Human losses of Serbia and Montenegro in the armed conflicts in Slovenia, Croatia and B&H

Since January 1, 2009, the HLC has been documenting the deaths and disappearances of citizens of Serbia and Montenegro that occurred over the course of the wars in Slovenia, Croatia and B&H.  Its researchers have (as of August 31, 2012) conducted interviews with 716 witnesses and victims’ family members and completed an analysis of 7,041 documents relating to victims, war crimes and military operations.  On the basis of that analysis, they were able to determine the identities of 1,930 citizens of Serbia and Montenegro who were killed or disappeared.

List of victims

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Among the killed are 42 persons from Niš

 During armed conflicts waged on the territory of the former Yugoslavia in the period 1991-1995 there are 42 killed or missing individuals from Niš. This information was disclosed during a presentation of a register of human losses from the armed conflicts waged on the territory of Slovenia, Croatia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina.

During the armed conflicts waged on the territory of the former Yugoslavia 2.028 citizens of Serbia and Montenegro were killed or disappeared

During the armed conflicts waged on the territory of the former Yugoslavia in the period 1991-1995, 2.028 citizens of Serbia and Montenegro were killed or disappeared and the fate of 385 missing citizens remains to be unknown. These are the results of a research conducted by the Humanitarian Law Center (HLC) made public at the presentation of an individualized register of citizens of Serbia and Montenegro who were killed or disappeared during the armed conflicts in Slovenia, Croatia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina in the period 1991-1995.

In various wars 2.385 citizens of Serbia and Montenegro were killed or disappeared.

Twenty years since the beginning of the war in the former Yugoslavia not a single state in the region has compiled an individualized register of their killed and missing citizens. For Serbia and Montenegro it was done by a non-governmental organization from Belgrade, the Humanitarian Law Center. The results of the HLC research were presented in Podgorica and the event was attended by families of some of the killed and missing.