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FHP-SN-015 FUND: Documents pertinent to the position of minorities and to human rights violations on the territory of Sandžak

PERIOD: 1991-2007.

PRIMARY SOURCE: Humanitarian Law Center, Committee for the Protection of Human Rights and Freedoms Novi Pazar, Sandžak Party of Democratic Action, Priboj Municipal Assembly, Priboj Red Cross, Centre for Social Work in Priboj, Muslim National Council of Sandžak, Liberal Bosniak Organization of Sandžak , Students’ Association of Sandžak, Sjenica Municipal Assembly.

VOLUME AND MEDIUM:  1 archival box.

CONTENT: The fund contains various documents pertinent to the position of minorities and to human rights violations on the territory of Sandžak: citizens’ statements about banishments, killings, kidnaps; lists of displaced persons, lists of looted houses; press releases, basic information about trials in Sandžak (trials of Muslims for politically motivated crimes); requests for humanitarian aid; requests for return and compensation of damages; list of Bosniak people who suffered torture, reports from sessions of the Sjenica Municipal Assembly about human rights violations and police repression in the period 1992 – 2002.

ORGANIZATION SYSTEM:  Thematically organized.

The fund is not expected to expand.

LANGUAGE: Serbian.

FHP-SH-025 FUND: Court documents, from trials of Croat citizens for war crimes

PERIOD: 1999 – 2008.

PRIMARY SOURCES: County Court in Varaždin, County Court in Bjelovar, County Court in Zagreb, County Court in Vukovar (Croatia).

VOLUME AND MEDIUM:  9 archival boxes

CONTENT:  The Fund contains documents from trials of Croat citizens for war crimes committed on the territory of the former Yugoslavia monitored by the researchers and attorneys of the HLC. The trials were conducted on the territory of Croatia. The Fund covers the period from 1999 to the present. The Fund contains court documents (indictments, verdicts, records from the main trials, witness examination records, records from examinations of the accused, trial reports, and memoranda), newspaper articles, and accompanying documents.

ORGANIZATION SYSTEM:  boxes are organized geographically in accordance with the location of the court (alphabetically), and each case is organized chronologically (by date).

Additions to the Fund are expected

LANGUAGE:  Croatian

LIST OF CONTENTS:

Box no. 1
•    Trials of Croat citizens for war crimes committed on the territory of the former Yugoslavia currently pending before the County Courts in Zagreb and Vukovar. Box no. 1 consists of: the “Cerna” Case, the accused being Tomislav Madi, Mario Jurić, Zoran Poštić, Davor Lazić, and Mija Starčević; the “Selotejp” (Scotch tape) and “Garage” Cases, the accused being Branimir Glavaš.

Box no.2
•    Trials of Croats for war crimes committed on the territory of the former Yugoslavia currently pending before the County Court in Zagreb.Box no. 2 consists of: the  “Medačkidžep” Case, the accused being Rahim Ademi and Mirko Norac.

Box no. 3
•    Trials of Croats for war crimes committed on the territory of the former Yugoslavia before the County Court in Zagreb, the County Court in Bjelovar and the County Court in Varaždin. Box no. 3 consists of: the “Bjelovar Group” case, the accused being Luka Markešić et al. and the Case of Dinko Sakic

FHP-RO-026 FUND: Roma – incident reports, various cases of assaults on Roma, their right to residence and discrimination against, eviction of Roma, their right to life and discrimination against, deportation of Roma from the Federal Republic of Germany, CAT (Convention Against Torture)

PERIOD: 1995-2003.

PRIMARY SOURCES: The Office of the First Municipal Prosecutor in Belgrade, Valjevo District Prosecutor’s Office, Vranje Municipal Court, District Court in Vranje, Military Court in Belgrade, District Court in Jagodina, Office of the Municipal Public Prosecutor in Novi Sad, Primary Court in Danilovgrad, Ministry of Interior of the Federal Republic of Montenegro, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Consulate- General in Germany

VOLUME AND MEDIUM: 2 archival boxes

CONTENT: Roma – incident reports, various cases of assaults on Roma, their right to residence and discrimination against, eviction of Roma, their right to life and discrimination against, deportation of Roma from the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, newspaper articles, CAT (Convention Against Torture :Initial Reports of the Republic of Yugoslavia Government on the application of the UN Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, for period 1991-1996), national minorities: Anti-Discrimination Draft Law – European Roma Rights Centre, International Convention for Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, UN Report of the Committee against Torture, Anti-Discrimination Constitutional Law, various laws and regulations against racial discrimination.

ORGANIZATION SYSTEM: Chronologically, by date

Additions to the Fund are expected

LANGUAGE: Serbian

LIST OF CONTENTS:
Box no. 1
Roma right to life – Valjevo; Roma right to residence and discrimination against – Alijević brothers; evicted Roma – Tošin Bunar in Belgrade; eviction from Čukaričkapadina, Mile Memišević Case, Grmeč settlement – the Lagum Case; Roma in Vojvodina – letters of citizens of Sombor; Deportation of Roma from the Federal Republic of Germany; Rom Association;  Jovica Dimitrov Case; Danila Dimitrijević Case; Đorđe Kalinović Case; Mile Memišević Case.

Box no.2
Roma Case in Danilovgrad; investigation records; witness examination records; lawsuits; newspaper articles; examination of the accused records; accompanying documents; letters of the attorney addressed to the HLC; various documents of non-governmental organizations for protection of rights of Roma; CAT (Convention Against Torture) – with reference to national minorities: model of anti-discrimination legislation; Law on National Minorities; International Convention on Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination;  European Roma Rights Centre; draft of Anti-Discrimination Law; Anti-Discrimination Constitutional Law; Initial Report of the Government of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia on the application of the UN Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment for period 1991-1996.

FHP-PB-013 FOND: Dokumentacija o položaju manjina i kršenjima ljudskih prava na teritoriji Preševa, Bujanovca i Medveđe

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Analiza suđenja Bobanu Šimšiću pred Sudom BiH

Slučaj Paunović

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Application of Anti-discrimination Law and Law on the Use of Languages in Kosovo Public Companies

During the period: 1 October – 15 December 2007, the Humanitarian Law Center-Kosovo (HLC-Kosovo) conducted research on the application of Anti-discrimination Law and the Law on the Use of Languages in Kosovo public companies. The research included the following companies: Kosovo Energy Corporation (KEK)1, Post and Telecommunications of Kosovo (PTK)2, Kosovo Railways, Kosovotrans, Termokos, Town Central Heating Gjakovë/Đakovica, Priština/Prishtinë Airport, regional public companies for water supply and sewage, public utility companies, as well as companies for maintenance of parks, cemeteries and open market places. The research was conducted in all five regions of Kosovo (Prishtinë/Priština, Prizren/Prizren, Gjilan/Gnjilane, Peja/Peć i Mitrovicë/Mitrovica) in main offices and regional centres.

Application of Anti-discrimination Law and Law on the Use of Languages in Kosovo Public Companies

Origin of Video Footage of Execution of Six Bosniaks from Srebrenica

In view of the news published on the B92 web page on 12 December 2007, which stated that Jovan Mirilo “provided the Humanitarian Law Center non-governmental organization with the video tape” showing the execution of six Bosniaks from Srebrenica committed in July 1995, the Humanitarian Law Center (HLC) reiterates that it obtained the tape from Dušan Kosanović, a member of the Scorpions unit, in November 2004. Dušan Kosanović testified about this before the Belgrade District Court War Crimes Chamber on 11 April 2006.

Bulletin – Experience of Peru: Interview with Francisco Soberon

Between 12 and 15 December 2007, Francisco Soberon was a guest of HLC in Belgrade and participated in the Seminar: Reparations – legal and moral obligations of the state, which HLC organized on 14 December in cooperation with the International Center for Transitional Justice with the financial support of the Swedish Helsinki Committee for Human Rights.

B92: FHP:Snimak streljanja dao Kosanović

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