The Advocate General has established that it follows from the Court of Appeal’s judgment that even if the male refugees had been able to stay at the compound longer, they would still have faced a very high risk of being killed or treated inhumanely. Moreover, the men would have remained in the compound in dire conditions, while on 13 July 1995 it was not yet clear when Dutchbat themselves would leave, and supply lines were being blocked. In the Advocate General’s view, the Court of Appeal did not sufficiently substantiate why it was not reasonable for Dutchbat – after weighing the real risks of both courses of action, i.e. evacuating or remaining at the compound for a longer period, and given the war situation – to decide to evacuate the men.