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Second School for Transitional Justice Finished

Second School for Transitional Justice Finished

The final seminar for students of the Regional School for Transitional Justice was held on February 1st and 2nd in the organization of the Humanitarian Law Center (HLC), Humanitarian Law Center (Kosovo), and the Lawyer Association from Sarajevo. The seminar was held in the HLC’s Library.


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Court does not recognise former Croatian POWs’ right to redress

Court does not recognise former Croatian POWs’ right to redress

The First Basic Court in Belgrade, following the proceedings which lasted six years, passed a judgment dismissing the compensation claim against the Republic of Serbia filed by the Humanitarian Law Center (HLC) in November 2007 on behalf of 12 Croatian citizens for torture they endured in the JNA (Yugoslav People’s Army) prison camps in Sremska Mitrovica and Begejci in 1991. The HLC notes that this judgement denies the victims of severe crimes their right to obtain just compensation, which is guaranteed by both domestic and international law.


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ICTY Appeals Chamber’s Judgment against Vlastimir Đorđević

ICTY Appeals Chamber’s Judgment against Vlastimir Đorđević

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The Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) today delivered its final guilty verdict against the former Assistant Minister of Internal Affairs of Serbia and Chief of its Public Security Division (RJB) Vlastimir Đorđević, reducing his sentence to 18 years of prison, instead of 27 years as initially imposed.


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Anatomy of Serbian institutions’ responsibility for crimes against Kosovo Albanians

Anatomy of Serbian institutions’ responsibility for crimes against Kosovo Albanians

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The Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) today passed a judgment confirming the conviction of four high-ranking government, military and police officials of the former Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY) and Serbia – Nikola Šainović, Nebojša Pavković, Sreten Lukić and Vladimir Lazarević – for deportation, forcible displacement, killing, sexual assaults, persecution on political and racial grounds and other crimes against civilians (Kosovo Albanians) committed between March and May 1999. Šainović, Lukić and Lazarević had their sentences marginally reduced.


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