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FHP-PD-010 FUND: Court documents from trials of members of the “Scorpions“ paramilitary unit for crimes against civilians in Podujevo

PERIOD: 1999-2011.

PRIMARY SOURCES: Republic of Serbia Ministry of Interior, Prokuplje Secretariat of the Interior, District Court in Prokuplje, District Court in Belgrade – War Crimes Chamber, the Republic of Serbia District Public Prosecutor’s Office, Court of Appeals in Belgrade, Bogujevci family.

VOLUME AND MEDIUM:  3 archival boxes

CONTENT:  The Fund contains court documents and written evidence from trials of accused Saša Cvjetan and Dejan Demirović for the murder of Bogujevci family members committed in Podujevo in 1999, documents originating from the criminal proceedings against Željko Đukić et al. conducted before the War Crimes Chamber of the District Court in Belgrade, transcripts of testimonies given in the trial in the Case of ŽeljkoĐukić et al., documents obtained from the Prokuplje Secretariat of the Interior and the Office of the Public Prosecutor in Prokuplje, report on the engagement of reserve units for the needs of the Special Anti-Terrorist Unit, memoranda, powers of attorney, newspaper articles, media documents, letters sent by Bogujevci family members.

ORGANIZATION SYSTEM: Chronologically, by date

Additions to the fund are not expected

LANGUAGE: Serbian, Albanian

FHP-SJ-008 FUND: Court documents from trial of members of the „Avengers“ paramilitary formation for the abduction and murder of Muslims from Sjeverin in Serbia

PERIOD: 1992 – 2005.

PRIMARY SOURCE: District Court in Užice (Serbia), District Court in Belgrade (Serbia), Sandžak Committee of the Party of Democratic Action (SDA), The Republic of Srpska Army Command in Višegrad, Priboj Municipal Assembly (Serbia).

VOLUME AND MEDIUM:  1 archival box

CONTENT:  The Fund contains court documents and written evidence from the trial of Milan Lukić, Oliver Krsmanović, Dragutin Dragičević, and Đorđe Šević for the abduction of civilians from a bus in the village of Mioče, court documents from the second trial and photos of members of the paramilitary formation and victims.

ORGANIZATION SYSTEM:   Chronologically, by date

Additions to the fund are not expected  

LANGUAGE:  Serbian

LIST OF CONTENTS:

Box no. 1

1993-2006

• Exhibits – written orders
• Criminal complaints against accused
• Records from examination of the accused and witnesses
• Records from the main trial of September 2003
• Verdict
• Judgement upholding the appeal and returning the case for retrial dated September 27th, 2004
• Records from the main trial in 2005
• Copy of the album with photos of „Avengers“ paramilitary unit  – containing 22 photographs
• Copy of the album with photos of abducted persons – containing 16 photographs

 

FHP-OV-003 FUND: Court documents from trials of members of Vukovar Territorial Defence and the Leva Supoderica paramilitary unit for war crimes against prisoners of war

PERIOD: 1997 – 2006

PRIMARY SOURCES: District Court in Sombor (Serbia), Military Court in Belgrade (Serbia), Serbian Ministry of Interior Agency for Fight Against Organized Crime, District Court in Novi Sad (Serbia), County Court in Zagreb (Croatia), Belgrade District Court War Crimes Chamber (Republic of Serbia)

VOLUME AND MEDIUM:  8 archival boxes

CONTENT:  The Fund contains documents from trials of members of Vukovar Territorial Defence, which was part of the then Yugoslav People’s Army, who killed a total of 192 persons at Ovčara Farm near Vukovar in Croatia, in violation of international humanitarian law and in violation of the Geneva Convention Relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War, thus committing a war crime against prisoners of war.

The Fund contains court documents (indictment, transcripts of trials, records from examinations of the accused and witnesses, official notes, etc.), reports by court experts, the UN Expert Commission’s Final Report, a list of identified mortal remains exhumed at Ovčara, media reports, photos, correspondence with HLC, etc.

ORGANIZATION SYSTEM:   Chronologically, by date

Additions to  the Fund are expected

LANGUAGE:  Serbian, Croatian

LIST OF CONTENTS:

Box no. 1

January 9^th, 1997 – January 18^th, 2006

 

• Court documents of the District Court in Sombor, Republic of Serbia
• Court documents of the Military Court in Belgrade, Republic of Serbia
• Documents of the Serbian Ministry of Interior Agency for Fight Against Organized Crime
• Court documents of the District Court in Novi Sad, Republic of Serbia
• Court documents of the Zagreb County Court, Republic of Croatia
• Court documents of the Belgrade District Court War Crimes Chamber, Republic of Serbia

 

Box no. 2

1991 – 2005

 

• Report of the Government Commission on Humanitarian Issues and Missing Persons, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
• Court experts’ report
• United Nations Expert Commission’s Final Report
• Mass gravesite – Ovčara
• List of identified mortal remain exhumed at Ovčara
• Media reports, photos, etc.

 

 

Box no. 3

December 4^th, 2003 – October 27^th, 2004

• District Court in Belgrade, War Crimes Chamber – indictment filed on December 4^th, 2003
• Transcripts of the main trial from March 9^th, 2004 until October 27^th, 2004.

 

 

Box no. 4

October 28^th, 2004 – December 17^th, 2004

 

• District Court in Belgrade,  War Crimes Chamber – transcripts of the main trial from October 28^th, 2004 until December 17^th, 2004.

 

Box no. 5

January 24^th, 2005 – April 22^nd, 2005.

 

• District Court in Belgrade,  War Crimes Chamber – transcripts from the main trial from January 24^th, 2005 until April 22^nd, 2005.

 

Box no. 6

May 23^rd, 2005 – July 8^th, 2005

 

• District Court in Belgrade,  War Crimes Chamber – transcripts of the main trial from May 23^rd, 2005 until July 8^th, 2005

 

Box no. 7

September 12^th, 2005 – October 18^th, 2006

 

• District Court in Belgrade,  War Crimes Chamber – transcripts from the main trial on September 12^th, 2005, the verdict from December 12^th, 2005, and the Judgment of the Supreme Court on October 18^th, 2006.

 

Box no. 8

• Confidential – closed to public

FHP-SS-002 FUND: Court documents, from trials of Serbian citizens for war crimes

PERIOD: 1993 – 2006

PRIMARY SOURCES: County Court in Varaždin, Military Court in Zagreb, Municipal Court in Split, County Courts in Zadar, Karlovci, Osijek, Požega, Split and Šibenik (Croatia), District Court in Murska Subota (Slovenia), Cantonal Court in Sarajevo, District Military Court in Tuzla (Bosnia and Herzegovina), District Court in Banja Luka, Higher Court in Zenica, Municipal Court in Belgrade, Military Court in Novi Sad, Military Court in Niš (Serbia), District Court in Peć, Gnjilane, Priština, Mitrovica (Kosovo), District Court in Novi Pazar, Higher Court in Podgorica, Primary Court in Cetinje (Montenegro).

VOLUME AND MEDIUM:  9 archival boxes

CONTENT:  The Fund contains documents from trials of members of Serb and Croat national communities for war crimes committed on the territory of the former Yugoslavia, which were monitored by researchers and attorneys from the HLC. The trials were conducted on the territory of Serbia, Kosovo, Croatia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Fund covers the period from 1991 to the present. The Fund contains court documents (indictments, verdicts, appeals, decisions, records of examinations of the accused, transcripts of trials, records from witness examinations, official notes, trial reports, memoranda, motions for termination of detention, petitions, certificates, powers of attorney), and 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  

LANGUAGES:  Serbian, Croatian, Albanian

LIST OF CONTENTS:

Box no. 1

• Trials of Croats and Serbs for war crimes committed on the territory of the former Yugoslavia. Trials conducted on the territory of Croatia before the District Courts in Varaždin, Vukovar, Zagreb, Zadar, Karlovci, Osijek, Požega, Split and Šibenik. A total of 31 cases.

Box no. 2

• Trials of Croats and Serbs for war crimes committed on the territory of the former Yugoslavia. Trials conducted on the territory of Croatia, Serbia and Kosovo,  before the County Court in Vukovar (Croatia), the Municipal Court in Split (Croatia), the County Court in Zagreb (Croatia), the Supreme Court of Croatia, the District Court in Belgrade (Serbia), the District Court in Gnjilane (Kosovo) and the District Court in Priština (Kosovo). A total of 5 cases.

Box no. 3

• Trial of Dragan Nikolić from Gnjilane, charged with the crime of killing, together with a group of co-perpetrators,  a person of Albanian nationality. The trial was conducted before the District Court in Gnjilane (Kosovo), the District Court in Priština (Kosovo) and the Supreme Court of Kosovo. A total of 1 case (79 documents).

Box no. 4

• Trials of Serbs for war crimes committed on the territory of Kosovo conducted before the District Court in Mitrovica (Kosovo). A total of 4 cases.

Box no. 5

• Trials of Serbs for war crimes committed on the territory of Kosovo conducted before the District Court in Mitrovica, District Court in Peć, District Court in Prizren, and District Court in Priština (Kosovo). A total of 10 cases.

Box no. 6

• Trials of Serbs for war crimes and other criminal offences conducted before the District Court in Belgrade, the Military Court in Belgrade, and the Supreme Military Court (Serbia). A total of 10 cases.

Box no. 7

• Miscellaneous documents (with reference to espionage, disclosure of a military secret, murder, enforced disappearances of soldiers, inappropriate use of weapons issued to soldiers, army desertion, preventing an official  discharge  duties), relating to the Municipal Court in Kragujevac, District Court in Kraljevo, District Court in Leskovac, Military Court in Niš, and Military Court in Novi Sad. A total of 13 cases.

Box no. 8

• Miscellaneous documents (with reference to terrorism, unauthorized possession of weapons, criminal offence of murder, unauthorized crossing of the border, war crimes trial – the  “Yellow Wasps” Case against the accused, Duško and Vojin Vučković). District Court in Smederevo, District Court in Užice, District Court in Požarevac, District Court in Prokuplje, District Court in Sremska Mitrovica, District Court in Šabac. A total of 6 cases.

Box no. 9

• Trials of Serbs for war crimes and other criminal offences conducted before the District Court in Murska Subota (Slovenia), District Court in Novi Pazar (Serbia), Primary Court in Nikšić (Montenegro), Primary Court in Cetinje (Montenegro), District Court in Banja Luka, Higher Court in Zenica, Cantonal Court in Sarajevo (Bosnia and Herzegovina), District Military Court in Tuzla, Higher Court in Podgorica (Montenegro). A total of 14 cases.

Box no. 10

• Separate trial of Saša Radak, who (as a member of a volunteer unit within the then Yugoslav Peoples’ Army) in violation of international humanitarian law killed two hundred persons at the Ovčara Farm, thus committing a war crime against prisoners of war. The trial was conducted before the District Court in Belgrade War Crimes Chamber (Serbia). A total of 1 case (9 documents).

Box no. 11

• The trial of Anđelko Kolašinac et al. for a war crime against the civilian population, conducted before the District Court in Prizren (Kosovo). A total of 1 case (34 documents).

FHP-SS-001 FUND: Court documents from trial of Albanians during the Slobodan Milošević era

PERIOD: 1991 – 2006

PRIMARY SOURCES: District Court in Belgrade – War Crimes Chamber, District Courts in Peć, Priština, Gnjilane, Mitrovica, Prokuplje, Požarevac, Vranje, Zaječar, Kraljevo, Leskovac, Negotin, Kuršumlija, Kladovo and Novi Pazar, Municipal Council of Municipality of Glogovac, Republic of Serbia Ministry of Justice – Belgrade

SCOPE AND MEDIUM:  18 archival boxes

CONTENTS:  The fund contains documents from trials of members of  the Albanian national group during the era of Slobodan Milošević, monitored by researchers and attorneys of the HLC. The trials were conducted on the territory of Serbia and Kosovo. The Fund covers the period from 1991 to the present. The Fund contains court documents (indictments, verdicts, appeals, decisions, records from  examinations of the accused, transcripts of trials, records from examinations of witnesses, official notes, trial reports, memoranda, motions for termination of detention, petitions, certificates, powers of attorney), newspaper articles, photographs, letters written by prisoners, lists of prisoners of war 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:  Serbian, Albanian

LIST OF CONTENTS:

Box no. 1

• Trials of Kosovo Albanians in Serbia and Kosovo before District Court in Belgrade, District Court in Vranje, District Court in Glogovac, District Court in  Gnjilane, District Court in Zaječar, District Court in Kraljevo and District Court in Mitrovica. A total of 38 cases.

Box no. 2

• Trials of Kosovo Albanians in Serbia before the District Court in Leskovac. A total of 43 cases.

Box no. 3

• Trials of Kosovo Albanians in Serbia before the District Court in Niš. A total of 20 cases.

Box no. 4

• Trials of Kosovo Albanians in Serbia before the District Court in Novi Pazar. A total of 1 case.

Box no. 5

• Trials of Kosovo Albanians in Kosovo before the District Court in Peć. A total of 12 cases.

Box no. 6

• Trials of Kosovo Albanians in Kosovo before the District Court in Peć. A total of 67 cases.

Box no. 7

• Trials of Kosovo Albanians in Serbia before the District Court in Požarevac. A total of 13 cases.

Box no. 8

• Trials of Kosovo Albanians in Serbia and Kosovo before the District Court in Preševo and the District Court in Prizren. A total of 45 cases.

Box no. 9

• Trials of Kosovo Albanians in Kosovo before the District Court in Priština. A total of 24 cases.

Box no. 10

• Trials of Kosovo Albanians in Serbia and Kosovo before the District Court in Priština and the District Court in Prokuplje. A total of 11 cases.

Box no. 11

• Trials of Kosovo Albanians in Serbia and Montenegro, before the District Court in Bijelo Polje, the District Court in Belgrade, the District Court in Kuršumlija, the District Court in Prokuplje, the District Court in Negotin and the District Court in Kladovo. A total of 3 cases.

Box no. 12

• Powers of attorney, petitions, HLC attorneys’ requests to visit convicts of Albanian nationality in prisons in Serbia, lists of Albanian convicts and the plan of visits of attorneys to district prisons in Belgrade, Smederevo, Niš, Zaječar, Zrenjanin and Ćuprija. A total of 134 cases.

Presentations of the list of the dead, killed and missing

Between April 1^st 2009 and May 31^st 2010 HLC Kosovo and HLC organized 29 public presentations of current results of the list of the dead, killed and missing Albanians in municipalities of Suharekë/Suva Reka, Lipjan/Lipljane, Gjakovë/Đakovica, Gllogoc/Glogovac, Fushë Kosovë/Kosovo Polje, Obiliq/Obilić, Skenderaj/Srbica, Shtime/Štimlje, Istog/Istok, Klinë/Klina, Mitrovicë/Mitrovica, Pejë/Peć, Deqan/Dečani, Ferizaj/Uroševac, Gjilan/Gnjilane, Gračanica/Gracanicë, Prishtinë/Pristina, Malishevë/Mališevo, Kaqanik/Kacanik, Podujevë/Podujevo, Prizren, Vushtrri/Vučitrne and the villages in which mass crimes were committed: Velika Kruša/Krushë e Madhe [the municipality of Rrahovec/Orahovac], Mejë/Meja[the municipality of Gjakovë/ Đakovica] and Izbicë/Izbica [the municipality of Skenderaj/Srbica].

1. Presentation of the list of killed, dead and missing in Suva Reka/Suharekkë, 18.04.2009.
2. Presentation of the list of killed, dead and missing in Orahovac /Rrahovec, 13.06.2009.
3. Presentation of the list of killed, dead and missing in Lipljan/Lipjan, 11.07.2009.
4. Presentation of the list of killed, dead and missing in Glogovac/Gloggoc 23.07.2009.
5. Presentation of the list of killed, dead and missing in Meja/Mejë, 21.08.2009.
6. Presentation of the list of killed, dead and missing in Kosovo Polje/ Fushë Kosovë, 17.09.2009.
7. Presentation of the list of killed, dead and missing in Obilić/Obiliq, 18.09.2009.
8. Presentation of the list of killed, dead and missing in Izbica/Izbicë, 26.09.2009.
9. Presentation of the list of killed, dead and missing in Srbica/Skenderaj, 28.09.2009.
10. Presentation of the list of killed, dead and missing in Belgrade
11. Presentation of the list of killed, dead and missing in Prizren, 28.10.2009.
12. Presentation of the list of killed, dead and missing in Peć/Pejë, 25.11.2009.
13. Presentation of the list of killed, dead and missing in Vučitrn/Vushtrri, 18.12.2009.
14. Presentation of the list of killed, dead and missing in Mitrovica/Mitrovicë, 19.01.2010.
15. Presentation of the list of killed, dead and missing in Istok/Istog, 21.01.2010.
16. Presentation of the list of killed, dead and missing in Gračanica/Graçanicë, 29.01.2010.
17. Presentation of the list of killed, dead and missing in Gnjilane/Gjilan, Vitin/Viti, Kamenica/Kamenicë i Novo Brdo/Novobërde, 09.02.2010.
18. Presentation of the list of killed, dead and missing in Mališevo/Malishevë, 16.02.2010.
19. Presentation of the list of killed, dead and missing in Niš, 20.02.2010.
20. Presentation of the list of killed, dead and missing in Uroševac/Ferizaj, 23.02.2010.
21. Presentation of the list of killed, dead and missing in Klina/Klinë, 28.02.2010.
22. Presentation of the list of killed, dead and missing in Podujevo/Podujevë, 16.03.2010.
23. Presentation of the list of killed, dead and missing in Štimlje/Shtime, 17.03.2010.
24. Presentation of the list of killed, dead and missing in Dečani/Deçan, 30.03.2010.
25. Presentation of the list of killed, dead and missing in Podgorica, 01.04.2010.
26. Presentation of the list of killed, dead and missing in Kačanik/Kaqanik, 05.04.2010.
27. Presentation of the list of killed, dead and missing in Priština/Prishtinë, 27.04.2010.
28. Presentation of the list of killed, dead and missing in Prokuplje, 27.05.2010.
29. Presentation of the list of killed, dead and missing in Dubrava/Dubrave, 29.05.2010.

Register of Croatian citizens of Serbian ethnicity, killed in the armed conflict in Croatia

According to a number of independent assessments, between 21,000 and 23,000 people were killed or disappeared during the conflict in Croatia.  That number includes 14,000 -16,000 (largely) ethnic Croatian civilians and members of Croatian Armed Forces, and approximately 7,000 ethnic Serb civilians and members of armed forces (members of the former JNA and the armed forces of the Republic of Srpska Krajina, most of whom were ethnic Serbs), who were living in Croatia during the war.

 

The first statements relating to the murder and disappearance of ethnic Serbs during and immediately following Croatia’s military operations were taken by the HLC’s researchers over the second half of 1995.  They gathered 45 statements from witnesses and families of ethnic Serbs that were killed or who disappeared in May 1995 during the Bljesak military operation conducted by Croatia’s armed forces.  107 statements were taken in August 1995 from the survivors and victims’ family members fleeing Oluja – another military operation conducted by Croatia’s police and armed forces.  The process of gathering statements and other data continued in March of 2012.  As of August 31, 2012, a five-member research team had conducted interviews with 266 witnesses and family members of those killed or who disappeared, all of whom are now living in Serbia. Over that period, they also gathered 306 documents and 250 victims’ photos.

Human Losses in the armed conflict in Macedonia

Available data puts the number of Macedonian citizens who lost their lives during the armed conflict in Macedonia from January to the end of December 2011 at 200 or more.

Human Losses in the armed conflicts in the former Yugoslavia

The project was envisaged as a record of all war crimes victims, soldiers killed in combat and persons that disappeared during, or in connection with the conflict. According to a number of independent assessments, the conflict in the former Yugoslavia led to more than 130,000 deaths. According to International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) records – as of August 30, 2012, the remains of 12,656 persons have yet to be recovered. The remains of 1,762 disappeared have been located (but not exhumed), while the fate of 10,894 persons remains unknown.

In Bosnia and Herzegovina, 8,603 individuals are still listed as missing. The Republic of Croatia is still searching for 2,282 persons that disappeared between 1991 and 1995. According to the ICRC, during the Kosovo conflict, a total of 1,771 persons disappeared, although the Humanitarian Law Center’s records set that number at 1,842. The HLC’s records also show that, among the disappeared were 1,326 ethnic Albanians and 516 from other ethnic groups, mainly Serbs and Roma.

The process of listing all individuals killed or who disappeared during the conflicts in the former Yugoslavia is being conducted as a regional project, involving the HLC, its Kosovo branch (HLC Kosova), the Center for Research and Documentation (CRD) and Dokumenta. The CRD completed its list of persons killed or missing during the war in B&H in August of 2012. According to its records – more than 95,000 citizens of B&H were killed or went missing between 1992 and 1995 in connection with the war in Bosnia.

Pravo komandne odgovornosti

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