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HLC Special Update: Threats to Human Rights Defenders

On Sunday, September 3 2006, Humanitarian Law Centre’s Executive Director Natasa Kandic appeared on B92’s Utisak Nedelje. The programme was centred on the much criticised statement of the UN Special Envoy for Kosovo Martti Ahtisaari, who was reported by the media as having said that “the Serbs are guilty as a nation.” This statement was later clarified by Ahtisaari: “Every nation carries a burden for which it has to pay.” Ahtisaari said, “leaders in Belgrade must face a historic inheritance and accept responsibility for the past years.”


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The Trial to Anton Lekaj was Fair Although Conducted Before a Non-Jurisdictional Court

The War Crimes Chamber of the Belgrade District Court, presided by judge Olivera Andjelkovic, in a Decision of September 18, 2006, found Anton Lekaj, a former member of KLA, guilty of war crimes against civilian population, and sentenced him to 13 years in prison. The verdict was highly publicized in all Serbian media, as opposed to the trial itself which went unnoticed, without media coverage or expert involvement.


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Kosovo Prime Minister Agim Çeku ‘s Support to War Crimes Perpetrator is Contrary to Respect for the Law and Independent Judiciary

The HLC office in Kosovo expressed its utmost concern due to the Kosovo Prime Minister Agim Çeku’s statements and behaviour surrounding conviction (first instance verdict) of General Selim Krasniqi for war crime committed against civilian population. HLC Kosovo believes that this behaviour is contrary to the principles of the rule of law and independent judiciary, which are the goals of independent Kosovo.


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HLC on War Crimes Trials in Serbia

Press Release composed in view of the US Ambassador for the War Crimes Issues, John Clint Williamson’s visit


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State Responsible for Forcible Mobilization of Refugees

Serbian Supreme Court (SSC) dismissed on 19 July 2006 the state’s demand that the First Municipal Court in Belgrade repeats the procedure concerning the charges filed by the Humanitarian Law Center (HLC) during the year of 1998, on behalf of seven forcibly mobilized refugees from Croatia.


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Serbian Supreme Court Verified Verdict in Case Sjeverin

The Serbian Supreme Court verified on 18 May 2006 the verdict handed down by the Belgrade District Court, by which four members of the “Osvetnici” (Avengers) armed group within the Republic of Srpska Army were convicted to imprisonment because of the kidnapping and murder of 16 Bosniaks from the village of Sjeverin, which took place in the place called Mioče, Bosnia and Herzegovina, in October 1992. Milan Lukić, Dragutin Dragičević, Oliver Krsmanović, and Đorđe Šević were convicted for this crime.


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Stones at Freedom of Speech

The Humanitarian Law Center is strongly criticizing the act in which the house of Mirko Đorđević, a Religion Sociologist, was stoned. This happened in the night from 16 to 17 May. The HLC is also calling upon the Serbian Ministry of Interior to undertake all measures necessary to bring the perpetrators of this crime to justice as soon as possible.


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