FHP-SH-025 FUND: Court documents, from trials of Croat citizens for war crimes

PERIOD: 1999 – 2008.

PRIMARY SOURCES: County Court in Varaždin, County Court in Bjelovar, County Court in Zagreb, County Court in Vukovar (Croatia).

VOLUME AND MEDIUM:  9 archival boxes

CONTENT:  The Fund contains documents from trials of Croat citizens for war crimes committed on the territory of the former Yugoslavia monitored by the researchers and attorneys of the HLC. The trials were conducted on the territory of Croatia. The Fund covers the period from 1999 to the present. The Fund contains court documents (indictments, verdicts, records from the main trials, witness examination records, records from examinations of the accused, trial reports, and memoranda), newspaper articles, and accompanying documents.

ORGANIZATION SYSTEM:  boxes are organized geographically in accordance with the location of the court (alphabetically), and each case is organized chronologically (by date).

Additions to the Fund are expected

LANGUAGE:  Croatian

LIST OF CONTENTS:

Box no. 1
•    Trials of Croat citizens for war crimes committed on the territory of the former Yugoslavia currently pending before the County Courts in Zagreb and Vukovar. Box no. 1 consists of: the “Cerna” Case, the accused being Tomislav Madi, Mario Jurić, Zoran Poštić, Davor Lazić, and Mija Starčević; the “Selotejp” (Scotch tape) and “Garage” Cases, the accused being Branimir Glavaš.

Box no.2
•    Trials of Croats for war crimes committed on the territory of the former Yugoslavia currently pending before the County Court in Zagreb.Box no. 2 consists of: the  “Medačkidžep” Case, the accused being Rahim Ademi and Mirko Norac.

Box no. 3
•    Trials of Croats for war crimes committed on the territory of the former Yugoslavia before the County Court in Zagreb, the County Court in Bjelovar and the County Court in Varaždin. Box no. 3 consists of: the “Bjelovar Group” case, the accused being Luka Markešić et al. and the Case of Dinko Sakic