Uspostavljanje pravde ili relativizacija zločina? : ostvarivanje prava žrtava na reparacije u sudskim postupcima u Srbiji : izveštaj za 2012. godinu.
Fulfilling the Right for Victims of Human Rights Abuses to seek Reparation before the Serbian Courts : 2012 Report.

Contributor(s): Sandra Orlović (Editor)
Subject(s): Law and Transitional Justice, Peace and Conflict Studies, Wars in Jugoslavia
Published by: Fond za humanitarno pravo
Keywords: Reparations;victims;wars in ex-Yugoslavia;humanitarian law;war crimes trials;
Summary/Abstract: The obligation of the State to provide adequate financial redress to victims of human rights abuses is defined in numerous international conventions on human rights and is derived from the fundamental legal principle of accepting responsibility for harm done. In most societies that have gone through periods of massive human rights violations, the issue of financial reparations for victims is one of the most important elements of establishing the rule of law and providing justice for crimes committed in the past. Identification of victims, creation of programs suitable for the needs of victims, and ways in which those programs are financed are just a few of the important issues considered by post-conflict societies in their overall effort to provide reparations to victims of human rights violations. // This Report offers a review of 15 cases in which HLC represented victims and which resulted in court decisions in 2012. There were a total of 18 judgments, 12 of which were negative and six positive, which awarded a total of RSD 1.76 million to victims of human rights abuses.

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