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Humanitarian Law Center (HLC) believes that the decision of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Serbia (VSS) to overturn the Request for the protection of legality filed by the Office of the Prosecutor of the Republic of Serbia (RS) which is based on the Decision of the UN Human Rights Committee in favour of journalist Željko Bodrožić, is yet another proof that, although a signatory thereof, RS does not act in compliance with international human rights conventions.
In the period following the toppling of Slobodan Milošević, the transitional government supported domestic war crimes trials, but it soon became clear that serious impediments existed. Police was not willing to share its data on war crimes perpetrators with prosecutors, primarily because most of them belonged to the police. On the other hand, prosecutors and judges were not able to secure victims’ participation in war crimes trials because of their mistrust in Serbian institutions.
Family members of 14 civilians executed by members of the Ministry of the Interior (MUP) reserve unit “Scorpions” in Podujevo/Podujeve on March 28, 1999, filed a compensation lawsuit against the Republic of Serbia for the murder of their loved ones. On behalf of the 24 family members the compensation lawsuit was filed by the Humanitarian Law Center (HLC) on January 24, 2007.