Bilten - Kroz pristupanje ka pravdi 1
Bulletin - Through Accession to Justice 1

Author(s): Sandra Orlović, Jelko Kacin, Milica Kostić
Subject(s): Criminal Law, International Law, Human Rights and Humanitarian Law
Published by: Fond za humanitarno pravo
Keywords: Justice; rule of law; war crimes; Serbia; EU; War Crimes Trials; transitional justice; Western Balkans
Summary/Abstract: HLC initiates a series of activities to affirm the confrontation with crimes from the past in the context of the European integration process. Taking into account the fact that for years the institutions have marginalized processes related to dealing with the past, the upcoming EU accession process is a unique opportunity to put the issue of responsibility for war crimes on the agenda and to include the standards of transitional justice in the normative and institutional framework of the Republic Serbia. The bulletin tries to point out the importance of starting the process of dealing with the past for a country that aspires to join the community of European states, but also for the European Union itself. History has shown that unresolved issues from the past are always present and hinder the functioning of the political system, whether it is a state or a community of states. Therefore, both the Republic of Serbia and the members of the European Union have an obligation to their citizens to provide them with a stable political and legal order, in which there is a rule of law and which provides protection and ensures respect for human rights of its citizens.

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