Announcing the stiffer sentence, Presiding Judge Liu Daqun said "neither sentence adequately reflects the totality of the criminal conduct for which Momir Nikolic has been convicted." The Srebrenica massacre was committed "with a level of brutality and depravity not seen previously in the conflict in the former Yugoslavia."
Η σφαγή της Σρεμπρένιτσα διαπράχθηκε «με βιαιότητα και εξαχρείωση που δεν είχε υπάρξει νωρίτερα στη σύγκρουση της πρώην Γιουγκοσλαβίας».