FHP-OV-003 FUND: Court documents from trials of members of Vukovar Territorial Defence and the Leva Supoderica paramilitary unit for war crimes against prisoners of war
PERIOD: 1997 – 2006
PRIMARY SOURCES: District Court in Sombor (Serbia), Military Court in Belgrade (Serbia), Serbian Ministry of Interior Agency for Fight Against Organized Crime, District Court in Novi Sad (Serbia), County Court in Zagreb (Croatia), Belgrade District Court War Crimes Chamber (Republic of Serbia)
VOLUME AND MEDIUM: 8 archival boxes
CONTENT: The Fund contains documents from trials of members of Vukovar Territorial Defence, which was part of the then Yugoslav People’s Army, who killed a total of 192 persons at Ovčara Farm near Vukovar in Croatia, in violation of international humanitarian law and in violation of the Geneva Convention Relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War, thus committing a war crime against prisoners of war.
The Fund contains court documents (indictment, transcripts of trials, records from examinations of the accused and witnesses, official notes, etc.), reports by court experts, the UN Expert Commission’s Final Report, a list of identified mortal remains exhumed at Ovčara, media reports, photos, correspondence with HLC, etc.
ORGANIZATION SYSTEM: Chronologically, by date
Additions to the Fund are expected
LANGUAGE: Serbian, Croatian
LIST OF CONTENTS:
Box no. 1
January 9th, 1997 – January 18th, 2006
- Court documents of the District Court in Sombor, Republic of Serbia
- Court documents of the Military Court in Belgrade, Republic of Serbia
- Documents of the Serbian Ministry of Interior Agency for Fight Against Organized Crime
- Court documents of the District Court in Novi Sad, Republic of Serbia
- Court documents of the Zagreb County Court, Republic of Croatia
- Court documents of the Belgrade District Court War Crimes Chamber, Republic of Serbia
Box no. 2
1991 – 2005
- Report of the Government Commission on Humanitarian Issues and Missing Persons, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
- Court experts’ report
- United Nations Expert Commission’s Final Report
- Mass gravesite – Ovčara
- List of identified mortal remain exhumed at Ovčara
- Media reports, photos, etc.
Box no. 3
December 4th, 2003 – October 27th, 2004
- District Court in Belgrade, War Crimes Chamber – indictment filed on December 4th, 2003
- Transcripts of the main trial from March 9th, 2004 until October 27th, 2004.
Box no. 4
October 28th, 2004 – December 17th, 2004
- District Court in Belgrade, War Crimes Chamber – transcripts of the main trial from October 28th, 2004 until December 17th, 2004.
Box no. 5
January 24th, 2005 – April 22nd, 2005.
- District Court in Belgrade, War Crimes Chamber – transcripts from the main trial from January 24th, 2005 until April 22nd, 2005.
Box no. 6
May 23rd, 2005 – July 8th, 2005
- District Court in Belgrade, War Crimes Chamber – transcripts of the main trial from May 23rd, 2005 until July 8th, 2005
Box no. 7
September 12th, 2005 – October 18th, 2006
- District Court in Belgrade, War Crimes Chamber – transcripts from the main trial on September 12th, 2005, the verdict from December 12th, 2005, and the Judgment of the Supreme Court on October 18th, 2006.
Box no. 8
- Confidential – closed to public