TRIALS FOR WAR CRIMES AND ETHNICALLY MOTIVATED CRIMES IN SERBIA IN 2010 – Report ; ANALYSIS OF PROCEDURES AND COURT DECISIONS IN THE CASE OF SUVA REKA IRREGULARITIES AND ABUSE OF POWER IN WAR CRIMES PROCEEDINGS IN THE REPUBLIC OF SERBIA – Report
TRIALS FOR WAR CRIMES AND ETHNICALLY MOTIVATED CRIMES IN SERBIA IN 2010 – Report ; ANALYSIS OF PROCEDURES AND COURT DECISIONS IN THE CASE OF SUVA REKA IRREGULARITIES AND ABUSE OF POWER IN WAR CRIMES PROCEEDINGS IN THE REPUBLIC OF SERBIA – Report

Author(s): Not Specified Author
Subject(s): Criminal Law, Inter-Ethnic Relations, Wars in Jugoslavia
Published by: Fond za humanitarno pravo
Keywords: Prosecution; Impunity ; Regional cooperation; Justice delays
Summary/Abstract: During the year 2010, the Higher Court in Belgrade War Crimes Department(hereinafter referred to as the War Crimes Department) rendered nine first instance judgments, convicting 13 and acquitting one person accused of criminal responsibility. Belgrade Court of Appeals War Crimes Department rendered seven judgments, finally convicting 21 accused persons1 and finding three persons notguilty2, while first-instance judgments were dismissed in the cases of five accused3and those cases returned for retrial. In the Tuzla Convoy Case, the Belgrade Court of Appeals started the main hearing and after hearing defence witnesses, the court returned the case to the court of first instance and ordered a new trial before a different trial chamber. In the Suva Reka Case, the Court of Appeals confirmed the guilty judgment and the sentence in case of the accused Repanović.

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