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U.S. Congress’ House Foreign Affairs Committee Resolution on Bytyqi Brothers Case

U.S. Congress’ House Foreign Affairs Committee Resolution on Bytyqi Brothers Case

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the execution-style murders of United States citizens Ylli, Agron, and Mehmet Bytyqi in the Republic of Serbia in July 1999.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

February 6, 2017

Mr. Zeldin (for himself, Mr. Smith of New Jersey, Mr. Engel, and Ms. Meng) submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


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Did The Army That Gave Birth To Yugoslavia Also Destroy It?

Did The Army That Gave Birth To Yugoslavia Also Destroy It?

radiofreeEurope-logoThe conclusions of a new study out of Belgrade on the role of the Yugoslav People’s Army (JNA) in the Balkan wars of the 1990s include one finding that might shock some readers. The Center for Humanitarian Law in the Serbian capital appears to be saying that the army that gave birth to Yugoslavia eventually also destroyed it.

The study covers the decade, from the early 1980s to 1992, leading up to the collapse of the Yugoslav federation and analyzes the transformation of the JNA from an armed force that was as ethnically mixed as the country it was meant to protect, to one that was effectively an ethnic Serb army.

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Serbia Restarts Lovas War Crimes Trial from Beginning

Serbia Restarts Lovas War Crimes Trial from Beginning

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A Serbian court restarted the trial for the killing of 70 Croatian civilians in the village of Lovas in 1991 on a technicality because the war crimes prosecutor’s office did not have a chief prosecutor for a year-and-a-half.

Belgrade Higher Court decided on Thursday to restart the Lovas trial because of previous decisions by an appeals court, ruling that the deputy war crime prosecutors did not have the right to act on behalf of the prosecutor’s office while the chief prosecutor’s seat was vacant.

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In the end of EULEX’s executive mandate: contribution undisputed, expectations not met

In the end of EULEX’s executive mandate: contribution undisputed, expectations not met

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On 14 June 2018, European Union Rule of Law Mission (EULEX) finally ended its then mandate and it no longer has competences and executive powers in Kosovo judicial system, which it enjoyed for almost ten years. EULEX used to be the biggest and most expensive civilian mission of this kind established by the European Union (EU) in any country. According to EU Council Decision of 8 June 2018, EULEX will still remain in Kosovo, until 2020, but it will have a new mandate which will include monitoring and advising judiciary, Correctional Service, as well as support to the Specialized Court and to implementation of agreements reached in the dialogue on normalization of relations between Kosovo and Serbia.

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