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Serbia Failing to Prosecute War Crimes, HLC Says

Serbia Failing to Prosecute War Crimes, HLC Says

BalkanInsight_logoNew report by leading NGO says if Serbia maintains its current slow pace in prosecuting war crimes, less than 10 per cent of alleged culprits will face due process in the next 10 years.

 Trials for war crimes in Serbia in 2016 were hampered by lack of political will to face the past, glorification of war criminals and inefficiency on the part of the prosecution, a new report from the Humanitarian Law Centre presented on Thursday said.


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Excess of politics, lack of evidence

Excess of politics, lack of evidence

pescanik_ffA state which doesn’t have a war crimes prosecutor for over a year wants to try war crimes indictees from the whole region. A state which doesn’t act on Interpol red notices (Momir Stojanovic, the three wanted members of the Radical party) expects extradition of citizens of other states on the same warrants. A judiciary which has never brought charges for war crimes against any senior official of our country is accusing (without evidence, as we later saw) former and current officials of neighboring countries. A judiciary which hasn’t brought charges for the crimes committed against Kosovo Albanians for three years is seeking the extradition of a Kosovo Albanian to be tried. A state which promised cooperation and assistance to the Special Court for Kosovo hinders it and meddles with its jurisdiction.

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