest administrative court, held the Dutch defence minister responsible, saying not enough was done to look after the soldier on and after his return to the Netherlands.
The soldier was identified in Dutch media as former corporal Dave Maat, and in court documents as the "Dutchbatter".
The name comes from the peacekeeping battalion of Dutch soldiers charged with protecting civilians at Srebrenica during Bosnia's brutal 1992-95 war.
As Srebrenica fell to Bosnian Serb forces on July 11, "a mortar landed close to the Dutchbatter ... which led to psychological complaints", the CRvB said.
The soldier's lawyer Geert-Jan Knoops hailed a "landmark ruling for Dutch soldiers, but also for the rights of soldiers from other UN (peacekeeping) countries because the judicial boundaries of governments' health obligations for their soldiers are broadened."
Some 450 Dutch peacekeepers, charged with protecting Bosnian Muslim civilians in the "safe" enclave of Srebrenica in July 1995 were overrun by the Bosnian Serb army under command of General Ratko Mladic.
There followed the slaughter of almost 8000 Bosnian Muslim men and boys who were rounded up, murdered and dumped in mass graves in the worst atrocity on European soil since World War II.
The incident continues to reverberate in the Netherlands and led to the Dutch government's resignation in 2002, when a report was published laying much of the blame on Dutch politicians.
Mladic is currently on trial before the Yugoslav war crimes court in The Hague.
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