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Darko Janković and Goran Savić Found Guilty of War Crimes Against Muslims in the Municipality of Zvornik
The Trial Chamber of the Higher Court in Belgrade War Crimes Department presided by Judge Tatjana Vuković rendered a judgment on December 16th, 2011, after three years of trials, finding the accused Darko Janković aka Pufta and Goran Savić guilty and sentencing them to 15 years of imprisonment and 1 year and 6 months of imprisonment respectively, while the accused Saša Ćilerdžić was acquitted of charges. The Humanitarian Law Center believes that the Court has rendered a just sentence in the case of the accused Janković, which is adequate for the gravity of the crime committed. In this moment, while there is no access to the written reasoning of the judgment, it is unclear what were the reasons that led the Court into rendering the acquittal of Ćilerdžić and the minimum prison sentence in the case of the accused Savić.
FHP organizuje konferenciju o ostvarivanju prava na reparacije u Srbiji
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President of Montenegro, Filip Vujanović, Supported the Establishing of RECOM
PODGORICA, December 12th, 2011 – The President of Montenegro, Filip Vujanović, had a meeting with the delegation of the Coalition for RECOM consisting of the Humanitarian Law Center’s Executive Director, Nataša Kandić, a professor from the Faculty of Law in Sarajevo, Zdravko Grebo, President of the Independent Journalists’ Association of Vojvodina, Dinko Gruhonjić, Executive Director of the Centre for Civic Education from Podgorica, Daliborka Uljarević, and a journalist from Podgorica, Dragoljub Duško Vuković.
Police Officers Charged With Murder of Kosovo Albanian Isa Emini Acquitted
According to the assessment of the Humanitarian Law Center (HLC), the trial and acquittal of Miloš Simonović and Republic of Serbia MoI Reserve Dragiša Marković for the murder of Isa Emini, an Albanian from Priština/Prishtin, rendered by the Court of Appeal in Niš on November 17th, 2011, raises serious doubts as to the declared willingness of the Judiciary of the Republic of Serbia to prosecute perpetrators of war crimes who are members of the Police.
Diplomas of Transitional Justice School Awarded to First Generation Students
BELGRADE, December 10th, 2011 – On Saturday December 10th, 2011, the Human Rights Day, the first generation of Transitional Justice School students completed the lectures and received diplomas. » » » » »
Mediji o saopštenju FHP-a povodom uskraćivanja prava na naknadu Muniru Šabotiću
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Duško Kesar sentenced again to 15 years of imprisonment for the crime committed in Prijedor
The Humanitarian Law Center believes that the sentence rendered in this case, even though it may be considered strict, could have been stricter, since the victims of the crime were civilians who were murdered in a brutal manner, and the accused is a former member of the Reserve Police, who had an obligation to protect civilians. The accused in this case did not submit a guilty plea for the murder, nor did he show remorse or express his condolences to the family of the victims, thus preventing this trial from offering moral satisfaction for victims’ family members.
Journalists from Kosovo visited HLC
BELGRADE, December 1st, 2011 – A group of journalists from Kosovo visited the Humanitarian Law Center on Thursday and met with Sandra Orlović, Deputy Executive Director of HLC. A presentation of Volume One of the Kosovo Memory Book (KMB) was organized on this occasion.
Court of appeal in Belgrade denied Munir Šabotić, a victim of police torture, right to just compensation
BELGRADE, November 30th, 2011.
The Court of Appeal in Belgrade has rendered a judgment denying the compensation lawsuit filed by the Humanitarian Law Center (HLC) on behalf of Munir Šabotić, a victim of torture, which he was subjected to by members of the Ministry of the Interior (MOI) in Novi Pazar in August and September 1994. The Court of Appeal accepted the appeal filed by the Office of the Attorney-General of the Republic of Serbia and modified the judgment, which originally had granted Munir Šabotić compensation to the amount of 300,000 RSD and had ordered the Republic of Serbia to pay for litigation expenses to the amount of 20,000 RSD. The HLC believes that the Court of Appeal arbitrarily and unjustly denied the right to compensation for the violation of human rights, which is guaranteed by the Constitution, the laws, and various international conventions. For this reason, the HLC will file a complaint on behalf of Munir Šabotić with the Constitutional Court of Serbia.
Court of appeal in Belgrade denied Munir Šabotić, a victim of police torture, right to just compensation
BEOGRAD, 28.11.2011. – U ponedeljak, 28. novembra 2011. godine, Jahir Krasniqi i Jakup Tahiri, žrtve nezakonitog pritvora 1999. godine, dali su svoje iskaze pred Prvim osnovnim sudom u Beogradu u postupku za naknadu štete koji je FHP pokrenuo protiv Republike Srbije zbog njene odgovornosti za torturu i nezakonit pritvor. Jahir Krasniqi i Jakup Tahiri su svedočili o torturi i nezakonitom pritvoru koje su preživeli u srpskim zatvorima od 1999. do 2000. godine, kao i zdravstvenim posledicama koje, usled takvog zlostavljanja, i danas trpe.
BELGRADE, November 28th, 2011 – Jahir Krasniqi and Jakup Tahiri, victims of unlawful detention in 1999, gave statements on Monday, November 28th, 2011 before the First Basic Court in Belgrade in a compensation lawsuit that HLC initiated against the Republic of Serbia because of its responsibility for torture and unlawful detention. Jahir Krasniqi and Jakup Tahiri testified about the torture and unlawful detention they were subjected to in Serbian prisons in the period from 1999 to 2000 and medical consequences that they still suffer due to this torture.
