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Anonymization of Judgments in Cases of War Crimes is Illegal

The Commissioner for Information of Public Importance, acting upon the appeal filed by the Humanitarian Law Center (HLC), has found that the practice of anonymization of judgments is in violation of the Law on Free Access to Information of Public Importance and the Law on Personal Data Protection. In his Decision, the Commissioner issued an order to the Higher Court in Belgrade to deliver to the HLC the judgment without illegal anonymization, under the threat of the imposition of a fine.

Human losses in NATO bombing of Serbia and Montenegro

In Serbia (without Kosovo) and Montenegro, 275 people lost their lives as a result of the NATO bombing: 180 civilians, 90 members of the Yugoslav Army (YA) and five were members of the Serbian Ministry of the Interior (MUP). Except three Chinese nationals, all were citizens of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY).

In Kosovo, 484 people were killed: 267 civilians (209 Albanian and 58 non-Albanian), 171 members of the YA, 20 members of the Serbian MUP and 26 members of the KLA (19 of whom died in the NATO bombing of the Dubrava prison, near Istok).

Here you can see list of names of people who lost their lives in NATO bombing.

(srpski) Ratni zločini i Euleksov slomljeni čajnik

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Zone of (non)responsibility

Monday, 24^th March, marks fifteen years since the Serbian army and police waged its systematic campaign of ethnic cleansing and violence directed against the Kosovo Albanian civilian population during the NATO intervention against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY). The Humanitarian Law Center (HLC) calls on the state institutions of the Republic of Serbia to secure justice for the victims of the crimes in Kosovo and their family members, by prosecuting all those responsible, regardless of their rank at the time of the commission of crimes or within the current hierarchies of power, and by providing just satisfaction to the victims for the suffering they endured.

Zone of (non)responsibility

With the goal to allow the public to learn about the facts and evidence concerning the crimes committed during the Kosovo war, as well as the wars in the former Yugoslavia, the HLC presents the Zone of (non)responsibility – an interactive web presentation of the crimes committed in the areas of responsibility of Serbian armed forces in Croatia, Bosnia and Kosovo, for which no one has been held responsible. In addition to the descriptions of the crimes, which are based on witness statements, the website presents excerpts of authentic military documents related to the crimes, as well as the police and military hierarchy of units in whose areas of responsibility these crimes were committed.

(srpski) Okončana ćutnja o seksualno zlostavljanim ženama u ratu na Kosovu

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(srpski) Ustavni sud Srbije u predmetu “Ovčara” – zabrinjavajući presedan

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UN Special Rapporteur on Transitional Justice invited to visit Serbia

On 12th March 2014, the Coalition for Access to Justice invited Pablo de Greiff, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the promotion of truth, justice, reparation and guarantees of non-recurrence, to visit Serbia, in order to make recommendations to the Government of Serbia regarding the measures which will help achieve justice for victims of crimes and other gross human rights violations committed during the 1990s in the former Yugoslavia.

(srpski) Ko brine o žrtvama rata u Srbiji?

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Responsibility for the camps in Serbia rests with the JNA

Almost everything is known about the Yugoslav People’s Army (JNA) camps for Croats set up in the territory of Serbia after the fall of Vukovar in the autumn of 1991. Civilians were taken to them from the area of Vukovar in contravention of an agreement reached between the JNA and the Croatian side. There were women and children among the detainees. Some 5,000 or so detainees were subjected to daily torture, including humiliation, starvation and inhuman conditions. These facilities were referred to as ‘camps’ even by JNA officers.