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Kosovo Institutions Applying the Law on the Use of Languages

In the period from July to October 2007, the Humanitarian Law Center – Kosovo (HLC – Kosovo) researched and analyzed the extent to which local Kosovo institutions, Kosovo Assembly, District and Municipal Court in Prishtinë/Priština, Kosovo Property Agency, and Health Care Centre IV apply the Law on the Use of Languages. HLC-Kosovo conducted research in the following multiethnic municipalities: (Prizren/Prizren, Fushë Kosovë/Kosovo Polje, Klinë/Klina, Gjilan/Gnjilane, Peja/Peć, and Dragaš/Dragash). It was also conducted in the municipalities with a predominantly Albanian population (Skenderaj/Srbica, Deçan/Dečane, Gllogovc/Glogovac, Malishevë/Mališevo, Podujevë/Podujevo/), and in the municipalities with predominantly Serb population (Štrpce/Shtërpcë, Leposavić/Leposaviq, Zubin Potok/Zubin Potok, and Zvečan/Zveçan). HLC-Kosovo treated Prishtinë/Priština and Mitrovicë/Mitrovica as special cases.


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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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Regional Consultation with Artists

Haris Pašović, Professor and Film Director, Sarajevo Academy of Performing Arts, BiH:
If one speaks of an instrument that would get us closer to our ideal model of resolving our historical memory problem, which is not strictly an artistic instrument or an artistic instrument at all, but a social and political one, and perhaps an anthropological instrument, for me it is a Truth and Reconciliation Commission or the equivalent of this commission, as we know it from South Africa. I would also appreciate it if we, on the territory of the former Yugoslavia, had a commission, which would enable people bearing the burden of war crimes inside themselves, and those bearing the burden of victimhoood, to communicate at a broader level because these crimes are massive and the victims many, and courts will only be able to resolve this issue partially.
On the other hand, I believe that what we artists, by being in a reality that is in a way more dedicated to the past or that is more dedicated to the present or the future, that each one of us, according to our feelings, needs, gift, and opportunities, shares a common position to build a better world in which we would all be able to live in an honest manner without becoming witnesses or perpetrators again of atrocities that we have already gone through.

 

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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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Compensation Lawsuit Against the Republic of Serbia for Torture in Sandžak in 1994

On December 11, 2006 the Humanitarian Law Center (HLC) filed a compensation lawsuit against the Republic of Serbia on behalf of Šefćet Mehmedović, a Bosniak from Novi Pazar, for ethnically motivated torture committed against him by police inspector Bratislav Gerić, an unidentified inspector known by his nickname “Nino”, and several other unidentified members of the Novi Pazar Internal Affairs Secretariat (SUP Novi Pazar) in May of 1994. As a result of the beating, the health of Šefćet Mehmedović is permanently damaged.


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