Florence Hartmann Conviction Unjust

                hlc hhoThe Decision of the ICTY Appeals Chamber, rendered on July 19th, 2011, affirming the conviction of the journalist Florence Hartmann for disclosing the contents of two confidential Decisions rendered by the Court, represents a negation of two transitional justice imperatives: to know the facts about the recent past and to prevent the recurrence of war crimes.


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The Court Denies the Right to Compensation for Former Prisoners at Šljivovica and Mitrovo Polje Detention Camps

On July 20, 2011, the Humanitarian Law Center (HLC) received a decision rendered by the First Basic Court in Belgrade rejecting the complaint filed against the Republic of Serbia by the HLC in December 2007 on behalf of Ahmet Kamenica and Selim Nuhanović, former prisoners at Šljivovica and Mitrovo Polje detention camps for the responsibility of the state for the torture they had been exposed to while being held prisoners in those camps.


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For International Criminal Justice Day July 17th, 2011

The Humanitarian Law Center (HLC), on behalf of the Coalition for International Criminal Court (CICC) on the occasion of marking July 17th, International Criminal Justice Day, and forthcoming December election of the prosecutor and six judges of the International Criminal Court (ICC), calls for the Government of the Republic of Serbia to propose and support, during the election process, the most qualified candidates for the positions of the prosecutor and judges of ICC. Serbia, as one of the founders of ICC, should take active part in the election process and it should make effort to make this process transparent and just.


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REKOM je naš izlaz iz prošlosti

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State organs of the Republic of Serbia intimidate human rights defenders

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At a press conference held on June 6, 2011 in Belgrade, the Coalition Against Discrimination offered its undivided support to Belgzim Kamberi, President of the Human Rights Committee in Bujanovac with respect to a criminal complaint filed against him by the Office of the Prosecutor in Vranje because he publicly criticized the Minister of Human and Minority Rights in Serbia.


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Međunarodni dan Roma-8.april

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So we know: Jović/Joviq i Pusto Selo/Pastase, 31st March 1999.

Thursday, March 30, 2011, marks the 12th anniversary of a crime committed against 34 Albanian civilians in the Jović/Joviq village, Mališevo/Malishevë municipality by members of the Yugoslav Army (YA) and the Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of Serbia (MUP Serbia).


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We Should Know the Facts: Podujevo, March 28, 1999

On March 28, 1999, during the NATO bombing of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, a reserve unit of the Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of Serbia (MUP Serbia) known as “Scorpions” killed 14 members of Bogujevci and Duriqi families in an operation of ethnic cleansing of Albanians from Podujevo.


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