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Public Denial of Court-established Truth in Serbia

The Humanitarian Law Center (HLC) expresses its concern that the daily Glas javnosti published the supplement “Srebrenica ID” with its March 12 and 20, 2007 issues, in which author Milivoje Ivanišević denies that genocide was committed in Srebrenica despite the fact that genocide was established by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) judgment of February 26, 2007. This is a continuation of the culture of denial of the most horrible crime that can be committed and of the systematic attempts to revise history and the past.


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Republic of Serbia in violation of UN Human Rights Committee decisions

Humanitarian Law Center (HLC) believes that the decision of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Serbia (VSS) to overturn the Request for the protection of legality filed by the Office of the Prosecutor of the Republic of Serbia (RS) which is based on the Decision of the UN Human Rights Committee in favour of journalist Željko Bodrožić, is yet another proof that, although a signatory thereof, RS does not act in compliance with international human rights conventions.


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Families of civilians killed in Podujevo filed a compensation lawsuit against Serbia

Family members of 14 civilians executed by members of the Ministry of the Interior (MUP) reserve unit “Scorpions” in Podujevo/Podujeve on March 28, 1999, filed a compensation lawsuit against the Republic of Serbia for the murder of their loved ones. On behalf of the 24 family members the compensation lawsuit was filed by the Humanitarian Law Center (HLC) on January 24, 2007.


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New order clearly indicates support of the Army and the Ministry of Defence to Hague fugitives

Humanitarian Law Center (HLC) is of the opinion that the order issued by the Defence Minister on the service procedure for members of the Ministry of Defence (MoD) and Army of the Republic of Serbia with respect to persons indicted by the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) is in disagreement with provisions of the Criminal Code and the Constitution of the Republic of Serbia, both of which call for investigation, criminal prosecution, and punishment of perpetrators of criminal acts.


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Political Elites in Serbia Show no Responsibility for Legacy of the Past

The government of the Republic of Serbia seriously limits the efforts to re-establish the rule of law by not arresting the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) indictees who are still at large and hide on the territory of Serbia and by not carrying out reforms of the police, military and security services. The government continues to influence the War Crimes Prosecutor’s Office to prevent establishment of the truth about participation of Serbian institutions in planning, ordering and execution of crimes during armed conflicts in the former Yugoslavia. The government ignores its obligation to provide the victims’ families with the full truth on the fate of their loved ones and establish an appropriate reparation programme for the victims. What is more, the government fails to accept the need to establish a public platform for truth-seeking and truth-telling on the harms done to others in the name of Serbia, which is a condition for restoring dignity off all victims, including Serbian ones.


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The Supreme Court of the Republic of Serbia illegally overturned the first instance ruling in the Ovčara case

The decision of the Supreme Court to overturn the first instance ruling in the Ovčara case has no legal or factual grounds. The Supreme Court carries on its practice of overthrowing every judgment made in war crimes trials and returning it for retrial. Three first instance judgements have been considered and decided on by the Supreme Court and all three were overturned and sent back for retrial.


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