However, the ruling found he had no command responsibility for the crimes, because it "was not proven beyond reasonable doubt that there had been a superior-subordinate relationship between him and those who committed the crimes in Srebrenica and Sarajevo".
Međutim, presudom je utvrđeno i da nije zapovjedno odgovoran za zločine, jer "nije dokazano izvan razumne sumnje da je između njega i onih koji su počinili te zločine u Srebrenici i Sarajevu postojao odnos pretpostavljenog i subordiniranog".