President of Kosovo, Mrs. Atifete Jahjaga
Member of Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Mr. Bakir Izetbegovic
President of Serbia, Mr. Boris Tadic
President of Slovenia, Mr. Danilo Turk
President of Macedonia, Mr. Djordje Ivanov
President of Montenegro, Mr. Filip Vujanovic
President of Croatia, Mr. Ivo Josipovic
Member of Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Mr. Nebojsa Radmanovic
Member of Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Mr. Zeljko Komsic
BELGRADE, September 28th, 2011 – A few days ago, the Humanitarian Law Center published a remarkable book. It can be said to represent a milestone in relations between the peoples of former Yugoslavia, in the past 20 years of the postwar period.
Department for War Crimes of the High Court in Belgrade sentenced on September 23, 2011 the accused Veljko Maric to 12 years in prison for war crimes committed in 1991 against civilians in the village Rastovac (Croatia). The Humanitarian law Center believes that Veljko Maric, a Croatian citizen, should be tried in Croatia, that the Republic of Serbia should have extradited him to Croatia, and that it should have submitted evidence against him to the State Attorney’s Office of the Republic of Croatia, in accordance with the 2006 Agreement on cooperation in the prosecution of war crimes offenders. HLC reminds that the War Crimes Prosecutor of the Republic of Serbia has filed at least 10 indictments against war criminals, citizens of Serbia, based on evidence handed over to it by the State Attorney’s Office of the Republic fo Croatia.
Fond za humanitarno pravo
Škola tranzicione pravde je neformalni program obrazovanja o instrumentima za suočavanje sa prošlošću. Polaznici Škole slušaće predavanja o sudskim procesima pred Haškim tribunalom i nacionalnim sudovima za ratne zločine, vansudskim mehanizmima za utvrđivanje činjenica o zločinima iz prošlosti i pravu na reparacije.
Commissioner Thomas Hammarberg and his delegation visited Serbia from 12 to 15 June 2011. In the course of this visit the Commissioner held discussions with representatives of the Serbian authorities and intergovernmental organisations, as well as with members of civil society. The present Report focuses on the following major issues: post-war justice and reconciliation (section I); fight against discrimination (section II); and freedom of the media, access to public information and personal data protection (section III). Each section is accompanied by the Commissioner’s conclusions and recommendations.
SIT Study Abroad, World Learning Center’s program, organized a visit for a group of American college students to the Belgrade-based Humanitarian Law Center (HLC). The course titled: Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Kosovo: Peace and Conflict Studies in the Balkans teaches students about the causes of the conflict in the Balkans. Through a series of meetings with peace and human rights activists, students learn about reconciliation and efforts to build a civil society. During this study program, students live in ordinary Serbian families, obtaining first-hand knowledge about the impact of the conflicts on the lives of the people in the region.