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Presentation of the list of the killed, dead and missing in the municipality Kaçanik/Kačanik

On 12th April 2010 HLC Kosovo presented the results of the record of killed and missing in the area of the municipality of Kaçanik/Kačanik between January 1st 1998 and June 14th 1999. The presentation, held at the Kaçanik/Kačanik municipal assembly, was attended by the media and over 40 family members of the killed and missing. Families gave HLC Kosovo 26 photographs of the victims. Also, family members of victims filed out 27 forms with exact personal data’s of victims. President of municipal Assembly, Mr. Xhabir Zharku, addressed to the families saying that family members of victims should cooperate more with HLC and other organizations which are trying to collect all facts about killings during the war.

After presentation families had the opportunity to check data’s about their family members who were killed or went missing on HLC’s data base. After the presentation, families of the victims had the opportunity to verify the information about their loved ones contained in the database. In addition they gave HLC Kosovo 120 forms with additional information about the victims, as well as a large number of photographs and other documentation for the database, altogether 80 photographs.

Presentation in Deqan/Dečani was attended by a large number of minicipal officers and local media.

Presentation (in Serbian) of the list of the killed, dead and missing in the municipality Kaçanik/Kačanik


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Conference: Assessment of access to justice for minorities in Kosovo

On April 20th 2010 HLC Kosovo held a conference on its assessment of minorities’ access to justice in Kosovo, at which HLC Kosovo presented its report on access to justice. The conference was attended by 60 participants, mainly representatives of the district courts, municipal courts, municipal courts for violations, court liaison offices, representatives of EULEX, a ECLO, ICO’s, Ombudsperson, representatives of local and foreign NGOs. The conference was attended by several members of minority communities living in Kosovo.


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Presentation of the record of killed and missing in Pristina/Pristhinë

On April 27th 2010 HLC Kosovo (HLC Kosovo) presented the interim results of the record of killed and missing Albanians in Pristina/Prishtina between January 1st 1998 and December 31st 2000. The presentation, held in the hall of the Municipality of Pristina/Pristhinë, was attended by over 130 family members of those killed, injured and missing in the Municipality of Pristina/Pristhinë.


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IN MEMORIAM – Biljana Kovačević-Vučo (1952-2010)

In_memoriam_BKVBiljana Kovačević-Vučo, president of Lawyer’s Committee for Human Rights – YUCOM, passed away this morning in Belgrade.


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HLC Executive Director presents RECOM Initiative to Banja Luka students

Banjaluka, BiH, March 27, 2010

On March 27th 2010, Nataša Kandić, Executive Director of the Humanitarian Law Center (HLC) addressed students at the Faculty of Political Sciences in Banja Luka, BiH, upon an invitation by the Friedrich Ebert Foundation, Center for Student Democracy, and the Faculty of Philosophy. In a lecture prepared for this occasion, Ms. Kandić said that dealing with our past and our own crimes is a prerequisite for the democratization of society and in that context she talked about war crimes trials before national jurisdictions and the RECOM process.


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Presentation of the record of killed and missing in Podujevo/Podujevë

On March 9th 2010 HLC Kosovo presented the results of the record of killed and missing in the area of the municipality of Podujevo/Podujevë between January 1st 1998 and June 14th 1999. The presentation, held at the Podujevo/Podujevë municipal assembly, was attended by the media and over 130 family members of the killed and missing. Families gave HLC Kosovo large number of relevant documents and photographs of the victims.


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