MOSCOW, March 15 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's lower house of parliament said Wednesday that the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia had no further use.
Russian lawmakers approved a statement following the death of former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic, found in his cell at The Hague March 11. Milosevic had been on trial on charges of genocide and war crimes.
"[The Tribunal] failed to realize the ideas behind its foundation," the statement said.
"Resolutions adopted by the tribunal during its existence are highly politicized and biased. Double standards have become the norm in [the tribunal's] work," it said.
The statement said that the human rights of those on trial had been severely infringed, which lawmakers said was "utterly unacceptable".
"The death of Milosevic is not the first case in which a former Yugoslav leader has died while in prison," the statement said.
Milan Babic, former leader of Serbs in Croatia and also in custody in The Hague, died in prison a few days before Milosevic.
The lawmakers also demanded that all cases at the tribunal be wound up.
