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Judgment in “Cobras” Case Delivered

Judgment in “Cobras” Case Delivered

Logo FHPThe Higher Court in Niš delivered a judgment on February 17th, 2016 finding the accused Shyqer Maloku, Xhafer Gashi, Demush Gacaferi, Dem Maloku, Argon Isufi, Anton Quni, Alija Rabit and Rustem Berisha, who were tried in absentia, guilty of the criminal offence of terrorism and sentencing each of them to 15 years of imprisonment. The Humanitarian Law Center (HLC) highlights that a distinctive mark of this case was the presence of some illogicalities and serious legal faults emerging from the erroneous qualification of the criminal act and the decision to prosecute the accused in absentia.

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Depth Two: Facing up to our own crimes

Depth Two: Facing up to our own crimes

cineuropaFor six years, Serbian filmmaker Ognjen Glavonić has been researching a hidden event from the war in Kosovo for a fiction feature he is trying to make. While the lack of financing is still preventing him from reaching that goal, the work he has done has resulted in an impressively inventive documentary that world-premiered in the Berlinale‘s Forum. 

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What do we want with Tolimir?

What do we want with Tolimir?

pescanik_250x207Anyone who has ever even glanced inside the Hague tribunal courtroom knows that the parties are obliged to stick to the subject and answer the court’s questions, and not speak about whatever they want. Serbian officials don’t seem to get this. Ministers Selakovic, Vulin, and Ljajic issued harsh statements as a reaction to the decision of Dutch judge Alphons Orie to not allow the representative of the government of Serbia, Sasa Obradovic, to speak off topic. Prime minister Aleksandar Vucic himself added to this mini anti-Hague campaign. Even if we could let such ignorance on the rules of the Hague tribunal slide from the ministers, the prime minister has no excuse, given the fact that he was one of the most important members of Vojislav Seselj’s legal team and followed his trial closely, at least until they parted their political ways. He should know what’s allowed in the courtroom and what’s not.

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International School for Transitional Justice – Call for applications

International School for Transitional Justice – Call for applications

Fond_Logo_200_200Humanitarian Law Center (HLC) invites you to apply for the first International School for Transitional Justice (ISTJ). The International School will take place in Belgrade, Serbia between 6th and 13th of July, 2016.

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New Text of the Bill on Civilian Victims of War further Degrades their Status

New Text of the Bill on Civilian Victims of War further Degrades their Status

Logo FHPThe state secretary at the Ministry of Labour, Employment, Veteran and Social Policy, Dragan Popovic, has recently said that the state respects and fulfils the rights of victims of war and that the Bill on the Rights of Veterans, Disabled Veterans, Civilians Invalids of War and their Families, which, as it has been announced, will be submitted to the Government, is aligned with the European acquis. As regards this statement and having reviewed the revised text of the Bill, the Humanitarian Law Center (HLC) and the organizations comprising the Coalition Against Discrimination and the Coalition for Access to Justice call on this Ministry to stop deceiving the international and domestic public and above all more than 20,000 civilian victims of war living in Serbia, and to explain why the state refuses to respect their rights guaranteed by international conventions to which Serbia is a signatory.

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