Dutch MP visits HLC’s office in the Hague

Harry van Bommel, the member of the Dutch Parlament, has visited the Humanitarian Law Center’s office at the Hague Tribunal on June 21 and met with Nenad Golcevski, HLC’s development director and Mustafa Hadziibrahimovic, a member of the HLC’s team for transfer of Tribunal’s archive. As a member of the Socialist Party (Socialistische Partij) Mr. van Bommel has been an MP since 1998. He is also a member of the Dutch Parlament’s commissions for the foreign affairs and the European Union.

(srpski) Osveta protiv pomirenja Srba i Albanaca

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ICTY Hague court in turmoil amid claims of manipulation

The court set up to make sure the worst Balkans war criminals faced justice is under unprecedented scrutiny.

Serbian Police Accused of Murdering Kosovo Albanians

A Serbian human rights group has filed war crimes charges against four serving police officers over the killings of nine Albanians in the Kosovo town of Vucitrn/Vushitrri in 1999.

Criminal Complaint for Murder of Nine Albanian Civilians in Vučitrn in April and May 1999

The Humanitarian Law Center (HLC) filed a criminal complaint on June 18^th, 2013 with the Republic of Serbia for the alleged commission of  a  war crime against the civilian population of  Vučitrn/Vushtrri in late April and early May 1999.

Administrative reparations in Serbia – an analysis of the existing legal framework

The wars in the former Yugoslavia during the nineteen-nineties left behind a difficult legacy of mass atrocities committed in the countries formed on the territory of the former Yugoslavia. Around 130,000 people lost their lives, more than 12,000 are still missing and tens of thousands of victims suffered torture and sexual violence. All this is just a part of the horrific outcome of these wars. After a decade of destruction and the collapse of the rule of law that unleashed the violence and systematic violations of fundamental human rights, these countries still face the challenges of consolidating their legal systems, and building democratic institutions which will adopt a responsible attitude towards the violent past and foster a culture of human rights.

Complete analysis of the existing legal framework can be downloaded here.

Bez pravde za žrtve

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Ponižavanje žrtava državnih zločina

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Report on Material Reparation for 2012 Presented

On Wednesday, June 13th, 2013, the Humanitarian Law Center (HLC) presented its report on material reparation for the year 2012, titled “Fulfilling the Right for Victims of Human Rights to Seek Reparation Before Serbian Courts – Serving Justice or Trivializing Crimes”. Tanja Drobnjak, an HLC attorney, who represents victims in lawsuits against the state of Serbia, Petar Žmak, Reparation Project Coordinator at the HLC, Dr. Saša Gajin from the Faculty of Law at Union University, and Senad Jusufbegović, a former prisoner at the Šljivovica and Mitovo Polje camps, spoke at the conference. Sandra Orlović, the Executive Director of the HLC, was the Moderator.

Serbian Courts ‘Failing’ Wartime Torture Victims

The compensation granted to torture and abuse victims from the 1990s war is meagre, while trials are long and the state is attempting to cover up its role in the conflict, says a new report.