Seventh Report on War Crimes Trials in Serbia during 2020
Seventh Report on War Crimes Trials in Serbia during 2020

Author(s): Marina Kljaić
Subject(s): Criminal Law, Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Wars in Jugoslavia
Published by: Fond za humanitarno pravo
Keywords: War Crimes; Yugoslav Wars;
Summary/Abstract: In the reporting period, the War Crimes Department of the Higher Court in Belgrade handed down first-instance judgments in five cases. The War Crimes Department of the Court of Appeal in Belgrade handed down three judgments and two rulings on appeals lodged against judgments of the Higher Court in Belgrade. In the reporting period, the OWCP issued seven indictments against seven persons. The HLC has monitored all war crimes trials conducted in the territory of Serbia in 2020, namely a total of 21 cases conducted before the War Crimes Departments of the Higher Court and/or the Court of Appeal in Belgrade. The Report provides a brief overview of the proceedings and of the HLC’s basic findings in respect of cases which are of public relevance.

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