Two Kosovo Serbs Denied a Fair Trial

Before the internationalised courts in Kosovo
15.06.2001.

In a unanimous decision on 14 June this year, the international panel of the District Court in Prizren found two Kosovo Serbs, Cedomir Jovanovic and Andjelko Kolasinac, guilty of war crimes against the civilian population in Orahovac during the NATO intervention. The three-judge panel, with Dr Ingo Risch of Germany presiding, sentenced Jovanovic to 20 and Kolasinac to five years in prison.

Awards
30.05.2001.

Natasa Kandic Awarded Honorary Doctorate

The University of Valencia, Spain, has conferred an honorary doctorate on Natasa Kandic, Executive Director of the Humanitarian Law Center, in recognition of her longstanding work in the field of human rights and her humanitarian activities.

The University also awarded an honorary doctorate to Dr Manuel Castells Olivan, Professor of Sociology at the University of California at Berkeley. The degrees will be presented to Ms Kandic and Dr Castells Olivan on 31 May at a ceremony marking the 500th anniversary of the University, in the presence of prominent figures in the political and cultural life of Valencia province.