FHP-SP-016 FUND: Representation of political parties and presidential candidates in electronic and printed media in Serbia

PERIOD: 1997

PRIMARY SOURCES: Radio Television of Serbia, Studio B, Politika (daily newspaper), Naša Borba  (daily newspaper)

VOLUME AND MEDIUM:  2 archival boxes

CONTENT: During the electoral campaign for the 1997 Presidential Elections in Serbia, the Humanitarian Law Center researchers followed the broadcasts from the Radio Television of Serbia and Studio B, and the printed media, including Politika, Blic, and Naša Borba. The documents contain the analysis of the media appearances of the presidential candidates, with a special focus on direct and concealed propaganda and hate speech, and an overview on the extent of success of the equal presentation of candidates and parties as one of the main prerequisites of a free and democratic electoral process.

ORGANIZATION SYSTEM:  Chronologically and by source

Additions to the Fund are not expected

LANGUAGE:  Serbian

FHP-NP-012 FUND: Right to property, and claims for restoration of displaced persons’ tenancy rights

SUBFUND FHP-NP-012-1: Claims for Restoration of Tenancy Rights of Persons Displaced in Kosovo

SUBFUND  FHP-NP-012-2: Claims for Restoration of Tenancy Rights of Persons Displaced in Bosnia and Herzegovina

PERIOD: 1995-1996, 1999-2000

PRIMARY SOURCES: Family members whose property was forcibly confiscated and who were displaced from the territory of Kosovo and Bosnia and Herzegovina.

VOLUME AND MEDIUM:  40 archival boxes

CONTENT: The Fund contains statements given by injured parties relating to the circumstances under which their movable and immovable property was confiscated; and they  are accompanied by various documents proving the right to the confiscated  property – personal identification cards, temporary residence registrations, agreements on exchange of real estate, decisions on modifications made in the cadastre, apartment lease agreements, apartment allocation decisions, copies of passports, court certificates, agreements on purchasing real estate, certificates of property rights registration requests, contracts on maintenance for life, title deeds, displaced persons’ identification documents,  decisions on paying fees for construction lots, records on evaluation of housing units, the gift of real estate agreements, copies of plans, copies of  certificates of title, decisions on permit to build an outhouse, official surveyor’s certificates.

ORGANIZATION SYSTEM:   According to the geographic principle, by municipalities

Additions to the Fund are not expected

LANGUAGES:  Serbian, Bosnian

FHP-PD-010 FUND: Court documents from trials of members of the “Scorpions“ paramilitary unit for crimes against civilians in Podujevo

PERIOD: 1999-2011.

PRIMARY SOURCES: Republic of Serbia Ministry of Interior, Prokuplje Secretariat of the Interior, District Court in Prokuplje, District Court in Belgrade – War Crimes Chamber, the Republic of Serbia District Public Prosecutor’s Office, Court of Appeals in Belgrade, Bogujevci family.

VOLUME AND MEDIUM:  3 archival boxes

CONTENT:  The Fund contains court documents and written evidence from trials of accused Saša Cvjetan and Dejan Demirović for the murder of Bogujevci family members committed in Podujevo in 1999, documents originating from the criminal proceedings against Željko Đukić et al. conducted before the War Crimes Chamber of the District Court in Belgrade, transcripts of testimonies given in the trial in the Case of ŽeljkoĐukić et al., documents obtained from the Prokuplje Secretariat of the Interior and the Office of the Public Prosecutor in Prokuplje, report on the engagement of reserve units for the needs of the Special Anti-Terrorist Unit, memoranda, powers of attorney, newspaper articles, media documents, letters sent by Bogujevci family members.

ORGANIZATION SYSTEM: Chronologically, by date

Additions to the fund are not expected

LANGUAGE: Serbian, Albanian

FHP-SJ-008 FUND: Court documents from trial of members of the „Avengers“ paramilitary formation for the abduction and murder of Muslims from Sjeverin in Serbia

PERIOD: 1992 – 2005.

PRIMARY SOURCE: District Court in Užice (Serbia), District Court in Belgrade (Serbia), Sandžak Committee of the Party of Democratic Action (SDA), The Republic of Srpska Army Command in Višegrad, Priboj Municipal Assembly (Serbia).

VOLUME AND MEDIUM:  1 archival box

CONTENT:  The Fund contains court documents and written evidence from the trial of Milan Lukić, Oliver Krsmanović, Dragutin Dragičević, and Đorđe Šević for the abduction of civilians from a bus in the village of Mioče, court documents from the second trial and photos of members of the paramilitary formation and victims.

ORGANIZATION SYSTEM:   Chronologically, by date

Additions to the fund are not expected  

LANGUAGE:  Serbian

LIST OF CONTENTS:

Box no. 1

1993-2006

• Exhibits – written orders
• Criminal complaints against accused
• Records from examination of the accused and witnesses
• Records from the main trial of September 2003
• Verdict
• Judgement upholding the appeal and returning the case for retrial dated September 27th, 2004
• Records from the main trial in 2005
• Copy of the album with photos of „Avengers“ paramilitary unit  – containing 22 photographs
• Copy of the album with photos of abducted persons – containing 16 photographs

 

FHP-OV-003 FUND: Court documents from trials of members of Vukovar Territorial Defence and the Leva Supoderica paramilitary unit for war crimes against prisoners of war

PERIOD: 1997 – 2006

PRIMARY SOURCES: District Court in Sombor (Serbia), Military Court in Belgrade (Serbia), Serbian Ministry of Interior Agency for Fight Against Organized Crime, District Court in Novi Sad (Serbia), County Court in Zagreb (Croatia), Belgrade District Court War Crimes Chamber (Republic of Serbia)

VOLUME AND MEDIUM:  8 archival boxes

CONTENT:  The Fund contains documents from trials of members of Vukovar Territorial Defence, which was part of the then Yugoslav People’s Army, who killed a total of 192 persons at Ovčara Farm near Vukovar in Croatia, in violation of international humanitarian law and in violation of the Geneva Convention Relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War, thus committing a war crime against prisoners of war.

The Fund contains court documents (indictment, transcripts of trials, records from examinations of the accused and witnesses, official notes, etc.), reports by court experts, the UN Expert Commission’s Final Report, a list of identified mortal remains exhumed at Ovčara, media reports, photos, correspondence with HLC, etc.

ORGANIZATION SYSTEM:   Chronologically, by date

Additions to  the Fund are expected

LANGUAGE:  Serbian, Croatian

LIST OF CONTENTS:

Box no. 1

January 9^th, 1997 – January 18^th, 2006

 

• Court documents of the District Court in Sombor, Republic of Serbia
• Court documents of the Military Court in Belgrade, Republic of Serbia
• Documents of the Serbian Ministry of Interior Agency for Fight Against Organized Crime
• Court documents of the District Court in Novi Sad, Republic of Serbia
• Court documents of the Zagreb County Court, Republic of Croatia
• Court documents of the Belgrade District Court War Crimes Chamber, Republic of Serbia

 

Box no. 2

1991 – 2005

 

• Report of the Government Commission on Humanitarian Issues and Missing Persons, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
• Court experts’ report
• United Nations Expert Commission’s Final Report
• Mass gravesite – Ovčara
• List of identified mortal remain exhumed at Ovčara
• Media reports, photos, etc.

 

 

Box no. 3

December 4^th, 2003 – October 27^th, 2004

• District Court in Belgrade, War Crimes Chamber – indictment filed on December 4^th, 2003
• Transcripts of the main trial from March 9^th, 2004 until October 27^th, 2004.

 

 

Box no. 4

October 28^th, 2004 – December 17^th, 2004

 

• District Court in Belgrade,  War Crimes Chamber – transcripts of the main trial from October 28^th, 2004 until December 17^th, 2004.

 

Box no. 5

January 24^th, 2005 – April 22^nd, 2005.

 

• District Court in Belgrade,  War Crimes Chamber – transcripts from the main trial from January 24^th, 2005 until April 22^nd, 2005.

 

Box no. 6

May 23^rd, 2005 – July 8^th, 2005

 

• District Court in Belgrade,  War Crimes Chamber – transcripts of the main trial from May 23^rd, 2005 until July 8^th, 2005

 

Box no. 7

September 12^th, 2005 – October 18^th, 2006

 

• District Court in Belgrade,  War Crimes Chamber – transcripts from the main trial on September 12^th, 2005, the verdict from December 12^th, 2005, and the Judgment of the Supreme Court on October 18^th, 2006.

 

Box no. 8

• Confidential – closed to public

FHP-SS-002 FUND: Court documents, from trials of Serbian citizens for war crimes

PERIOD: 1993 – 2006

PRIMARY SOURCES: County Court in Varaždin, Military Court in Zagreb, Municipal Court in Split, County Courts in Zadar, Karlovci, Osijek, Požega, Split and Šibenik (Croatia), District Court in Murska Subota (Slovenia), Cantonal Court in Sarajevo, District Military Court in Tuzla (Bosnia and Herzegovina), District Court in Banja Luka, Higher Court in Zenica, Municipal Court in Belgrade, Military Court in Novi Sad, Military Court in Niš (Serbia), District Court in Peć, Gnjilane, Priština, Mitrovica (Kosovo), District Court in Novi Pazar, Higher Court in Podgorica, Primary Court in Cetinje (Montenegro).

VOLUME AND MEDIUM:  9 archival boxes

CONTENT:  The Fund contains documents from trials of members of Serb and Croat national communities for war crimes committed on the territory of the former Yugoslavia, which were monitored by researchers and attorneys from the HLC. The trials were conducted on the territory of Serbia, Kosovo, Croatia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Fund covers the period from 1991 to the present. The Fund contains court documents (indictments, verdicts, appeals, decisions, records of examinations of the accused, transcripts of trials, records from witness examinations, official notes, trial reports, memoranda, motions for termination of detention, petitions, certificates, powers of attorney), and newspaper articles and accompanying documents.

ORGANIZATION SYSTEM: boxes are organized geographically in accordance with the location of the court (alphabetically), and each case is organized chronologically (by date)

Additions to the Fund are expected  

LANGUAGES:  Serbian, Croatian, Albanian

LIST OF CONTENTS:

Box no. 1

• Trials of Croats and Serbs for war crimes committed on the territory of the former Yugoslavia. Trials conducted on the territory of Croatia before the District Courts in Varaždin, Vukovar, Zagreb, Zadar, Karlovci, Osijek, Požega, Split and Šibenik. A total of 31 cases.

Box no. 2

• Trials of Croats and Serbs for war crimes committed on the territory of the former Yugoslavia. Trials conducted on the territory of Croatia, Serbia and Kosovo,  before the County Court in Vukovar (Croatia), the Municipal Court in Split (Croatia), the County Court in Zagreb (Croatia), the Supreme Court of Croatia, the District Court in Belgrade (Serbia), the District Court in Gnjilane (Kosovo) and the District Court in Priština (Kosovo). A total of 5 cases.

Box no. 3

• Trial of Dragan Nikolić from Gnjilane, charged with the crime of killing, together with a group of co-perpetrators,  a person of Albanian nationality. The trial was conducted before the District Court in Gnjilane (Kosovo), the District Court in Priština (Kosovo) and the Supreme Court of Kosovo. A total of 1 case (79 documents).

Box no. 4

• Trials of Serbs for war crimes committed on the territory of Kosovo conducted before the District Court in Mitrovica (Kosovo). A total of 4 cases.

Box no. 5

• Trials of Serbs for war crimes committed on the territory of Kosovo conducted before the District Court in Mitrovica, District Court in Peć, District Court in Prizren, and District Court in Priština (Kosovo). A total of 10 cases.

Box no. 6

• Trials of Serbs for war crimes and other criminal offences conducted before the District Court in Belgrade, the Military Court in Belgrade, and the Supreme Military Court (Serbia). A total of 10 cases.

Box no. 7

• Miscellaneous documents (with reference to espionage, disclosure of a military secret, murder, enforced disappearances of soldiers, inappropriate use of weapons issued to soldiers, army desertion, preventing an official  discharge  duties), relating to the Municipal Court in Kragujevac, District Court in Kraljevo, District Court in Leskovac, Military Court in Niš, and Military Court in Novi Sad. A total of 13 cases.

Box no. 8

• Miscellaneous documents (with reference to terrorism, unauthorized possession of weapons, criminal offence of murder, unauthorized crossing of the border, war crimes trial – the  “Yellow Wasps” Case against the accused, Duško and Vojin Vučković). District Court in Smederevo, District Court in Užice, District Court in Požarevac, District Court in Prokuplje, District Court in Sremska Mitrovica, District Court in Šabac. A total of 6 cases.

Box no. 9

• Trials of Serbs for war crimes and other criminal offences conducted before the District Court in Murska Subota (Slovenia), District Court in Novi Pazar (Serbia), Primary Court in Nikšić (Montenegro), Primary Court in Cetinje (Montenegro), District Court in Banja Luka, Higher Court in Zenica, Cantonal Court in Sarajevo (Bosnia and Herzegovina), District Military Court in Tuzla, Higher Court in Podgorica (Montenegro). A total of 14 cases.

Box no. 10

• Separate trial of Saša Radak, who (as a member of a volunteer unit within the then Yugoslav Peoples’ Army) in violation of international humanitarian law killed two hundred persons at the Ovčara Farm, thus committing a war crime against prisoners of war. The trial was conducted before the District Court in Belgrade War Crimes Chamber (Serbia). A total of 1 case (9 documents).

Box no. 11

• The trial of Anđelko Kolašinac et al. for a war crime against the civilian population, conducted before the District Court in Prizren (Kosovo). A total of 1 case (34 documents).

FHP-SS-001 FUND: Court documents from trial of Albanians during the Slobodan Milošević era

PERIOD: 1991 – 2006

PRIMARY SOURCES: District Court in Belgrade – War Crimes Chamber, District Courts in Peć, Priština, Gnjilane, Mitrovica, Prokuplje, Požarevac, Vranje, Zaječar, Kraljevo, Leskovac, Negotin, Kuršumlija, Kladovo and Novi Pazar, Municipal Council of Municipality of Glogovac, Republic of Serbia Ministry of Justice – Belgrade

SCOPE AND MEDIUM:  18 archival boxes

CONTENTS:  The fund contains documents from trials of members of  the Albanian national group during the era of Slobodan Milošević, monitored by researchers and attorneys of the HLC. The trials were conducted on the territory of Serbia and Kosovo. The Fund covers the period from 1991 to the present. The Fund contains court documents (indictments, verdicts, appeals, decisions, records from  examinations of the accused, transcripts of trials, records from examinations of witnesses, official notes, trial reports, memoranda, motions for termination of detention, petitions, certificates, powers of attorney), newspaper articles, photographs, letters written by prisoners, lists of prisoners of war and accompanying documents.

ORGANIZATION SYSTEM:  boxes are organized geographically in accordance with the location of the court (alphabetically), and each case is organized chronologically (by date)

Additions to the Fund are expected

LANGUAGE:  Serbian, Albanian

LIST OF CONTENTS:

Box no. 1

• Trials of Kosovo Albanians in Serbia and Kosovo before District Court in Belgrade, District Court in Vranje, District Court in Glogovac, District Court in  Gnjilane, District Court in Zaječar, District Court in Kraljevo and District Court in Mitrovica. A total of 38 cases.

Box no. 2

• Trials of Kosovo Albanians in Serbia before the District Court in Leskovac. A total of 43 cases.

Box no. 3

• Trials of Kosovo Albanians in Serbia before the District Court in Niš. A total of 20 cases.

Box no. 4

• Trials of Kosovo Albanians in Serbia before the District Court in Novi Pazar. A total of 1 case.

Box no. 5

• Trials of Kosovo Albanians in Kosovo before the District Court in Peć. A total of 12 cases.

Box no. 6

• Trials of Kosovo Albanians in Kosovo before the District Court in Peć. A total of 67 cases.

Box no. 7

• Trials of Kosovo Albanians in Serbia before the District Court in Požarevac. A total of 13 cases.

Box no. 8

• Trials of Kosovo Albanians in Serbia and Kosovo before the District Court in Preševo and the District Court in Prizren. A total of 45 cases.

Box no. 9

• Trials of Kosovo Albanians in Kosovo before the District Court in Priština. A total of 24 cases.

Box no. 10

• Trials of Kosovo Albanians in Serbia and Kosovo before the District Court in Priština and the District Court in Prokuplje. A total of 11 cases.

Box no. 11

• Trials of Kosovo Albanians in Serbia and Montenegro, before the District Court in Bijelo Polje, the District Court in Belgrade, the District Court in Kuršumlija, the District Court in Prokuplje, the District Court in Negotin and the District Court in Kladovo. A total of 3 cases.

Box no. 12

• Powers of attorney, petitions, HLC attorneys’ requests to visit convicts of Albanian nationality in prisons in Serbia, lists of Albanian convicts and the plan of visits of attorneys to district prisons in Belgrade, Smederevo, Niš, Zaječar, Zrenjanin and Ćuprija. A total of 134 cases.

Presentation of the list of the killed, dead and missing in the municipality of Shtime/Štimlje

On 17^th March 2010 HLC Kosovo presented the results of the record of killed and missing in the area of the municipality of Shtime/Štimlje between January 1st 1998 and June 14th 1999. The presentation, held at the Shtime/Štimlje municipal assembly, was attended by the media and over 60 family members of the killed and missing. Families gave HLC Kosovo 15 photographs of the victims. Also, family members of victims filed out 33 forms with exact personal data’s of victims. President of municipal Assembly, Mr. Kujtim Xhelili, addressed to the families and journalists stressing that HLC’s project Kosovo memory book is most important documentation about our past until now.

Presentation (in Serbian) of the list of the killed, dead and missing in the municipality of Shtime/Štimlje

Presentation of the list of killed and missing detainees in Dubrava

On 29^th May 2010 HLC Kosovo presented the results of the record of killed and missing in the Dubrava prison between May 16^th and May 23th 1999. The presentation, held at the Prishtinё/Priština municipal assembly, was attended by the over 50 family members of the killed and missing and ex prisoners who have survived from Dubrava prison.

At the beginning of presentation ex prisoner Mr. Mustafa Kolgeci has addressed to the audience sharing his experience from the mass killing in Dubrava prison. After him the executive director of HLC, Mrs. Natasa Kandic, took the flour informing the audience that HLC has issued criminal charge ex director of Dubrava prison on the court.

Families of victims gave HLC Kosovo small number of photographs of the victims and other important documentation. Also, family members of victims filed out 21 forms with exact personal data’s of victims.

Presentation (in Serbian) of the list of killed and missing detainees in Dubrava.

Presentation of the list of killed and missing non-albanians in Prokuplje

Approximately 40 family members of the killed, dead and missing Serbs attended the presentation in Prokuplje held on May 27^th, 2010. Tomica Milutinović, Deputy Mayor of Prokuplje, opened the presentation held at the Prokuplje Municipal Assembly hall. After inspecting the information in the HLC database, victims’ family members handed over nine documents and five photos to the HLC team. There were no media agencies that reported on this presentation.

Presentation (in Serbian) of the list of killed and missing non-albanians in Prokuplje