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Trial for the Crime in Trnje – Justice Delayed is Justice Denied

Trial for the Crime in Trnje – Justice Delayed is Justice Denied

#IzSudnice - Sajt  - 3Only two trial days have been held since the filing of the indictment for the war crime in the case of Trnje two years ago, while the Ministry of Defence has been refusing since the beginning of the trial to act on the final decision rendered by the Commissioner for  Information of Public Importance (Commissioner) and inform the public about the present status of the two defendants in the Serbian Army (VS). The Humanitarian Law Center (HLC) emphasizes  that the delays in the beginning of the trial and the unlawful acts of the respective Ministry degrade the trials for the crimes committed during the nineteen-nineties and discourage victims who have been waiting for justice for 16 years now.

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The HLC on the disappeared persons in the OSCE meeting

The HLC on the disappeared persons in the OSCE meeting

osze-odihr-logoA side event dedicated to the fight against enforced disappearances in the OSCE region was held on Friday, 25 September 2015, as part of the annual Human Dimension Implementation Meeting of OSCE Participating States. The meeting, under the title of Combatting Enforced Disappearances in the OSCE Region – Progress and Way Forward, was organized by the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of Norway, Switzerland, France and the Netherlands. On behalf of the Humanitarian Law Center, Jelena Krstic presented the efforts to determine the fates of the people who went missing in the context of the armed conflicts in the former Yugoslavia in the Western Balkans region. The meeting was also attended by the Chairman of the UN Committee on Enforced Disappearances (CED), Professor Emmanuel Decaux, a professor at the Faculty of Law at the University of Oslo and former chairman of the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, Mads Andenaes, and Bayram Shikhmuradov from Turkmenistan.

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SIT Students’ Visit

SIT Students’ Visit

poseta_studenataStudents of the School for International Training (SIT) visited the Humanitarian Law Center (HLC) on Tuesday, 29 September 2015. The students attend various universities in the US, and they are staying in Serbia as part of the SIT Peace Study Programme organized within the Center for Comparative Conflict Studies at the Faculty of Media and Communications.  

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(srpski) Raspisani konkursi za posao u FHP

(srpski) Raspisani konkursi za posao u FHP

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The debate on Srebrenica: Recognition is necessary for reconciliation

The debate on Srebrenica: Recognition is necessary for reconciliation

srebrenica-engA documentary film entitled “Statement 710399” was shown last night in Belgrade Center for Cultural Decontamination. Following the screening there was a debate on the legacy of the genocide in Srebrenica, the possibilities of building trust and common remembrance, and the importance of court-established facts. Taking part in the debate were the film’s author and former spokesman for the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) Refik Hodzic, director of the SENSE – Center for Transitional Justice Mirko Klarin, a culturalist and activist from Banja Luka Srdjan Susnica, chief editor of the publishing house “Fabrika Knjiga” and columnist of the portal “Pescanik” Dejan Ilic and professor at the Faculty of Law of Union University in Belgrade Vesna Rakic Vodinelic.

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Presentation entitled “The ICTY’s investigation, reconstruction and prosecution of crimes committed in Srebrenica in July 1995“ is opened

Presentation entitled “The ICTY’s investigation, reconstruction and prosecution of crimes committed in Srebrenica in July 1995“ is opened

srebrenicaAn audio-visual presentation called „The ICTY’s investigation, reconstruction and prosecution of crimes committed in Srebrenica in July 1995“ was opened at the Center for Cultural Decontamination (CZKD) on 14 September 2015, organized by the Humanitarian Law Center (HLC) and SENSE – Center for Transitional Justice in Pula. The exhibition was opened by Sandra Orlovic, executive director of the HLC, Mirko Klarin, director of SENSE, Munira Subasic of the Association of Mothers of Srebrenica and Zepa, and Borka Pavicevic, director of the CZKD.

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