Presentation of the register of killed and missing held in Kosovo Polje/ Fushë Kosovë

More than 46 victims’ family attended a presentation of statistical data about the killed and missing in Kosovo Polje/ Fushë Kosovë municipality which was organized by HLC-Kosovo in that municipality on September 17th 2009.


Presentation of the list of killed, dead and missing in the municipality of Obiliq/Obilić

HLC and HLC Kosovo organized on 18th September 2009 in Obiliq/Obilić a presentation of information about the killed, dead and missing Albanians from this municipality for the period from January 1998 until June 1999. The presentation was organized in the Municipal Assembly Hall in Obiliq/Obilić. 40 victims’ family members attended it. At the beginning, Vice President of the Municipality Hajriz Bekteshi addressed all the attendees. One reporter from the local media and one KFOR representative were also present.

During the verification of the information in the HLC’s database, victims’ family members provided HLC-Kosovo with 26 photographs and 44 documents.


Radio Free Europe: Police acquitted of Bytyqi brothers murder

22.09.2009 – The War Crimes Chamber of the Belgrade District Court acquitted two former members of the Serbian Ministry of Interior, Sreten Popović and Miloš Stojanović, who were charged with torture and violating the Bytyqi brothers’ right to fair trial.


New issue of Forum for Transitional Justice

Forum for Transitional Justice is the Humanitarian Law Center’s publication with reviews, which deals with the problems and aspects that are important for transitional justice in post-conflict societies of the Western Balkans. The Fo­rum fo­r tran­si­tio­n­al justi­ce publishes articles about national war crimes trials and criminal/legal aspects of the ICTY, mechanisms for truth-seeking and truth-telling, reparations, and institutional reforms in countries of the Western Balkans, as well as presenting experiences of other post-conflict societies in dealing with past crimes.

The third issue of the Forum for Transitional Justice (September 2009) is dealing with the issue of the European Union and transitional justice: from retributive to restorative justice in the Western Balkans.