Irregularities and Abuse of Power in War Crimes Proceedings in the Republic of Serbia - Case of the 37th Battalion of Special Police Units
Irregularities and Abuse of Power in War Crimes Proceedings in the Republic of Serbia - Case of the 37th Battalion of Special Police Units
Author(s): Not Specified Author
Subject(s): Criminal Law, Transformation Period (1990 - 2010), Wars in Jugoslavia
Published by: Fond za humanitarno pravo
Keywords: War crimes; Serbian Ministry of Interior; Kosovo
Summary/Abstract: On March 3, 2009, the Humanitarian Law Center (HLC) filed a criminal complaint against 16 members of the former 37th Battalion of the Serbian Ministry of Interior (MoI) Special Police Units (PJP) for the existence of serious evidence that they had committed war crimes at various locations in Kosovo during the years of 1998 and 1999. Radoslav Mitrović, who was the Commander of the 37th PJP Battalion during the armed conflict in Kosovo and Assistant Commander of the Republic of Serbia Gendermerie after the war, and who was also eventually acquitted by the Belgrade Appellate Court in June 2010 of allegations of committing war crimes in Suva Reka on March 26, 1999, is one of the suspects in the 37th PJP Battalion case. HLC based its criminal complaint in the 37th PJP Battalion case on statements given by four members of the Serbian MoI (from Witness no. 1, Witness no. 2, Witness no. 3, and Witness no. 4), who revealed in statements to HLC information about a number of war crimes committed by members of the 37th PJP Battalion during the armed conflict in Kosovo.
Series: War Crimes Trial Reports
- Page Count: 8
- Publication Year: 2011
- Language: English
- Content File-PDF
