War crime trials in Serbia

The Report includes an analysis of 26 cases monitored by the HLC before the war crimes departments of the Higher Court and the Court of...

06.05.2022.

With regard to the judgment rendered by the Court of Appeal in Belgrade in the case of the crime committed in July 1992 in the...

09.07.2018.

Deciding upon appeal, the Court of Appeal in Belgrade confirmed the judgment of acquittal rendered in the case of members of the „Sima’s Chetniks“ unit,...

03.07.2018.

On March 8, 2018, the Higher Court in Belgrade issued a decision to release Saša Cvjetan, a former member of the „Scorpions” police unit, sentenced...

25.04.2018.

On Monday, March 12, 2018, the Office of the War Crimes Prosecutor (OWCP) presented the Draft Prosecutorial Strategy for the Investigation and Prosecution of War...

28.03.2018.

On January 22, 2018, the Ministry of Justice published a working text that envisages amendments to the Constitution in the provisions governing the work of...

08.03.2018.

After 14 years, the first war crimes case before specialized court councils in Serbia came to a close with the new final judgment for the...

24.01.2018.

On December 25, 2017, the War Crimes Chamber of the Belgrade High Court delivered a judgment acquitting Marko Pauković and Dragan Bajić of charges for...

28.12.2017.

The Initial report on the implementation of the National Strategy for the Prosecution of War Crimes, and the results of the opinion polls on „Awareness...

20.12.2017.

On Tuesday, November 28, 2017, the Humanitarian Law Center (HLC) filed a constitutional complaint on behalf of the victims in the Trnje Case for violation...

04.12.2017.

On Friday, November 24, 2017, the Humanitarian Law Center (HLC), on behalf of the victims, filed an objection to the Office of the War Crimes...

28.11.2017.

The main trial before the War Crimes Department of the High Court in Belgrade in the Trnje case, which was scheduled for September 13 2017,...

14.09.2017.

More than a year after the adoption of the Action Plan for Chapter 23 (Action Plan), the provisions of this document relating to the prosecution...

20.07.2017.

The Court of Appeals in Belgrade has dismissed (available in Serbian) the indictment filed against eight members of a Special Brigade of the Republic of...

14.07.2017.

On Thursday May 18th 2017, the Humanitarian Law Center (HLC) presented its sixth report on war crimes trials in Serbia. The report includes an analysis...

22.05.2017.

On Monday, May 15th 2017, the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia elected Snežana Stanojković, former Deputy Prosecutor, as the new Chief Prosecutor for...

17.05.2017.