Kosovar Albanian awarded compensation for torture suffered in 1999

The Court of Appeals in Belgrade has delivered a judgement ordering the Republic of Serbia to pay 200,000 RSD to Sylejman Bajgora from Podujevo/Podujevë, in compensation for torture he  endured in 1999 at the hands of members of the Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of Serbia (the MUP of the RS). In the same judgment, the Court of Appeals upheld the trial court judgment turning down the compensation claim by Ekrem Nebihu from Glogogovac/Glogoc.


The Kosovo Memory Book

OVER the weekend Kosovo Albanians have been celebrating the fifth anniversary of Kosovo’s declaration of independence. At the same time Hashim Thaci, Kosovo’s prime minister and Ivica Dacic, his Serbian counterpart, are preparing for another round of European Union (EU) sponsored talks in Brussels. According to Cathy Ashton, the EU’s foreign policy high representative, the two-day session that will begin on February 19th will be the “most important part” yet.


Sudija USS varao za novac

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Forum for Transitional justice

Forum koricaThis special issue, whose aim is to contribute to the debate on transitional justice in the Western Balkans, is largely based on two events. One is a day-long seminar entitled ‘European Integration and Transitional Justice: Prospects and Policy Options for Restorative Justice in the Western Balkans’, organised by the former Centre for the Study of Global Governance, London School of Economics and Political Science, and the Humanitarian Law Centre, Belgrade, held at the European Commission in Brussels in December 2009.