https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en en https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/first-instance-verdict-criminal-proceedings-against-accused-gojko-luki%C4%87-and-others-was In the criminal proceedings conducted under the indictment of the Public Prosecutor's Office for War Crimes, the Higher Court in Belgrade - War Crimes Department on 14 October 2025. rendered and publicly announced the verdict declaring the following guilty: - the accused Gojko Lukić, Duško Vasiljević and Dragana Đekić for committing the criminal offense of war crimes against the civilian population under Article 142, paragraph 1, in complicity in connection with Article 22 of the Criminal Code of the FRY, whereby the accused Gojko Lukić and Duško Vasiljević were sentenced to 10 years in prison 2025-10-21T10:38:56+0200 milan.bursac https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/first-instance-verdict-criminal-proceedings-against-accused-gojko-luki%C4%87-and-others-was https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/announcement On 10 September 2025, the Public Prosecutor's Office for War Crimes issued an order to conduct an investigation against H.H. for the criminal offense of war crimes against the civilian population under Article 142, paragraph 1 of the Criminal Code of the FRY in complicity in connection with Article 22 of the same law. The suspect is in custody ordered by the Higher Court in Belgrade. 2025-09-12T11:22:51+0200 milan.bursac https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/announcement https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/announcement-0 On 24 July 2025, the Public Prosecutor's Office for War Crimes issued an order to conduct an investigation against H.L. for the criminal offense of organizing and inciting the committing of genocide and war crimes under Article 145 paragraph 2 in connection with paragraph 1 of the Criminal Code of the FRY. The suspect was ordered to be detained by a decision of the Higher Court in Belgrade, War Crimes Department for legal reasons prescribed by the provision of Article 211 paragraph 1 of the Criminal Code. 2025-07-25T10:39:41+0200 milan.bursac https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/announcement-0 https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/announcement-2 On 16 July 2025, the Public Prosecutor's Office for War Crimes issued an order to conduct an investigation against K.F. for the criminal offense of organizing and inciting the commission of genocide and war crimes under Article 145 paragraph 2 of the Criminal Code of the FRY. The suspect was ordered to be detained by a decision of the Higher Court in Belgrade, War Crimes Department for legal reasons prescribed by the provision of Article 211 paragraph 1 of the Criminal Code. 2025-06-18T12:40:56+0200 milan.bursac https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/announcement-2 https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/announcement-1 On 18 June 2025, the Public Prosecutor's Office for War Crimes issued an order to conduct an investigation against Z.M. for the criminal offense of war crimes against the civilian population under Article 142, paragraph 1 of the Criminal Code of the FRY in co-perpetration in connection with Article 22 of the same law. The suspect is in custody, which was ordered by a decision of the Higher Court in Belgrade, War Crimes Department, for legal reasons prescribed by the provision of Article 211, paragraph 1 of the Criminal Code. 2025-06-18T12:36:09+0200 milan.bursac https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/announcement-1 https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/first-instance-verdict-criminal-proceedings-against-accused-tefik-mustafa-publically-announced In the criminal proceedings conducted according to the indictment of the Public Prosecutor's Office for War Crimes, the Higher Court in Belgrade - Department for War Crimes, on 28 February 2025 issued and publicly announced the verdict in which Tefik Mustafa was found guilty of the criminal offense of organizing and inciting genocide and war crimes from Article 375 paragraph 4 in connection with paragraph 2 of the Criminal Code. Mr Mustafa was sentenced to a prison term of 1 (one) year. 2025-02-28T14:00:57+0100 milan.bursac https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/first-instance-verdict-criminal-proceedings-against-accused-tefik-mustafa-publically-announced https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/first-instance-judgment-criminal-proceedings-against-accused-tefik-mustafa-has-been-adopted In the criminal proceedings conducted under the indictment of the Public Prosecutor's Office for War Crimes, the Higher Court in Belgrade - War Crimes Department on 28 February 2025 rendered and publicly announced a verdict by which Mustafa Tefik was found guilty of committing the criminal offense of organizing and inciting the commission of genocide and war crimes under Article 375, paragraph 4, in conjunction with paragraph 2 of the Criminal Code and sentenced to 1 (one) year in prison. 2025-02-28T14:00:06+0100 milan.bursac https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/first-instance-judgment-criminal-proceedings-against-accused-tefik-mustafa-has-been-adopted https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/first-instance-judgment-criminal-proceedings-against-accused-nezir-mehmetaj-adopted-and In the criminal proceedings conducted by the Public Prosecutor's Office for War Crimes, the Higher Court in Belgrade - War Crimes Department, on 6 December 2024, rendered and publicly announced a verdict by which Nezir Mehmetaj was found guilty of committing the criminal offense of War Crimes against the Civilian Population under Article 142, paragraph 1 of the Criminal Code of the FRY, and sentenced to 6 (six) years in prison. 2024-12-13T11:53:36+0100 milan.bursac https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/first-instance-judgment-criminal-proceedings-against-accused-nezir-mehmetaj-adopted-and https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/first-instance-judgment-case-against-accused-lazar-mutlak-adopted-and-publicly-announced In the criminal proceedings conducted by the Public Prosecutor's Office for War Crimes, the Higher Court in Belgrade - War Crimes Department, on 12 December 2024, rendered and publicly announced a verdict by which Lazar Mutlak was found guilty of committing the criminal offense of War Crimes against the Civilian Population under Article 142, paragraph 1 of the Criminal Code of the FRY, and sentenced to 7 (seven) years in prison. 2024-12-13T11:51:11+0100 milan.bursac https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/first-instance-judgment-case-against-accused-lazar-mutlak-adopted-and-publicly-announced https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/announcement-3 On 6 December 2024, the Public Prosecutor's Office for War Crimes submitted for confirmation to the Higher Court in Belgrade, the War Crimes Department, indictment Kto no. 8/2024 against Š.Š. due to the existence of justified suspicion that during 1999, on the territory of the Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija and in relation to injured persons of Serbian nationality, he had committed the war crime against the civilian population under Article 142 paragraph 1 of the Criminal Code of the FRY. 2024-12-09T14:01:45+0100 milan.bursac https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/announcement-3 https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/meeting-chief-prosecutors-ppowc-republic-serbia-and-supreme-state-prosecutors-office On 6 December 2024, a meeting of delegations of the Public Prosecutor's Office for War Crimes of the Republic of Serbia and the Supreme State Prosecutor's Office of Montenegro was held in the premises of the PPOWC of the Republic of Serbia and the Supreme State Prosecutor's Office of Montenegro, in the presence of UNDP representative Ivan Jovanović, during which an Agreement on Understanding and Cooperation in the Field of Support for Witnesses, Injured Parties and Victims for Their Participation in Criminal Proceedings for War Crimes was signed. The Agreement was signed by the Acting Chief 2024-12-06T13:14:30+0100 milan.bursac https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/meeting-chief-prosecutors-ppowc-republic-serbia-and-supreme-state-prosecutors-office https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/announcement-4 THE MEETING OF THE CHIEF PROSECUTORS OF THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE FOR WAR CRIMES OF THE REPUBLIC OF SERBIA AND THE PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE OF BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA HELD The meeting of acting Chief Public Prosecutor of the Public Prosecutor's Office for War Crimes of the Republic of Serbia Dušan Knežević and Chief Prosecutor of the Prosecutor's Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina Milanko Kajganić was held in Belgrade on 13 November 2024. Discussed at the meeting were the strengthening of mutual cooperation and activities in the fight against impunity for war crimes, as well as solving the 2024-11-15T12:18:44+0100 milan.bursac https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/announcement-4 https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/announcement-5 The Public Prosecutor's Office for War Crimes on 13 November 2024 submitted for confirmation to the Higher Court in Belgrade, the Department for War Crimes the indictment Kto no. 6/2024 against T.M. due to the existence of reasonable suspicion that, during 1999, on the territory of the AP Kosovo and Metohija, in relation to injured persons of Serbian nationality, he had committed the criminal offense of organizing and inciting the committing of genocide and war crimes from Article 145 paragraph 2 in relation to paragraph 1 of the Criminal Code of the FRY. 2024-11-15T06:43:15+0100 milan.bursac https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/announcement-5 https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/notice-5 The Public Prosecutor's Office for War Crimes on 1 November 2024 submitted to the Higher Court in Belgrade, Department for War Crimes, a request to confirm indictment Kto no. 5/2024 against Dj.K. due to the existence of justified suspicion that, together with several unknown persons, during 1999 on the territory of the AP Kosovo and Metohija, he had, in relation to persons of Serbian nationality, committed the criminal offense of a war crime against the civilian population from Article 142 para 1 of the Criminal Code of the FRY in co-perpetration in accordance with Article 22 of the same Law. 2024-11-05T13:04:17+0100 milan.bursac https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/notice-5 https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/announcement-6 The Public Prosecutor's Office for War Crimes on 16 October 2024 submitted to the Higher Court in Belgrade, Department for War Crimes, indictment Kto no. 4/2024 against A.G. for confirmation, due to the existence of justified suspicion that, together with several unknown persons, during 1999 on the territory of the AP Kosovo and Metohija, in relation to the injured persons of Serbian nationality, he had committed the criminal offense of war crime against the civilian population from Article 142 paragraph 1 of the Criminal Code of the FRY in co-perpetration in relation to Article 22 of the same 2024-10-23T12:35:24+0200 milan.bursac https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/announcement-6 https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/announcement-7 On 13 October 2024, the Public Prosecutor's Office for War Crimes issued an order to conduct an investigation against suspect M.I. due to the criminal offense of war crimes against the civilian population from Article 142 paragraph 1 of the Criminal Code of the FRY. The Prosecution proposed ordering custody for the suspect. 2024-10-14T14:20:51+0200 milan.bursac https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/announcement-7 https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/announcement-8 On 26 September 2024 in Belgrade, acting Chief Prosecutor for War Crimes, Dušan Knežević, attended the Eurojust presentation conference with the Public Prosecutor's Office of Serbia. At the mentioned conference, the work and support of Eurojust and its project in the Western Balkans were presented, which further strengthens and reinforces the excellent international cooperation that the Public Prosecutor's Office of Serbia is achieving with this important EU agency for judicial cooperation. On the same day, the Supreme Public Prosecutor of Serbia, Zagorka Dolovac, together with the President 2024-09-27T11:36:48+0200 milan.bursac https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/announcement-8 https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/announcement-9 Acting Chief Public Prosecutor for War Crimes, Dušan Knežević, spearheaded the PPOWC delegation which took part in the regional conference held on 17 and 18 September 2024 in Podgorica, Montenegro and which gathered prosecutors in the field of war crimes. The conference was organized by the Supreme State Prosecutor's Office of Montenegro, and was realized with the support of the EU and UNDP, with the aim of improving cooperation and ensuring the exchange of experiences between prosecutors handling war crimes cases. Representatives of the IRMCT headed by Chief Prosecutor Serge Brammertz took 2024-09-19T13:57:04+0200 milan.bursac https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/announcement-9 https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/announcement-10 The acting Chief Public Prosecutor for War Crimes, Dušan Knežević, on 4 September 2024 met with the Chief Prosecutor of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals in The Hague, Serge Brammertz, during his working visit to the Republic of Serbia. The topics of the meeting were related to regional cooperation, the issue of missing persons, the cases that the OTP of the IRMCT has transferred to this Public Prosecutor's Office, as well as other issues related to the prosecution of war crimes in the Republic of Serbia, all as part of the preparations for the regular report that the 2024-09-05T11:56:23+0200 milan.bursac https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/announcement-10 https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/announcement-11 On 23 July 2024, the War Crimes Public Prosecutor's Office issued an order to expand the investigation against suspect A.K. due to the criminal offense of war crimes against prisoners of war from Article 144 of the Criminal Code of the FRY. The Public Prosecutor's Office proposed custody for the suspect. 2024-07-24T10:38:09+0200 milan.bursac https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/announcement-11 https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/announcement-12 On 3 July 2024, the War Crimes Public Prosecutor's Office issued an order to conduct an investigation against suspect F. K. due to the criminal offense of war crimes against prisoners of war from Article 144 of the Criminal Code of the FRY. The Prosecution suggested ordering custody for the suspect. 2024-07-05T13:23:37+0200 milan.bursac https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/announcement-12 https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/announcement-13 On 14 June 2024, the War Crimes Public Prosecutor's Office submitted to the Higher Court in Belgrade, the War Crimes Department, indictment Kto. no. 2/2024 against an individual due to justified suspicion that, together with several unknown persons, he had, during 1999 in the territory of AP Kosovo and Metohija and in regards to victims of Serbian nationality, committed a war crime against the civilian population referred to in Article 142 para 1 of the FRY CCC in co-execution and linked with Article 22 of the same Law. 2024-06-17T14:13:41+0200 milan.bursac https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/announcement-13 https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/meeting-acting-chief-public-war-crimes-prosecutor-representatives-commission-missing-persons On 14 June 2024, the acting War Crimes Chief Public Prosecutor Dušan Knežević held a meeting with representatives of the Commission for Missing Persons of the Government of the Republic of Serbia. Current issues were discussed at the meeting and consultations were held regarding specific activities to be implemented in the coming period, which are expected to further improve joint cooperation in cases handled by the War Crimes Public Prosecutor's Office. 2024-06-17T13:02:04+0200 milan.bursac https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/meeting-acting-chief-public-war-crimes-prosecutor-representatives-commission-missing-persons https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/meeting-acting-chief-war-crimes-public-prosecutor-rs-chief-prosecutor-prosecutors-office-b-h On 13 June 2024, a working meeting was held at the WCPPO between the acting Chief Public Prosecutor for War Crimes Dušan Knežević and the Chief Prosecutor of the Prosecutor's Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Milanko Kajganić. The meeting was held with the aim of realizing the regular activities of the prosecutor's office that contribute to the strengthening and improvement of regional cooperation in war crimes proceedings, in accordance with the current dynamics of the implementation of the most important strategic documents in the area of ​​war crimes prosecution. 2024-06-14T13:41:58+0200 milan.bursac https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/meeting-acting-chief-war-crimes-public-prosecutor-rs-chief-prosecutor-prosecutors-office-b-h https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/meeting-acting-war-crimes-chief-public-prosecutor-leadership-rs-police-protection-unit In order to implement the activities foreseen by the National War Crimes Prosecution Strategy and the revised prosecutorial Strategy for the Investigation and Prosecution of War Crimes, on 12 June 2024, in the premises of the WCPPO, the acting Chief War Crimes Public Prosecutor Dušan Knežević met with the leadership of the Protection Unit of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Serbia. On that occasion, the cooperation between the WCPPO and the PU was assessed to be successful, and at the same time, it was agreed to continue the cooperation and to further improve it. 2024-06-13T13:16:32+0200 milan.bursac https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/meeting-acting-war-crimes-chief-public-prosecutor-leadership-rs-police-protection-unit https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/meeting-held-between-prosecutor-general-acting-chief-war-crimes-public-prosecutor-assistant Within the framework of the All-Serbian Assembly, Public Prosecutor General Zagorka Dolovac and acting Chief Public Prosecutor of the War Crimes Public Prosecutor's Office, Dušan Knežević, met with the director of the Republic Center for Research on War, War Crimes and the Search for Missing Persons of Republika Srpska, Viktor Nuždić, and the Assistant Minister of Justice of Republika Srpska, Department for the Implementation of the Strategy for the Fight against Corruption, Bojana Milanović Kresojević. At the meeting, the jurisdiction and work of the aforementioned institutions of the 2024-06-10T10:43:35+0200 milan.bursac https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/meeting-held-between-prosecutor-general-acting-chief-war-crimes-public-prosecutor-assistant https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/public-announcement The War Crimes Public Prosecutor's Office issued an order to conduct an investigation against Mustafa Tefik for the criminal offense of war crimes against the civilian population under Article 142 para. 1 of the Criminal Code of the FRY. The questioning of the suspect is underway in the premises of the WCPPO. 2024-06-03T14:53:29+0200 milan.bursac https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/public-announcement https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/public-announcement-0 According to the decision of the High Prosecutorial Council A no. 321/24 dated 14 May 2024, Dušan Knežević, Public Prosecutor of the War Crimes Public Prosecutor's Office, was appointed as the Acting Chief Public Prosecutor of the War Crimes Public Prosecutor's Office. 2024-05-17T11:01:56+0200 jasmina.zubac https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/public-announcement-0 https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/acting-chief-public-prosecutor-sne%C5%BEana-stanojkovi%C4%87-met-representatives-international-residual Acting Chief Public Prosecutor Snežana Stanojković met with representatives of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals in The Hague. The topics of the meeting were related to regional cooperation, prosecution of war crimes in Serbia, and all as part of preparations for the regular report of the Chief Prosecutor of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Courts in The Hague, Serge Brammertz, which he submits to the United Nations Security Council. 2024-04-24T14:46:18+0200 jasmina.zubac https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/acting-chief-public-prosecutor-sne%C5%BEana-stanojkovi%C4%87-met-representatives-international-residual https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/acting-chief-public-prosecutor-war-crimes-republic-serbia-sne%C5%BEana-stanojkovi%C4%87-bilateral Acting Chief Public Prosecutor for War Crimes attends the regional meeting of prosecutors, judges and lawyers on the topic "Transfer and admissibility of evidence between the judiciaries in the region in war crimes cases" from 15 to 17 April 2024 in Budva, Montenegro. On 16 April 2024, acting Chief Public Prosecutor for War Crimes of the Republic of Serbia, Snežana Stanojković, attended a bilateral meeting with the Supreme State Prosecutor of Montenegro, Milorad Marković, with the aim of improving cooperation between the two prosecutorial offices in the process of prosecuting war crimes. 2024-04-16T14:52:18+0200 jasmina.zubac https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/acting-chief-public-prosecutor-war-crimes-republic-serbia-sne%C5%BEana-stanojkovi%C4%87-bilateral https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/acting-chief-public-prosecutor-sne%C5%BEana-stanojkovi%C4%87-participated-round-table-topic-deciding Acting chief public prosecutor for war crimes, Snežana Stanojković, participated in an expert discussion/round table on the topic "Deciding on property claims of injured parties." The round table was organized by the Judicial Academy and the OSCE. 2024-03-20T10:55:38+0100 jasmina.zubac https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/acting-chief-public-prosecutor-sne%C5%BEana-stanojkovi%C4%87-participated-round-table-topic-deciding https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/meeting-acting-chief-public-prosecutor-public-prosecution-war-crimes-republic-serbia-sne%C5%BEana On 15 March 2024, a working meeting was held at the Prosecutor's Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina between the Chief Public Prosecutor Snežana Stanojković and Chief Prosecutor of the Prosecutor's Office of B-H Milanko Kajganić, and their associates. The main topic of the meeting was the realization of the mutual assignment of criminal cases, as well as the exchange of evidence and information with the aim of successfully fighting war crimes. 2024-03-15T13:36:19+0100 jasmina.zubac https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/meeting-acting-chief-public-prosecutor-public-prosecution-war-crimes-republic-serbia-sne%C5%BEana https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/first-instance-verdict-against-dula-petrit-war-crime-djakovica-pronounced As per the indictment of the Office of the War Crime Prosecutor of the Republic of Serbia, the Higher Court in Belgrade, Department for War Crimes, a verdict was issued sentencing the accused Petrit Dula to a prison sentence of 2 (two) years for the criminal offense of war crimes against the civilian population from Article 142.1 in relation to Article 22 of the CC of the FRY, carried out in the second half of June 1999. 2023-11-29T11:53:21+0100 jasmina.zubac https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/first-instance-verdict-against-dula-petrit-war-crime-djakovica-pronounced https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/first-instance-verdict-against-danko-vladi%C4%8Di%C4%87-war-crimes-brod-na-drini-fo%C4%8Da-municipality According to the indictment of the Office of the War Crimes Prosecutor of the Republic of Serbia, the Higher Court in Belgrade - Department for War Crimes issued a verdict by which the accused Danko Vladičić was sentenced to a prison term of 9 (nine) years, for the criminal offense of war crimes against the civilian population under Article 142.1 of the CC of the FRY. The defendant was pronounced guilty of killing two civilians in Brod na Drini, Foča municipality, during the evening of 18 August 1992, and during the non-international conflict on the territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina, thus 2023-11-22T11:20:00+0100 jasmina.zubac https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/first-instance-verdict-against-danko-vladi%C4%8Di%C4%87-war-crimes-brod-na-drini-fo%C4%8Da-municipality https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/first-instance-verdict-war-crime-territory-tesli%C4%87-b-h-municipality-announced According to the indictment of the Public Prosecutor's Office for War Crimes of the Republic of Serbia, the Higher Court in Belgrade - War Crimes Department has issued a verdict acquitting Nebojša Mirović of the criminal offense of war crimes against the civilian population under Article 142, para 1 of the CC of the FRY, committed during the summer of 1992 in the territory of the municipality of Teslić, Bosnia and Herzegovina. 2023-11-22T11:14:47+0100 jasmina.zubac https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/first-instance-verdict-war-crime-territory-tesli%C4%87-b-h-municipality-announced https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/acting-chief-public-prosecutor-war-crimes-sne%C5%BEana-stanojkovi%C4%87-attends-regional-conference Acting Chief Public Prosecutor for War Crimes Snežana Stanojković attended the Regional Conference of Prosecutors held in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, on 18 and 19 September 2023. In addition to the representatives of the Public Prosecutor's Office for War Crimes, the representatives of the State Attorney's Office of the Republic of Croatia, the Special State Prosecutor's Office of Montenegro, the Prosecutor's Office from the Federation of B-H, Republika Srpska and Brčko District of Bosnia and Herzegovina, as well as the Chief Prosecutor's Office of the International Residual Mechanism 2023-11-16T11:42:09+0100 jasmina.zubac https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/acting-chief-public-prosecutor-war-crimes-sne%C5%BEana-stanojkovi%C4%87-attends-regional-conference https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/public-prosecutor-war-crimes-sne%C5%BEana-stanojkovi%C4%87-meets-injured-parties The Public Prosecutor for War Crimes Snežana Stanojković, together with her colleagues from the Support for Victims and Witnesses of Crimes service, met with Nedžadi Osmanovski and Kenan Osmani, the injured parties in the case handled by the Public Prosecutor's Office for War Crimes due to the suspicion that a war crime had been committed in 1991 in the town of Škofije, Slovenia. 2023-04-27T13:13:13+0200 jasmina.zubac https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/public-prosecutor-war-crimes-sne%C5%BEana-stanojkovi%C4%87-meets-injured-parties https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/war-crimes-prosecutor-sne%C5%BEana-stanojkovi%C4%87-meets-irmct-chief-prosecutor-serge-brammertz The War Crimes Prosecutor Snežana Stanojković met with the Chief Prosecutor of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals in The Hague, Serge Brammertz. The topics of the meeting were related to regional cooperation and the prosecution of war crimes in Serbia as part of the preparations for the regular report of the IRMCT Chief Prosecutor in The Hague, Serge Brammertz, which he is to submit to the United Nations Security Council. 2023-04-22T08:33:48+0200 jasmina.zubac https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/war-crimes-prosecutor-sne%C5%BEana-stanojkovi%C4%87-meets-irmct-chief-prosecutor-serge-brammertz https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/war-crimes-prosecutor-sne%C5%BEana-stanojkovi%C4%87-attends-premiere-film-kosovo-dossier-yellow-house The War Crimes Prosecutor of the Republic of Serbia, Snežana Stanojković, attended the premiere of the film "The Kosovo Dossier - The Yellow House," filmed in cooperation with the RTS and the Ministry of Internal Affairs, which premiered at the Palace of Serbia. 2023-03-27T09:10:16+0200 jasmina.zubac https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/war-crimes-prosecutor-sne%C5%BEana-stanojkovi%C4%87-attends-premiere-film-kosovo-dossier-yellow-house https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/first-instance-verdict-against-dalibor-krstovi%C4%87-kalinovik-b-h-war-crime-announced According to an indictment brought by the OWCP of the Republic of Serbia, the High Court in Belgrade - War Crimes Department, in a retrial, issued a verdict in which Krstović, Dalibor, as a member of the Army of the Republika Srpska, during the non-international armed conflict in Bosnia and Herzegovina in August 1992, together with another unknown ARS member in the elementary school in Kalinovik which harbored illegally captured civilians, committed rape against a woman of Bosniak nationality, for which he was sentenced to 9 (nine) years in prison, for the criminal offense of war crimes 2023-02-07T15:29:36+0100 jasmina.zubac https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/first-instance-verdict-against-dalibor-krstovi%C4%87-kalinovik-b-h-war-crime-announced https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/first-instance-verdict-%C5%A1trpce-announced Based on indictment KTO-1/15 of the OWCP of the Republic of Serbia, the High Court in Belgrade - Department for War Crimes has sentenced the following accused persons : Gojko Lukić, Duško Vasiljević, Jovan Lipovac to prison terms of 10 (ten) years each, the accused Dragan Đekić to a prison sentence of 5 (five) years for the criminal offense of war crimes against the civilian population under Article 142.1 of the CC FRY in co-perpetration in relation to Article 22 of the same Law. In regards to the accused Ljubiša Vasiljević, on 16 August 2021 the proceedings were suspended due to the demise of 2023-02-07T15:27:53+0100 jasmina.zubac https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/first-instance-verdict-%C5%A1trpce-announced https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/eu-conference-rule-law The War Crimes Prosecutor of the Republic of Serbia, Snežana Stanojković, attended the EU conference on the rule of law at the Palace of Serbia. 2022-12-20T14:54:24+0100 jasmina.zubac https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/eu-conference-rule-law https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/cooperation-between-office-war-crimes-prosecutor-and-museum-genocide-victims-has-been The Prosecutor for War Crimes of the Republic of Serbia, Snežana Stanojković, signed a Protocol on Cooperation between the Office of the War Crimes Prosecutor of the Republic of Serbia and the Museum of Genocide Victims with the director of the Museum of Genocide Victims, Dejan Ristić. The provisions of this Protocol regulate cooperation in regards to the collection, processing and use of data on war crimes committed on the territory of the former Yugoslavia. 2022-12-20T14:40:33+0100 jasmina.zubac https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/cooperation-between-office-war-crimes-prosecutor-and-museum-genocide-victims-has-been https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/london-based-psvi-conference-held The War Crimes Prosecutor of the Republic of Serbia, Snežana Stanojković, took part at the international Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict Initiative held in London from 28-29 November 2022. 2022-11-29T09:14:28+0100 jasmina.zubac https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/london-based-psvi-conference-held https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/regional-meeting-judges-prosecutors-and-lawyers-dealing-war-crimes-cases The war crimes prosecutor of the Republic of Serbia, Snežana Stanojković, attended the regional meeting of judges, prosecutors and lawyers dealing with war crimes cases. 2022-11-24T13:34:06+0100 jasmina.zubac https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/regional-meeting-judges-prosecutors-and-lawyers-dealing-war-crimes-cases https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/meeting-war-crimes-prosecutor-sne%C5%BEana-stanojkovi%C4%87-united-nations-special-rapporteur-fabian The War Crimes Prosecutor of the Republic of Serbia, Snežana Stanojković, held a meeting with the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the promotion of truth, justice, reparations and non-recurrence, Fabian Salvioli. The topics of the meeting were related to regional cooperation in the prosecution of war crimes, cooperation with the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals, as well as with the state authorities in the Republic of Serbia that also contribute to the investigations and prosecutions carried out by this Office, as well as participating in solving the issue of missing 2022-11-23T11:42:58+0100 jasmina.zubac https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/meeting-war-crimes-prosecutor-sne%C5%BEana-stanojkovi%C4%87-united-nations-special-rapporteur-fabian https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/war-crimes-prosecutor-sne%C5%BEana-stanojkovi%C4%87-her-colleagues-working-visit-hague The War Crimes Prosecutor of the Republic of Serbia, Snežana Stanojković, met with representatives of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals with her colleagues during a working visit to The Hague. The topic of the meeting was related to the specific requests of the Office of the War Crimes Prosecutor and access to ICTY/Mechanism evidence. ICTY/Мechanism 2022-11-16T09:52:56+0100 jasmina.zubac https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/war-crimes-prosecutor-sne%C5%BEana-stanojkovi%C4%87-her-colleagues-working-visit-hague https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/owcp-chief-prosecutor-sne%C5%BEana-stanojkovi%C4%87-meets-museum-genocide-victims-director-dejan-risti%C4%87 On 15 November 2022, a meeting was held in Belgrade's Museum of Genocide Victims between the Chief Prosecutor of the Office of the War Crimes Prosecutor and the Museum's director Dejan Ristić. Topics of interest to the Museum of Genocide Victims and the Office of the War Crimes Prosecutor of the Republic of Serbia were discussed at the meeting. 2022-11-15T14:31:56+0100 jasmina.zubac https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/owcp-chief-prosecutor-sne%C5%BEana-stanojkovi%C4%87-meets-museum-genocide-victims-director-dejan-risti%C4%87 https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/conclusions-meeting-prosecutors-regional-co-operation-war-crimes-proceedings-belgrade-10-11 Between 10-11 October 2022, the Office of the War Crimes Prosecutor of the Republic of Serbia hosted a high-level meeting of prosecutors from the region on co-operation in war crimes proceedings. The participants included representatives from the Prosecutor’s Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina, prosecutors from the Federation of B-H, Republika Srpska and Brčko District, representatives from the Special Prosecutor’s Office of Montenegro as well as the Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (Mechanism). This conference was convened and 2022-11-10T13:59:15+0100 jasmina.zubac https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/conclusions-meeting-prosecutors-regional-co-operation-war-crimes-proceedings-belgrade-10-11 https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/meeting-war-crimes-prosecutor-sne%C5%BEana-stanojkovi%C4%87-chief-prosecutor-bosnia-and-herzegovina On 3 November 2022, a working meeting of War Crimes Prosecutor Snežana Stanojković and Chief Prosecutor of the Prosecutor’s Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina Milanko Kajganić with their associates was held at the Prosecutor's Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The main topics of the meeting were related to the criminal prosecution of cases in which the two Prosecutor’s offices implement cooperation and communication, exchange of information and evidence as well as other procedures. During the meeting, the War Crimes Prosecutor of the Serbian War Crimes Prosecutor’s Office Snežana Stanojković and 2022-11-04T12:52:49+0100 jasmina.zubac https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/meeting-war-crimes-prosecutor-sne%C5%BEana-stanojkovi%C4%87-chief-prosecutor-bosnia-and-herzegovina https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/war-crimes-prosecutor-sne%C5%BEana-stanojkovi%C4%87-holds-meeting-commission-missing-persons-government On 19 September 2022, a meeting between the OWCP representatives and the Commission for Missing Persons of the Government of the Republic of Serbia was held in the OWCP premises. One of the topics of the meeting was the further implementation of joint activities from the strategic documents implemented by both institutions: primarily those foreseen by the new National War Crimes Prosecution Strategy (2021-2026). At the meeting, information and data were exchanged for the purposes of conducting criminal proceedings handled by the Office, and the need to amend the Memorandum of Cooperation 2022-10-21T14:00:38+0200 jasmina.zubac https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/war-crimes-prosecutor-sne%C5%BEana-stanojkovi%C4%87-holds-meeting-commission-missing-persons-government https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/war-crimes-prosecutor-sne%C5%BEana-stanojkovi%C4%87-holds-online-work-meeting-representatives On 19 September 2022, a regular three-month online working meeting was held between the OWCP and the Prosecutor's Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina representatives, with the aim of further improving regional cooperation. The meeting discussed the holding of the upcoming Regional Conference of Prosecutors in Belgrade planned for 11 and 12 October 2022, on the cooperation regarding specific cases, the determination of contact points at the level of prosecutor's offices for faster and more efficient communication, as well as the conclusion of the agreement on cooperation between regional services 2022-10-21T13:51:37+0200 jasmina.zubac https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/war-crimes-prosecutor-sne%C5%BEana-stanojkovi%C4%87-holds-online-work-meeting-representatives https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/regional-conference-prosecutors-cooperation-prosecution-war-crimes The Regional Conference of Prosecutors on Cooperation in Prosecuting War Crimes was held from 10-11 October 2022 in Belgrade in the organization of the OWCP. The OWCP initiated the holding of this conference in order to strengthen regional cooperation and as a continuation of the Palić Process, which is recognized by international institutions as a mechanism for strengthening the cooperation of states in the region in the prosecution of war crimes. The Conference was organized with the great support of the OSCE Mission in Serbia and the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany to the 2022-10-12T12:16:23+0200 jasmina.zubac https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/regional-conference-prosecutors-cooperation-prosecution-war-crimes https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/war-crimes-prosecutor-sne%C5%BEana-stanojkovi%C4%87-attended-commemoration-day-remembrance-victims War Crimes Prosecutor Snežana Stanojković attended the commemoration of the Day of Remembrance for the Victims of the Jajinci Execution Ground, where almost 80,000 Serbs, Roma and Jews were killed in World War II. 2022-10-12T10:38:58+0200 jasmina.zubac https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/war-crimes-prosecutor-sne%C5%BEana-stanojkovi%C4%87-attended-commemoration-day-remembrance-victims https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/war-crimes-prosecutor-sne%C5%BEana-stanojkovi%C4%87-attended-observance-international-day-disappeared The War Crimes Prosecutor Snežana Stanojković and her colleagues attended the observance of the International Day of the Disappeared, which took place in the UNS Press Center in Belgrade, organized by the Coordination of the Serbian Association of the Families of the Missing, Murdered and Deceased from the former Yugoslavia. 2022-08-31T11:58:17+0200 jasmina.zubac https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/war-crimes-prosecutor-sne%C5%BEana-stanojkovi%C4%87-attended-observance-international-day-disappeared https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/court-appeal-belgrade-decision-made-war-crime-case-august-2022 http://www.bg.ap.sud.rs/lt/articles/sluzba-za-odnose-sa-javnoscu/aktuelni-predmeti/ratni-zlocini/rz-donete-odluke/ 2022-08-22T12:57:44+0200 jasmina.zubac https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/court-appeal-belgrade-decision-made-war-crime-case-august-2022 https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/law-organization-and-competence-government-authorities-war-crimes-proceedings-and-legal The Law on the Organization and Competence of Government Authorities in War Crimes Proceedings and Legal Nullity Law on the Organization and Competence of Government Authorities in War Crimes Proceedings (Official Gazette of the RS nos. 67/2003, 135/2004, 61/2005, 101/2007, 105/2009, 101/2011, 6/2015, 87/2018 - another law) The actual jurisdiction (legal basis for action) of the Office of the War Crimes Prosecutor of the Republic of Serbia is based on two grounds. The first is in the provision of Article 3 of the Law on the Organization and Competence of Government Authorities in War Crimes 2022-05-27T15:12:03+0200 milan.bursac https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/law-organization-and-competence-government-authorities-war-crimes-proceedings-and-legal https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/war-crimes-prosecutor-sne%C5%BEana-stanojkovi%C4%87-meets-chief-prosecutor-international-residual-0 War Crimes Prosecutor Snežana Stanojković met with the Chief Prosecutor of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals, Serge Brammertz, during a three-day working visit to Serbia. The topics of the meeting were regional cooperation and the processing of war crimes in Serbia, all as a part of the preparations before the regular report of the IRMCT Chief Prosecutor, Serge Brammertz, is submitted to the UN Security Council. 2022-05-05T11:32:45+0200 jasmina.zubac https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/war-crimes-prosecutor-sne%C5%BEana-stanojkovi%C4%87-meets-chief-prosecutor-international-residual-0 https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/war-crimes-prosecutor-sne%C5%BEana-stanojkovi%C4%87-held-work-meeting-serge-brammertz-irmct-prosecutor The Prosecutor for War Crimes of the Republic of Serbia, Snežana Stanojković, held a online work meeting with the Chief Prosecutor of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals, Serge Brammertz, and the Acting Chief Prosecutor of the Prosecutor’s Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina Milenko Kajganić. The topic of the meeting was resolving specific issues related to regional cooperation between the Office of the War Crimes Prosecutor of the Republic of Serbia and the Prosecutor’s Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina before the regular six-monthly report to the United Nations Security 2022-04-29T14:15:54+0200 jasmina.zubac https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/war-crimes-prosecutor-sne%C5%BEana-stanojkovi%C4%87-held-work-meeting-serge-brammertz-irmct-prosecutor https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/meeting-held-between-war-crimes-prosecutor-sne%C5%BEana-stanojkovi%C4%87-and-acting-chief-prosecutor A working meeting of the Prosecutor for War Crimes of the Republic of Serbia Snežana Stanojković and her deputies with the Acting Chief Prosecutor of the Prosecutor’s Office of B-H Milanko Kajganić and officials of the Special Department for War Crimes of the Prosecutor’s Office of B-H was held in the Prosecutor’s Office of B-H. The main topics of the meeting were working on cases in which the two Prosecutor’s offices, in accordance with memoranda and protocols on cooperation, achieve joint cooperation and exchange of information in the criminal prosecution of war crimes cases. The meeting 2022-04-06T12:21:21+0200 jasmina.zubac https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/meeting-held-between-war-crimes-prosecutor-sne%C5%BEana-stanojkovi%C4%87-and-acting-chief-prosecutor https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/verdict-passed-crime-improvised-rasadnik-camp-gornji-rahi%C4%87 According to the indictment of the Office of the War Crimes Prosecutor of the Republic of Serbia, the High Court in Belgrade, War Crimes Department, has convicted the accused Osman Osmanović to 5 years in prison for a war crime against civilians from Article 142 (1) of the Criminal Code of the FRY in co-perpetration in regards to Article 22 of the Criminal Code. The accused, as a member of the Brčko Public Security Station, was found guilty of torture, inhumane treatment and bodily injury inflicted on several prisoners of Serbian nationality in the improvised Rasadnik Camp, municipality of 2022-03-23T12:09:41+0100 jasmina.zubac https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/verdict-passed-crime-improvised-rasadnik-camp-gornji-rahi%C4%87 https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/indictment-raised-crimes-carried-out-fo%C4%8Da-municipality The OWCP of the Republic of Serbia filed an indictment against V.D., due to the existence of justified suspicion that he had committed the criminal offense of war crimes against the civilian population under Article 142 (1) of the CC of the FRY. The indictment covers the events of 18 August 1992 in Brod na Drini, Foča municipality. 2022-01-18T13:18:44+0100 jasmina.zubac https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/indictment-raised-crimes-carried-out-fo%C4%8Da-municipality https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/indictment-raised-crimes-carried-out-rakitje-settlement The OWCP of the Republic of Serbia filed an indictment against B.T., due to the existence of justified suspicion that he had committed the criminal offense of war crimes against prisoners of war under Article 144 of the Criminal Code of the FRY. The indictment covers the events of 14 September until 1 October 1991 in the Rakitje settlement in the building of the ZNG and MUP of the Republic of Croatia. 2022-01-18T13:04:13+0100 jasmina.zubac https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/indictment-raised-crimes-carried-out-rakitje-settlement https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/indictment-filed-crimes-territory-srebrenica-municipality The Office of the War Crimes Prosecutor has filed an indictment against M. Ž. due to reasonable suspicion that he had committed the criminal offense of war crimes against civilians under Article 142, para 1 of the CC of FRY. The indictment covers the events of July 1995 in the Srebrenica municipality. 2022-01-18T12:58:12+0100 jasmina.zubac https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/indictment-filed-crimes-territory-srebrenica-municipality https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/indictment-filed-crimes-municipality-bosanski-novinovi-grad The Office of the War Crimes Prosecutor of the Republic of Serbia has filed an indictment against Ž. N. and M. K. due to reasonable suspicion that as co-perpetrators they had committed the criminal offense of war crime against civilians under Article 142, para 1 in connection with Article 22 of the CC of FRY. The indictment covers the events of June 22, 1992 on the territory of the municipality of Bosanski Novi/Novi Grad, in the villages of Maslovare, Alići and Ekići. 2022-01-18T12:49:43+0100 jasmina.zubac https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/indictment-filed-crimes-municipality-bosanski-novinovi-grad https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/war-crimes-prosecutor-sne%C5%BEana-stanojkovi%C4%87-meets-chief-prosecutor-international-residual The War Crimes Prosecutor of the Republic of Serbia today held a video conference with the Chief Prosecutor of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals, Serge Brammertz, as part of the preparations for a regular six-month report to the United Nations Security Council. The Prosecutors discussed the results achieved by the War Crimes Prosecutor’s Office in the previous period, as well as regional cooperation and cooperation between the War Crimes Prosecutor’s Office and the IRMCT. 2021-12-03T09:29:11+0100 jasmina.zubac https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/war-crimes-prosecutor-sne%C5%BEana-stanojkovi%C4%87-meets-chief-prosecutor-international-residual https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/prosecutor-war-crimes-republic-serbia-sne%C5%BEana-stanojkovi%C4%87-meets-sarajevo-acting-chief A working meeting was held between the Prosecutor for War Crimes of the Republic of Serbia Snežana Stanojković, Deputy Prosecutor Mioljub Vitorović, and Deputy Prosecutor Vasilije Seratlić with Acting Chief Prosecutor Milanko Kajganić, Head of the War Crimes Department Ozrenko Nešković and Head of the Department Sanja Jukić In the Prosecutor’s Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The central topics of the meeting were the cooperation between the two prosecutors’ offices in terms of exchanging evidence in war crimes cases, as well as the process of transferring criminal prosecution cases. It was 2021-11-24T12:26:50+0100 jasmina.zubac https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/prosecutor-war-crimes-republic-serbia-sne%C5%BEana-stanojkovi%C4%87-meets-sarajevo-acting-chief https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/war-crimes-prosecutor-sne%C5%BEana-stanojkovi%C4%87-meets-un-secretary-general%E2%80%99s-special-adviser War Crimes Prosecutor Snežana Stanojković met with UN Secretary-General’s Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide and UN Under-Secretary-General Alice Wairimu Nderitu and a delegation comprising of Françoise Jacob, UN Resident Coordinator in Serbia, Milan M. Marković, UN Human Rights Adviser in Serbia, Thea K. Sanderg, UN Policy Adviser, and Mario Buil-Merce, Adviser to the UN Secretary-General's Office for the Prevention of Genocide. Alice Wairimu Nderitu strongly supports the previous work of the War Crimes Prosecutor’s Office in prosecuting war crimes, as well as in regional 2021-11-18T15:33:05+0100 jasmina.zubac https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/war-crimes-prosecutor-sne%C5%BEana-stanojkovi%C4%87-meets-un-secretary-general%E2%80%99s-special-adviser https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/appellate-court-belgrade-confirms-first-instance-judgment-budimir-case Pursuant to its judgment of 7 October 2021, the War Crimes Department - part of the Appellate Court in Belgrade confirmed the first instance judgment (K. Po2 no. 2/20) of 23 February 2021, rendered by the War Crimes Department - part of the Higher Court in Belgrade. The Higher Court's War Crimes Department found defendant Željko Budimir guilty of the criminal offence recognised by article 142 (1) (war crime against civilian population) re article 22 of the FRY Criminal Act and sentenced him to 2 (two) years in prison. 2021-11-10T11:00:01+0100 jasmina.zubac https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/appellate-court-belgrade-confirms-first-instance-judgment-budimir-case https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/supreme-court-adopts-legality-protection-request-lovas-case Pursuant to its decision Kzz RZ 1/21 of 06 July 2021, the Serbian Supreme Court of Cassation adopted the Republic's Public Prosecutor's Request for the protection of legality KTZ 556/21 of 02 June 2021, filed against the final judgment (Kž1-Pо2 2/20 of 20 October 2020), rendered by the War Crimes Department - part of the Appellate Court in Belgrade. The Supreme Court found that the Appellate Court's judgment had been in breach of articles 450 (6) re 236 (1), (3) re 239 (7) of the Criminal Procedure Code.. Acting upon the War Crimes Prosecutor's initiative, the Republic's Public Prosecutor 2021-11-04T11:22:23+0100 jasmina.zubac https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/supreme-court-adopts-legality-protection-request-lovas-case https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/republic%E2%80%99s-public-prosecutor-serbian-war-crimes-prosecutor-and-bh-prosecutor-meet-discuss Ms Zagorka Dolovac, the Republic’s Public Prosecutor, hosted a meeting with Serbian War Crimes Prosecutor Snežana Stanojković and BH Prosecutor’s delegation headed by Chief Prosecutor Gordana Tadić. The Serbian War Crimes Prosecutor informed the BH Prosecutor and her team that the Office of the Serbian War Crimes Prosecutor (OWCP) had raised an indictment (KTO-5/21) against Edin Vranj on suspicion of involvement in the criminal offence under article 144 (war crime against prisoners of war) of the FRY Criminal Act. Based on the regulations governing regional cooperation between the Republic of 2021-10-15T14:58:55+0200 jasmina.zubac https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/republic%E2%80%99s-public-prosecutor-serbian-war-crimes-prosecutor-and-bh-prosecutor-meet-discuss https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/war-crimes-prosecutor-sne%C5%BEana-stanojkovi%C4%87-meets-serbian-president-aleksandar-vu%C4%8Di%C4%87-minister https://www.predsednik.rs/pres-centar/saopstenja/sastanak-sa-ministrom-unutrasnjih-poslova-drzavnim-sekretarom-ministarstva-pravde-republickim-javnim-tuziocem-i-tuziocem-za-ratne-zlocine 2021-10-14T12:08:49+0200 jasmina.zubac https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/war-crimes-prosecutor-sne%C5%BEana-stanojkovi%C4%87-meets-serbian-president-aleksandar-vu%C4%8Di%C4%87-minister https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/jan-braathu-osce-ambassador-serbia-visits-office-serbian-war-crimes-prosecutor On 12 October 2021, Snežana Stanojković, the Serbian War Crimes Prosecutor and members of her team hosted H.E. Jan Braathu, Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia. It was agreed that successful cooperation between the Office of the Serbian War Crimes Prosecutor (OWCP) and the OSCE Mission should be continued, including the latter’s support to the OWCP efforts in the prosecution of war crimes aimed at providing justice to victims and promoting reconciliation in the region. 2021-10-14T11:14:27+0200 jasmina.zubac https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/jan-braathu-osce-ambassador-serbia-visits-office-serbian-war-crimes-prosecutor https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/public-release-0 On 13 October 2021, the Office of the Serbian War Crimes Prosecutor raised an indictment (ref. KTO-5/21) against Edin Vranj on suspicion of involvement in the criminal offence under article 144 (war crime against prisoners of war) of the FRY Criminal Act. In line with the regulations governing regional cooperation between the Republic of Serbia and Bosnia-Herzegovina, Act on International Legal Assistance in Civil and Criminal Matters and Agreement on Legal Assistance in Civil and Criminal Matters between the Republic of Serbia and Bosnia-Herzegovina, the Serbian War Crimes Prosecutor is going 2021-10-13T12:10:09+0200 jasmina.zubac https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/public-release-0 https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/delegations-offices-serbian-war-crimes-prosecutor-and-bh-prosecutor-meet-belgrade Several bilateral meetings including the one between the Serbian and BH Prosecutors' teams were held within the framework of the Regional Prosecutors' conference which took place earlier this week. Headed by Serbian War Crimes Prosecutor Snežana Stanojković and BH Prosecutor Gordana Tadić, the two delegations met in Belgrade to discuss current developments in the area of judicial cooperation between their respective Offices. The meeting addressed regional cooperation in fighting impunity for war crimes, as well as the importance of international cooperation in war crimes processing. Judicial 2021-09-23T13:19:49+0200 jasmina.zubac https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/delegations-offices-serbian-war-crimes-prosecutor-and-bh-prosecutor-meet-belgrade https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/regional-prosecutors-meeting-cooperation-war-crimes-processing On 20 and 21 September 2021, the Office of the Serbian War Crimes Prosecutor hosted a high-level meeting of regional prosecutors on cooperation in war crimes cases. The meeting was attended by representatives of the following: Office of the Croatian State Prosecutor; Office of the BH Prosecutor; Prosecution Services of BH Federation, Republic of Srpska and Brčko District; Office of the Special State Prosecutor of Montenegro; and Office of the Prosecutor of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (IRMCT). The meeting was summoned and organised in cooperation with the United 2021-09-21T14:40:42+0200 jasmina.zubac https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/regional-prosecutors-meeting-cooperation-war-crimes-processing https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/regional-prosecutors-meet-discuss-cooperation-war-crimes-cases A regional prosecutors' meeting hosted by the Office of the Serbian War Crimes Prosecutor as part of the UNDP Regional War Crimes Project started in Belgrade earlier today. The Office of the War Crimes Prosecutor initiated the conference with a view to strengthening regional cooperation, as a sequel to the Palić Process, which has been recognised by the international community as a mechanism for boosting cooperation of countries in the region in the prosecution of war crimes. The conference is being attended by Mr Serge Brammertz, the Chief Prosecutor of the International Residual Mechanism 2021-09-20T15:28:19+0200 jasmina.zubac https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/regional-prosecutors-meet-discuss-cooperation-war-crimes-cases https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/war-crimes-prosecutor-attends-7th-sitting-committee-diaspora-and-serbs-region Serbian War Crimes Prosecutor Snežana Stanojković attended the Seventh Sitting of the Serbian National Assembly's Committee on the Diaspora and Serbs in the Region. The Committee was presented the activities of the Government's Commission on Missing Persons aimed at resolving the issue of the missing during the armed conflicts in the territory of the former SFRY. 2021-07-09T12:24:10+0200 jasmina.zubac https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/war-crimes-prosecutor-attends-7th-sitting-committee-diaspora-and-serbs-region https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/belgrade-appellate-court-confirms-first-instance-judgment-soldatovi%C4%87-case Pursuant to judgment K Po2 3/14, rendered by the War Crimes Department - part of the Higher Court in Belgrade on 08 December 2020, defendant Boško Soldatović was declared guilty of the criminal offence under article 142 (2) (war crime against civilian population) of the FRY Criminal Act and sentenced to 15 (fifteen) years in prison. Pursuant to its judgment Кž 1 Po2 1/21 of 11 June 2021, the Appellate Court in Belgrade rejected the appeals lodged by both the War Crimes Prosecutor and the defence counsel for defendant Soldatović, namely lawyer V.O. as unfounded, thereby confirming the 2021-07-08T11:57:04+0200 jasmina.zubac https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/belgrade-appellate-court-confirms-first-instance-judgment-soldatovi%C4%87-case https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/regional-victimwitness-support-services-meet-be%C4%8Di%C4%87i-montenegro-28-29-june-2021 Representatives of the OWCP Victim/Witness Support Service Mioljub Vitorović and Vasilije Seratlić attended the regional meeting of the services, which took place in Bečići, Montenegro on 28 and 29 June 2021. The meeting addressed the improvement of cross-border cooperation between the regional services, as well as the exchange of best practices in their present work. 2021-07-05T12:37:18+0200 jasmina.zubac https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/regional-victimwitness-support-services-meet-be%C4%8Di%C4%87i-montenegro-28-29-june-2021 https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/serbian-and-bh-prosecutors-hold-bilateral-meeting-2-june-2021 On 2 June 2021, War Crimes Prosecutor Snežana Stanojković and members of her team met BH Chief Prosecutor Gordana Tadić, Deputy Chief Prosecutor and Head of the Special War Crimes Department Milanko Kajganić and their team. The meeting was also attended by UNDP representatives. The key topics discussed at the meeting were regional cooperation and the continuation of the Palić Process. 2021-07-05T11:38:20+0200 jasmina.zubac https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/serbian-and-bh-prosecutors-hold-bilateral-meeting-2-june-2021 https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/war-crimes-prosecutor-meets-irmct-chief-prosecutor-24-june-2021 On 24 June 2021, War Crimes Prosecutor Snežana Stanojković and her team met IRMCT Chief Prosecutor Serge Brammertz. The topics addressed at the meeting were the enhancement of regional cooperation and continuation of the Palić Process. 2021-07-05T11:20:36+0200 jasmina.zubac https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/war-crimes-prosecutor-meets-irmct-chief-prosecutor-24-june-2021 https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/war-crimes-prosecutor-meets-he-joost-reintjes-ambassador-kingdom-netherlands-serbia On 10 June 2021, during his visit to the Office of the Serbian War Crimes Prosecutor, H.E. Joost Reintjes, the Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to Serbia, voiced his support to the work of this Office related to the prosecution of war crimes cases. Among the topics discussed by the Ambassador and his host, War Crimes Prosecutor Snežana Stanojković, were the issue of missing persons and efforts to secure justice for victims. 2021-07-05T11:05:02+0200 jasmina.zubac https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/war-crimes-prosecutor-meets-he-joost-reintjes-ambassador-kingdom-netherlands-serbia https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/court-pronounces-its-judgment-bosanska-krupa-case In its judgment pronounced earlier today, the War Crimes Department - part of the Higher Court in Belgrade found defendants Joja PLAVANJAC and Zdravko NARANDŽIĆ guilty of the crime committed against Bosniak civilians in Bosanska Krupa in August 1992. Defendants PLAVANJAC and NARANDŽIĆ were sentenced to 15 and 7 years in prison, respectively. According to the OWCP charges, Jojo PLAVANJAC - aided and abetted by Zdravko NARANDŽIĆ - took the lives of 11 persons of Bosniak nationality on 3 August 1992. At the time of the incident, the victims were held confined in the building of Petar Kočić 2021-06-14T21:48:26+0200 admin https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/court-pronounces-its-judgment-bosanska-krupa-case https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/war-crimes-prosecutor-visits-ki%C5%BEevak-gravesite War Crimes Prosecutor Snežana Stanojković and her deputies Mioljub Vitorović and Vasilije Seratlić visited the site of the Kiževak mine, where exhumations were carried out of death remains of those perished during the Kosovo-Metohija war clashes. Pursuant to the War Crimes Prosecutor's order, extensive exploration and speculative probes had continued at the site over the past five years. 2021-05-20T21:45:43+0200 admin https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/war-crimes-prosecutor-visits-ki%C5%BEevak-gravesite https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/war-crimes-prosecutor-attends-round-table-exhumations-and-identification-missing-persons Abducted Truth, the Belgrade-based Family Association of Missing Persons from Kosovo-Metohija headed by Ms Verica Tomanović, held the round table conference entitled The Exhumations and Identification of Missing Persons. Oganised in cooperation with the Serbian Government's Commission on Missing Persons, Office of the War Crimes Prosecutor,. International Commission on Missing Persons (ICMP), International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and Red Cross of Serbia, the conference took place at the Palace Hotel in Belgrade. War Crimes Prosecutor Snežana Stanojković emphasised the commitment of 2021-05-19T21:44:07+0200 admin https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/war-crimes-prosecutor-attends-round-table-exhumations-and-identification-missing-persons https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/court-renders-first-instance-judgment-kalinovik-crime Upon an indictment issued by Serbian War Crimes Prosecutor, the War Crimes Department - part of the Higher Court in Belgrade rendered its judgment in the case against Dalibor Krstović for a crime committed in August 1992, amidst a noninternational armed conflict that was under way in Bosnia-Herzegovina (BH). At the time soldier of the Republic of Srpska's Army, defendant Krstović and another unidentified member of his unit raped a female person of Bosniak nationality who - alongside a number of other unlawfully detained civilians - was held confined in the Elementary School building in village 2021-05-13T23:19:37+0200 ivana.jurukovic https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/court-renders-first-instance-judgment-kalinovik-crime https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/war-crimes-prosecutor-hosts-representatives-eu-mission-serbia Serbian War Crimes Prosecutor Snežana Stanojković met Ms Matea Norčić Štamcar, Deputy Head of the EU Mission to Serbia earlier today. At a meeting held at the Office of the War Crimes Prosecutor (OWCP) on 13 May 2021, OWCP and Mission representatives exchanged their views on topics of mutual interest. The meeting was organised in the context of the EU support related to the search for missing persons and to the preparation of the National War Crimes Prosecution Strategy 2021-2026. 2021-05-13T23:18:07+0200 ivana.jurukovic https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/war-crimes-prosecutor-hosts-representatives-eu-mission-serbia https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/war-crimes-prosecutor-meets-cmp-president-and-moj-state-secretary Serbian War Crimes Prosecutor Snežana Stanojković met President of the Commission on Missing Persons Veljko Odalović and State Secretary in the Ministry of Justice Bojana Šćepanović. At the meeting held at the seat of the Office of the War Crimes Prosecutor (OWCP) on 11 May 2021, OWCP officials, representatives of the Justice Ministry and those of the Commission on Missing Persons harmonised their views regarding further steps aimed at tracking down the remaining missing persons. 2021-05-11T23:16:28+0200 ivana.jurukovic https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/war-crimes-prosecutor-meets-cmp-president-and-moj-state-secretary https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/appellate-court-belgrade-confirms-first-instance-judgment-stojanovi%C4%87-case Pursuant to judgment K Po2 4/18 rendered by the War Crimes Department - part of the Higher Court in Belgrade on 15 October 2020, defendant Nebojša Stojanović was declared guilty of the criminal offence under article 144 (war crime against prisoners of war) of the FRY Criminal Act and sentenced to 8 (eight) years in prison. Pursuant to its judgment Kž Po2 8/20 of 22 March 2021, the War Crimes Department - part of the Appellate Court in Belgrade rejected the appeals lodged by the War Crimes Prosecutor and defence counsel for the defendant, namely lawyer M.M., thereby confirming the the Higher 2021-04-28T23:15:29+0200 ivana.jurukovic https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/appellate-court-belgrade-confirms-first-instance-judgment-stojanovi%C4%87-case https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/war-crimes-prosecutor-holds-video-call-irmct-chief-prosecutor Serbian War Crimes Prosecutor Snežana Stanojković held a video conferencing call with IRMCT Prosecutor Serge Brammertz, in the context of the latter's preparation of his regular six monthly report before the UN Security Council. The two Prosecutors discussed the track record of the Serbian Office of the War Crimes Prosecutor (OWCP) over the past period and regional cooperation, as well as cooperation between the OWCP and Office of the IRMCT Prosecutor. 2021-04-20T23:13:54+0200 ivana.jurukovic https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/war-crimes-prosecutor-holds-video-call-irmct-chief-prosecutor https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/war-crimes-prosecutor-meets-german-ambassador-serbia H.E. Thomas Schieb, the German Ambassador to Serbia, visited the Office of the Serbian War Crimes Prosecutor (OWCP) earlier today. Ambassador Schieb welcomed the OWCP efforts in the processing of war crimes cases. War Crimes Prosecutor Snežana Stanojković and her guest discussed a range of legal issues related to the need for confrontation with war crimes aimed at bringing justice to victims. 2021-03-16T23:12:39+0100 ivana.jurukovic https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/war-crimes-prosecutor-meets-german-ambassador-serbia https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/appellate-court-belgrade-partly-alters-first-instance-judgment-dragi%C5%A1i%C4%87-case Pursuant to its decision Kž1 Po2 5/20 rendered upon the Appellate Chamber's session of 1 February 2021, the War Crimes Department - part of the Appellate Court in Belgrade altered the lower court's judgment in the case against Milan Dragišić, specifically in the part related to the criminal sanction imposed on the defendant for the criminal offence under article 142 (1) (war crime against civilian population) of the FRY Criminal Act. Pursuant to the Appellate Chamber's decision, defendant Dragišić was sentenced to five years in prison, whereas the rest of the lower court's judgment was 2021-02-22T23:11:44+0100 ivana.jurukovic https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/appellate-court-belgrade-partly-alters-first-instance-judgment-dragi%C5%A1i%C4%87-case https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/appellate-court-belgrade-confirms-lower-courts-judgment-mari%C4%8Di%C4%87-case Pursuant to its decision K Po2 1/18 of 07 July 2020, the War Crimes Department - part of the Higher Court in Belgrade declared defendant Željko Maričić guilty of the criminal offence under article 142 (1) (war crime against civilian population) of the FRY Criminal Act and sentenced him to 2 (two) years in prison. Defendant Maričić was found responsible for grave breaches of international law in the course of the non-international armed conflict which existed between Serb, Bosnian and Croat armed formations in Bosnia-Herzegovina from 1992 to 1995. In late May 1992, defendant Maričić - at the 2021-02-22T23:10:45+0100 ivana.jurukovic https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/appellate-court-belgrade-confirms-lower-courts-judgment-mari%C4%8Di%C4%87-case https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/war-crimes-prosecutor-meets-uk-ambassador-serbia-and-undp-serbia-resident-representative British Ambassador to Serbia, Her Excellency Sian MacLeod and Resident Representative of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Serbia, Francine Pickup, met today with Serbian War Crimes Prosecutor Snežana Stanojkovitć, to whom they handed over the video-conferencing system for on line hearings in war crimes cases. The UK Ambassador and UNDP Resident Representative welcomed the commitment of the Office of the War Crimes Prosecutor (OWCP) to the processing of war crimes cases. The interlocutors agreed that the OWCP efforts were primarily aimed at bringing justice to victims. The 2021-02-19T19:31:30+0100 ivana.jurukovic https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/war-crimes-prosecutor-meets-uk-ambassador-serbia-and-undp-serbia-resident-representative https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/court-passes-first-instance-judgment-lu%C5%A1ci-palanka-case On 2 February 2021, pursuant to the War Crimes Prosecutor's indictment KTO. no.1/17, the Higher Court in Belgrade - War Crimes Department pronounced a first instance judgment in the Lušci Palanka case. Defendant Milorad Jovanović was found guilty of the criminal offence under article 142(1) (war crime against civilian population) of the FRY Criminal Act and sentenced to 9 (nine) years in prison. The case addresses the incidents which occurred in Lušci Palanka, Sanski Most area, BH in the period June-July 1992. At the time serving as a reserve police officer of the BH Serbian Republic's 2021-02-03T14:01:08+0100 admin https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/court-passes-first-instance-judgment-lu%C5%A1ci-palanka-case https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/serbian-justice-minister-meets-war-crimes-prosecutor Serbian Justice Minister Maja Popović and War Crimes Prosecutor Snežana Stanojković held a meeting earlier today. The focus of the meeting was on war crimes prosecutions, joint efforts to promote OWCP work, and the creation of the new National War Crimes Strategy. 2020-12-19T20:22:09+0100 admin https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/serbian-justice-minister-meets-war-crimes-prosecutor https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/serbian-war-crimes-prosecutor-meets-us-ambassador-global-criminal-justice On 17 December 2020, Serbian War Crimes Prosecutor Snežana Stanojković met new U.S. Ambassador for Global Criminal Justice Morse Tan. The meeting was also attended by U.S. Ambassador to Serbia Anthony Godfrey. The topics addressed at the meeting were the National War Crimes Strategy, international and regional cooperation, as well as cooperation with the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals. 2020-12-19T11:57:58+0100 admin https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/serbian-war-crimes-prosecutor-meets-us-ambassador-global-criminal-justice https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/owcp-representatives-meet-president-regional-serbs-association On 16 December 2020, representatives of the Office of the War Crimes Prosecutor (OWCP) met with Mr Miodrag Linta, the President of the Regional Serbs Association. The interlocutors discussed the OWCP efforts to provide support and assistance to victims and witnesses, as well as to encourage them to take part in war crimes proceedings. Mr Linta voiced his support to such efforts and promised his Association's full cooperation in that respect. 2020-12-19T11:52:22+0100 admin https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/owcp-representatives-meet-president-regional-serbs-association https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/court-passes-first-instance-judgment-bogdanovci-case On 8 December 2020, pursuant to an indictment raised by the War Crimes Prosecutor, the War Crimes Department – part of the Higher Court in Belgrade passed a first instance judgment in the case addressing a war crime committed in village Bogdanovci outside Vukovar, Croatia, at the time part of the SFRY. Defendant Boško SOLDATOVIĆ was pronounced guilty of the criminal offence under article 142 (1) (war crime against civilian population) and sentenced to 15 (fifteen) years in prison. The incident relevant to this case occurred in the vicinity of the Local Community building on 11 November 1991 2020-12-09T10:35:12+0100 admin https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/court-passes-first-instance-judgment-bogdanovci-case https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/information-organisation-work-office-war-crimes-prosecutor-owcp-during-covid-19-pandemic In compliance with the Republic of Serbia’s Government Decision on the declaration of the COVID-19 pandemic caused by the SARS – Cov 2 infectious disease; In consideration of reports on sharply increasing numbers of persons affected by this virus; With a view to reducing the risks of spreading the infectious disease and thus protecting the health of its staff, This Office – starting from 24 November 2020 – has introduced the following measures: - Visits to the OWCP premises will not be allowed; Those interested in particular OWCP cases will be able to obtain relevant information from 09:00 to 2020-11-26T11:52:42+0100 admin https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/information-organisation-work-office-war-crimes-prosecutor-owcp-during-covid-19-pandemic https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/serbian-war-crimes-prosecutor-meets-irmct-chief-prosecutor On 15 October 2020, Serbian War Crimes Prosecutor Snežana Stanojković and IRMCT Chief Prosecutor Serge Brammertz met within the framework of the ongoing cooperation between their respective Offices.Among other topics, the two Prosecutors discussed the launch of the IRMCT project on the OWCP cooperation - formerly with the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and currently with the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (IRMCT). 2020-10-23T14:45:02+0200 admin https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/serbian-war-crimes-prosecutor-meets-irmct-chief-prosecutor https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/court-passes-first-instance-judgment-ko%C5%BEuhe-case On 15 October 2020, the War Crimes Department - part of the Higher Court in Belgrade passed a first-instance judgment in the case addressing a war crime committed in village Kožuhe in the area of Doboj, BH. Pursuant to an indictment issued by the Office of the Serbian War Crimes Prosecutor (OWCP), the court found defendant Nebojša Stojanović guilty of the criminal offence under article 144 (war crime against prisoners of war) of the FRY Criminal Act, and sentenced him to 8 (eight) years in prison. The incident relevant to this case took place in village Kožuhe, municipal area of Doboj, BH in 2020-10-23T14:38:49+0200 admin https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/court-passes-first-instance-judgment-ko%C5%BEuhe-case https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/court-passes-first-instance-judgment-mari%C4%8Di%C4%87-case Acting upon an indictment raised by the Office of the Serbian War Crimes Prosecutor, the War Crimes Department - part of the Higher Court in Belgrade rendered its first instance judgment in the case against Željko Maričić, former soldier of the Republic of Srpska's Army. The court found defendant Maričić guilty of the criminal offence under article 142 ((1) (war crime against civilian population) of the FRY Criminal Act and sentenced him to 2 (two) years in prison. Back in May 1992, defendant Maričić was present in the area of Ključ, BH, where he engaged in unlawful arrests and inhumane 2020-07-07T11:08:01+0200 admin https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/court-passes-first-instance-judgment-mari%C4%8Di%C4%87-case https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/court-passes-first-instance-judgment-hrasnica-case Acting upon an indictment raised by the Office of the War Crimes Prosecutor, the War Crimes Department - part of the Higher Court in Belgrade passed its first instance judgment in the case against Husein Mujanović for crimes committed in village Hrasnica, BH during 1992. Defendant Mujanović was found guilty of the criminal offence under article 142 (1) (war crime against civilian population) of the FRY Criminal Act and sentenced to 10 (ten) years in prison. 2020-07-06T15:10:20+0200 admin https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/court-passes-first-instance-judgment-hrasnica-case https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/owcp-brings-charges-crimes-rudice-km The Office of the Serbian War Crimes Prosecutor raised an indictment against NM on suspicion of involvement in the criminal offence under article 142 (1) (war crime against civilian population) re article 22 (co-perpetration) of the FRY Criminal Act. Тhere are reasonable grounds to believe that NM engaged in a series of crimes against civilians in village Rudice, municipal area of Klina, AP Kosovo-Metohija in June and July 1995. The Prosecutor also proposed that the accused should be remanded in custody awaiting trial. 2020-07-01T13:41:09+0200 admin https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/owcp-brings-charges-crimes-rudice-km https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/serbian-war-crimes-prosecutor-holds-phone-meeting-bh-chief-prosecutor In a phone meeting held earlier today, Serbian War Crimes Prosecutor Snežana Stanojković and BH Chief Prosecutor Gordana Tadić discussed the enhancement of regional cooperation in particular war crimes cases. 2020-05-15T10:37:37+0200 admin https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/serbian-war-crimes-prosecutor-holds-phone-meeting-bh-chief-prosecutor https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/serbian-war-crimes-prosecutor-holds-phone-meeting-irmct-chief-prosecutor Serbian War Crimes Prosecutor Snežana Stanojković and IRMCT Chief Prosecutor Serge Brammertz held a phone meeting earlier today, in the context of the IRMCT Prosecutor's preperation of his regular six-monthly report before the UN Security Council. The topics addressed by Prosecutors Stanojković and Brammertz included the OWCP results over the past period, regional cooperation, current state of play regarding war crimes trials in Serbia, as well as cooperation between their two Offices. 2020-05-15T10:21:39+0200 admin https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/serbian-war-crimes-prosecutor-holds-phone-meeting-irmct-chief-prosecutor https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/i-n-f-o-r-m-t-i-o-n On 11 May 2020, pursuant to the Republic's Public Prosecutor's General binding instruction (O. no. 6/20 of 08 May 2020), the OWCP staff resumed work, save for employees aged 60+, those with chronic conditions which may pose pandemic-related health risks, pregnant women and parents of children up to 12 years of age. Meanwhile, the general and specific health protection measures prescribed or recommended by the competent government authorities aimed at fighting the COVID-19 epidemic shall remain in force. The receipt of mail and written submissions shall be possible on weekdays from 10 to 12 AM. 2020-05-15T10:12:22+0200 admin https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/i-n-f-o-r-m-t-i-o-n https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/excerpts-binding-instruction-work-organisation-office-war-crimes-prosecutor-during-state As of 23 March 2020, visits to the Office of the War Crimes Prosecutor will not be permitted. During the state of emergency, parties interested in the status of OWCP cases will be able to receive relevant informattion exclusively by phone no. 011 308 26 50, which will be available from 09:00 to 12:00 hrs. Beside the case status, such information may refer to procedural actions where parties are required to attend. As from 23 March 2020, parties to and other participants in proceedings may file their written submissions exclusively by post or email at kabinet@trz.org.rs Following 23 March 2020 2020-03-24T10:38:48+0100 admin https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/excerpts-binding-instruction-work-organisation-office-war-crimes-prosecutor-during-state https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/important-rpp-general-binding-instructions General binding instructions issued by the Republic's Public Prosecutor relating to the organisation of work process in public prosecution services during the state of emergency declared on 15 March 2020 2020-03-17T18:32:07+0100 admin https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/important-rpp-general-binding-instructions https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/conclusions-prosecutors-meeting-regional-cooperation-war-crimes-proceedings-held-sarajevo-17 BH Chief Prosecutor Gordana Tadić hosted a regional prosecutors' conference on cooperation on war crimes cases, held in Sarajevo from 17 to 19 December 2019. Among the conference participants were Croatian Chief Prosecutor Dražen Jelenić, Serbian War Crimes Prosecutor Snežana Stanojković and IRMCT Chief Prosecutor Serge Brammertz. The meeting was also attended by representatives of the Supreme State Prosecutor's Office of Montenegro, of the Brčko District Prosecutor's Office, and of the cantonal and district prosecution services of Bosnia-Herzegovina. This high-level conference, which follows 2019-12-30T13:39:24+0100 admin https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/conclusions-prosecutors-meeting-regional-cooperation-war-crimes-proceedings-held-sarajevo-17 https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/deputy-prosecutors-attend-training-hague At the invitation of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Serbian deputy war crimes prosecutors visited the Hague, where they took part in a training programme. The programme, which lasted from 2 to 6 December 2019, was also attended by the prosecutors from the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals.On 6 December 2019, Serbian War Crimes Prosecutor Snežana Stanojković was present at the training closing ceremony. 2019-12-16T12:41:11+0100 admin https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/deputy-prosecutors-attend-training-hague https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/regional-prosecutors-meet-sarajevo-discuss-cooperation-war-crimes-cases A technical-level meeting of regional prosecutors was held in Sarajevo earlier this week. The participants looked into discrepancies in legal frameworks governing regional cooperation in war crimes cases, challenges faced in the process and persisting obstacles in the way of fully effective interaction between war crimes prosecutors across the region. The meeting was hosted by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Office of the BH Prosecutor, with support provided by the UK Government and Italian Embassy to BH. The event was attended by delegations of the Offices of the 2019-11-27T15:32:12+0100 admin https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/regional-prosecutors-meet-sarajevo-discuss-cooperation-war-crimes-cases https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/war-crimes-prosecutor-attends-rs-eurojust-agreement-signing-ceremony An agreement on cooperation between the Republic of Serbia and EUROJUST was signed in the Serbia Palace in Belgrade earlier today. The signing ceremony was attended by Serbian War Crimes Prosecutor Snežana Stanojković. 2019-11-15T09:37:04+0100 admin https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/war-crimes-prosecutor-attends-rs-eurojust-agreement-signing-ceremony https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/serbian-war-crimes-prosecutor-meets-irmct-chief-prosecutor-0 Snežana Stanojković, the Serbian War Crimes Prosecutor and Serge Brammertz, the Chief Prosecutor of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (IRMCT) met in Belgrade earlier today. The latest in a series of meetings regularly held between the two Prosecutors addressed the implementation of the National War crimes Prosecution Strategy and the IRMCT Prosecutor's preparation of his six-monthly report to the United Nations Security Council. The interlocutors also discussed the ongoing developments in regional cooperation. 2019-11-04T15:28:13+0100 admin https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/serbian-war-crimes-prosecutor-meets-irmct-chief-prosecutor-0 https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/court-passes-first-instance-judgment-rejzovi%C4%87i-crimes On 24 September 2019, the Higher Court in Belgrade - War Crimes Department passed a first instance judgment (ref. K.Po2 1/18) in the case addressing a series of crimes committed in village Rejzovići, BH throughout November 1992. The court sentenced defendant VV to two years in prison for the criminal offence under article 142 (1) (war crime against civilian population) in re article 22 of the FRY Criminal Act. 2019-09-25T15:06:07+0200 admin https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/court-passes-first-instance-judgment-rejzovi%C4%87i-crimes https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/court-passes-first-instance-judgment-bratunac-crimes On 23 September 2019, the Higher Court in Belgrade - War Crimes Department passed its first instance judgment (ref. K.Po2 8/18) in the case addressing a series of crimes committed in Bratunac, BH throughout May 1992. The court found defendant BB guilty of the criminal offence under article 142 (1) (war crime against civilian population) in re article 22 of the FRY Criminal Act and sentenced him to 15 years in prison. 2019-09-25T14:59:44+0200 admin https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/court-passes-first-instance-judgment-bratunac-crimes https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/court-passes-first-instance-judgment-br%C4%8Dko-crimes On 19 September 2019, the Higher Court in Belgrade - War Crimes Department passed its first instance judgment in the case addressing a series of crimes committed in the area of Brčko, BH throughout June 1992. Defendant AA was found guilty of the criminal offence under article 142 (1) (war crime against civilian population) of the FRY Criminal Act and sentenced to 8 years in prison. 2019-09-25T14:39:49+0200 admin https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/court-passes-first-instance-judgment-br%C4%8Dko-crimes https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/owcp-delegation-pays-working-visit-irmct On 9 September 2019, delegations of the Offices of the Serbian War Crimes Prosecutor (OWCP) and of the BH Prosecutor - headed by their respective Chief Prosecutors Snežana Stanojković and Gordana Tadić - visited the seat of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (IRMCT), where they attended a joint meeting with IRMCT Chief Prosecutor Serge Brammertz and members of his team. The primary focus of the meeting was on regional cooperation, as well as on that with the Office of the IRMCT Prosecutor. Emphasis was placed on the transfer of cases between the OWCP and its BH 2019-09-11T14:18:16+0200 admin https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/owcp-delegation-pays-working-visit-irmct https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/serbia-marks-international-day-disappeared On 30 August 2019, the International Day of the Disappeared was marked in the Belgrade City Assembly. According to the data provided by the International Red Cross Committee, as many as 10,157 persons who disappeared from the former Yugoslav territory during the 1990s are still reported missing. Out of the total number, around 3,900 missing persons are Serbs. Serbia's competent authorities say that they have done everything in order to account for the missing, whereas reports from the region suggest otherwise. President of the Government's Commission on Missing Persons Veljko Odalović said 2019-09-02T10:17:45+0200 admin https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/serbia-marks-international-day-disappeared https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/good-cooperation-between-serbia-and-mict-prosecutor Ahead of the upcoming UN Security Council session, Serbian Justice Minister Nela Kuburović and Chief Prosecutor of the Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals (MICT) Serge Brammertz met in New York earlier today. Minister Kuburović and Prosecutor Brammertz agreed that Serbia and the Office of the MICT Prosecutor had excellent cooperation, which was also pointed out in the MICT Prosecutor's new six-monthly report. Prosecutor Brammertz welcomed the organization of the Regional War Crimes Prosecutors' Conference, which - beside representatives of the Serbian War Crimes Prosecutor's Office 2019-07-16T12:25:36+0200 admin https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/good-cooperation-between-serbia-and-mict-prosecutor https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/further-prosecutors-appeal-appellate-court-alters-lower-courts-acquittals-kami%C4%8Dak-case Pursuant to its decision K.Po2 no.2/18 of 27/12/2018, rendered in line with article 423 (1.2) of the Criminal Procedure Code, the Higher Court in Belgrade - War Crimes Department acquitted defendants AA and BB of charges for the criminal offence under article 142 (1) (war crime against civilian population), in re article 22 (co-perpetration) of the FRY Criminal Act. Pursuant to its decision Kž1 Po2 1/19 of 29/05/2019, the Appellate Court in Belgrade - War Crimes Department upheld the War Crimes Prosecutor's appeal and altered the lower court's judgment, sentencing both of the defendants to 12 2019-07-03T13:41:26+0200 admin https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/further-prosecutors-appeal-appellate-court-alters-lower-courts-acquittals-kami%C4%8Dak-case https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/lord-wimbledon-visits-belgrade In the context of preparations for the 2nd Global Summit on the Prevention of Sexual Violence in Armed Conflicts, Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon visited Belgrade, where he met Ms. Snežana Stanojković, the War Crimes Prosecutor, and members of her team. 2019-06-24T14:32:30+0200 admin https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/lord-wimbledon-visits-belgrade https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/interior-ministry-police-day-celebrated-belgrade In the framework of the celebration marking the Interior Ministry and Police Day, the Central Ceremony was held in the Sava Centre. This outstanding event was also attended by Ms. Snežana Stanojković, the Serbian War Crimes Prosecutor. 2019-06-24T14:19:13+0200 admin https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/interior-ministry-police-day-celebrated-belgrade https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/war-crimes-prosecutor-and-irmcc-chief-prosecutor-meet-talks-belgrade On 21 May 2019, War Crimes Prosecutor Snežana Stanojković met Serge Brammertz, the Chief Prosecutor of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Courts (IRMCC). The two Prosecutors discussed the implementation of the National War Crimes Strategy in the context of the IRMCC Prosecutor's preparations for his regular report to the UN Security Council. 2019-05-27T14:37:20+0200 admin https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/war-crimes-prosecutor-and-irmcc-chief-prosecutor-meet-talks-belgrade https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/regional-prosecutors-conference-cooperation-benchmarks-and-standard-prosecution-war-criminals The Regional Prosecutors' Conference entitled Cooperation, Benchmarks and Standards in the Prosecution of War Criminals was held in Belgrade from 20 to 23 May 2019. 2019-05-27T14:17:33+0200 admin https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/regional-prosecutors-conference-cooperation-benchmarks-and-standard-prosecution-war-criminals https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/joint-statement-national-war-crimes-prosecutors-offices-and-mechanism-chief-prosecutor From 20 to 22 May, high-level delegations from the Prosecutor's Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Prosecutor's Office of the BH Federation, the Prosecutor's Office of Brčko District, the Cantonal Prosecutor's Office of Una-Sana Canton, the State Attorney’s Office and specialized county prosecutor’s offices of Croatia, the Special Prosecutor’s Office of Montenegro, the War Crimes Prosecutor’s Office of Serbia and the Mechanism Office of the Prosecutor participated in the Regional Conference of War Crimes Prosecutors, held in Belgrade, Serbia, convened by the War Crimes Prosecutor’s Office 2019-05-24T15:24:49+0200 admin https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/joint-statement-national-war-crimes-prosecutors-offices-and-mechanism-chief-prosecutor https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/owcp-hosts-regional-prosecutors-conference-belgrade Тhе regional prosecutors' conference on Cooperation, Benchmarks and Standerds in the Prosecution of War Criminals started in Belgrade earlier today. The conference will address the following topics: cooperation of regional prosecution services with the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (IRMCT); cooperation between regional prosecution services; strengthening of regional cooperation in war crimes prosecutions; search for missing persons; and investigation / criminal prosecution of conflict-related sexual violence as international crime. The event is being attended by IRMCT 2019-05-20T20:26:52+0200 admin https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/owcp-hosts-regional-prosecutors-conference-belgrade https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/regional-prosecutors-conference-be-held-belgrade-later-months A regional prosecutors' conference will be held in Belgrade from 20 to 23 May 2019. The conference will address cooperation, benchmarks and standards in the prosecution of war criminals. Emphasis will be placed on cooperation of regional prosecution services with the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (IRMCT), on cooperation between regional prosecution services in the prosecution of war crimes and search for missing persons, as well as on investigations and criminal prosecutions against perpetrators of sexual violence in the context of armed conflicts, which has been 2019-05-17T17:08:29+0200 admin https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/regional-prosecutors-conference-be-held-belgrade-later-months https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/prosecutor-attends-victory-day-ceremony On 10 May 2019, War Crimes Prosecutor Snežana Stanojković attended the central Victory Day ceremony in Niš. Entitled Defense of Victory, the event was an opportunity for the Serbian Army and Ministry of the Interior to display their operational capacities. 2019-05-13T14:58:58+0200 admin https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/prosecutor-attends-victory-day-ceremony https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/prosecutor-attends-europe-day-reception On 9 May 2019, War Crimes Prosecutor Snežana Stanojković attended the official Europe Day reception. Hosted by the EU Delegation to Serbia, the event took place in the Kombank Hall in Belgrade. 2019-05-13T14:38:58+0200 admin https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/prosecutor-attends-europe-day-reception https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/war-crimes-prosecutor-attends-international-conference-ending-impunity-crimes-against On 22 April 2019, War Crimes Prosecutor Snežana Stanojković and her deputy Mioljub Vitorović attended the international conference entitled Ending Impunity for Crimes against Journalists. The conference was organized by the Serbian Journalists' Assocuiation (UNS) and Radio Television Serbia (RTS) to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the bombing of the RTS headquarters during the 1999 NATO campaign against Serbia. 2019-04-24T10:42:32+0200 admin https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/war-crimes-prosecutor-attends-international-conference-ending-impunity-crimes-against https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/serbian-prosecutor-sne%C5%BEana-stanojkovi%C4%87-meets-bh-chief-prosecutor-gordana-tadi%C4%87 Snežana Stanojković, the Serbian War Crimes Prosecutor and members of her team visited Sarajevo for a meeting with Gordana Tadić, the BH Chief Prosecutor. The topics discussed during the meeting included mutual cooperation between the two Prosecutor's Offices, joint efforts based on the Protocol of Cooperation, concrete activities outlined by the Protocol of Cooperation in the Search for Missing Persons, as well as other issues relevant to war crimes prosecutions. The BH Chief Prosecutor and Serbian War Crimes Prosecutor expressed their full commitment to further strengthening of cooperation 2019-04-22T12:09:15+0200 admin https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/serbian-prosecutor-sne%C5%BEana-stanojkovi%C4%87-meets-bh-chief-prosecutor-gordana-tadi%C4%87 https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/training-investigating-and-processing-sexual-violence-international-crime-successfully War Crimes Prosecutor Snežana Stanojković attended the closing ceremony following a successfuly completed training course on the investigation and prosecution of sexual violence as international crime. Held at the Moskva hotel in Belgrade, the training was aimed at upgrading and further development of professional skills of the OWCP deputy and assistant prosecutors. The lecturers were ICTY Prosecutors Kevin Hughes, Laurel Baig and Douglas Stringer. 2019-04-16T14:00:23+0200 admin https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/training-investigating-and-processing-sexual-violence-international-crime-successfully https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/official-statement-information-about-cases-and-indictments-handled-office-war-crimes Information about the cases and indictments handled by the Office of the War Crimes Prosecutor (OWCP) is currently unavailable on its website. The format of these documents is being updated and processed in line with the Personal Data Protection Act and with the Rules of the Annonymization of Personal Information in OWCP Indictments, passed on 20 March 2019. The foregoing activities have been undertaken upon the initiative of the Commissioner in charge of Public Information and Personal Data Protection. Namely, in his letter of 06 March 2019, the Commissioner informed this Office that its web 2019-03-25T09:32:05+0100 admin https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/official-statement-information-about-cases-and-indictments-handled-office-war-crimes https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/official-statement Information about the cases and indictments handled by the Office of the War Crimes Prosecutor (OWCP) is currently unavailable on its website. The format of these documents is being updated and processed in line with the Personal Data Protection Act and with the Rules of the Annonymization of Personal Information in OWCP Indictments, passed on 20 March 2019. The foregoing activities have been undertaken upon the initiative of the Commissioner in charge of Public Information and Personal Data Protection. Namely, in his letter of 06 March 2019, the Commissioner informed this Office that its web 2019-03-22T13:23:03+0100 admin https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/official-statement https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/politika-interview-week-sne%C5%BEana-stanojkovi%C4%87-war-crimes-prosecutor Article from the Politika daily of 10 March 2019: Interview with Serbian War Crimes Prosecutor Snežana Stanojković 2019-03-12T10:21:44+0100 admin https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/politika-interview-week-sne%C5%BEana-stanojkovi%C4%87-war-crimes-prosecutor https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/war-crimes-prosecutor-brings-charges-bogdanovci-crimes Тhe Office of the War Crimes Prosecutor raised an indictment (KTO no. 1/18 of 21 December 2018) against B.S. from Osečina related to his involvement in the incidents which took place in village Bogdanovci, Croatia on 11 November 1991. According to the Prosecutor's charges, there are reasonable grounds to believe that B.S. committed the criminal offence under article 142 (1) (war crime against civilian population) of the FRY Criminal Act. 2019-03-07T13:02:21+0100 admin https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/war-crimes-prosecutor-brings-charges-bogdanovci-crimes https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/owcp-brings-charges-klju%C4%8D-crimes On 20 November 2018, the Office of the Serbian War Crimes Prosecutor raised an indictment (ref. KTO-8/18) against Ž.M. for his involvement in the incidents which took place in the area of Ključ, BH in late May 1992. According to the Prosecutor's charges, there are reasonable grounds to believe that Ž.M. committed the criminal offence recognised by article 142 (1) (war crime against civilian population) of the FRY Criminal Act. 2019-02-13T10:56:45+0100 admin https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/owcp-brings-charges-klju%C4%8D-crimes https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/serbian-war-crimes-prosecutor-attends-launch-russian-documentary-movie-nuremberg-70-years On 5 February 2019, Serbian War Crimesa Prosecutor Snežana Stanojković attended the launch of the Russian documentary movie Nuremberg - 70 Years Later, authored by RF Deputy General Prosecutor Alexander Zvjagincev. 2019-02-11T11:42:04+0100 admin https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/serbian-war-crimes-prosecutor-attends-launch-russian-documentary-movie-nuremberg-70-years https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/owcp-brings-charges-war-crime-against-civilian-population-committed-gornje-nerodimlje-uro%C5%A1evac The Office of the War Crimes Prosecutor has issued an indictment (ref. KTO. no. 9/18, dated 27/12/2018) against R.M. for the criminal offence under article 142 (1) (war crime against civilian population) in re article 22 of the FRY Criminal Act. Originally coming from AP Kosovo-Metohija, R.M. has been accused of involvement in incidents that took place in village Gornje Nerodimlje, municipality Uroševac in June 1999. 2018-12-29T18:04:13+0100 admin https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/owcp-brings-charges-war-crime-against-civilian-population-committed-gornje-nerodimlje-uro%C5%A1evac https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/prosecutor-brings-indictment-1992-war-crime-against-civilian-population-sarajevo The Office of the War Crimes Prosecutor has brought an indictment (ref. KTO. no. 10/18, dated 24/12/2018) against H.M. for the criminal offence under article 142 (1) (war crime against civilian population) of the FRY Criminal Act. A BH citizen, H.M. has been accused of involvement in incidents that occurred in Sarajevo during 1992. 2018-12-29T17:59:26+0100 admin https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/prosecutor-brings-indictment-1992-war-crime-against-civilian-population-sarajevo https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/higher-court-confirms-owcp-indictment-br%C4%8Dko-crimes The War Crimes Department - part of the Higher Court in Belgrade confirmed the War Crimes Prosecutor's indictment (KTO no. 7/18) of 22 October 2018 against M.Č. for his involvement in the crimes committed in the area of Brčko, BH during 1992. According to the Prosecutor's charges, there are reasonable grounds to believe that M.Č. committed the criminal offence under article 142 (1) (war crime against civilian population) of the FRY Criminal Act. 2018-12-29T17:54:09+0100 admin https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/higher-court-confirms-owcp-indictment-br%C4%8Dko-crimes https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/owcp-and-cmp-sign-joint-memorandum-cooperation The necessity for improved cooperation between the Office of the War Crimes Prosecutor (OWCP) and the Serbian Government's Commission on Missing Persons (CMP), as mutually recognized by the OWCP Chief Prosecutor and CMP President, resulted in the Memorandum of Cooperation between the Office of the War Crimes Prosecutor and the Commission on Missing Persons, jointly developed by the OWCP and CMP teams. Signed on 12 June 2018, the Memorandum sets up the procedures which should ensure continuity in the exchange of data/information with a view to clarifying the destiny of persons missing in the 2018-11-02T10:49:58+0100 admin https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/owcp-and-cmp-sign-joint-memorandum-cooperation https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/public-release Snežana Stanojković, the War Crimes Prosecutor, and Serge Brammertz, the Chief Prosecutor of the Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals (MICT), met on the OWCP premises earlier today. The meeting was held in the framework of preparations for the MICT Prosecutor's regular six-monthly report to the UN Security Council, due to be submitted in early December. The MICT Prosecutor voiced his support for the OWCP Prosecutor's initiative launched during the latest regional prosecutors' consultations in Istanbul, Turkey, regarding the continuation of the Palić-Brioni process. By way of reminder 2018-10-29T15:11:44+0100 admin https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/public-release https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/owcp-brings-charges-br%C4%8Dko-crimes The Office of the Serbian War Crimes Prosecutor raised an indictment for the crimes committed in the area of Brčko, BH on 20 June 1992. According to the indictment allegations, there are reasonable grounds to believe that the aforementioned crimes amount to the criminal offence recognised by article 142 (1) (war crime against civilian population) of the FRY Criminal Act. 2018-10-22T10:43:03+0200 admin https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/owcp-brings-charges-br%C4%8Dko-crimes https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/prosecutor-brings-charges-war-crime-against-prisoner-war-village-ko%C5%BEuhe-doboj-early-may-1992 On 03 August 2018, the War Crimes Prosecutor raised an indictment against N. S. (case KTO 3/18), on suspicion of the criminal offence under article 144 (war crime against prisoners of war) of the FRY Criminal Act. 2018-10-04T12:00:55+0200 admin https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/prosecutor-brings-charges-war-crime-against-prisoner-war-village-ko%C5%BEuhe-doboj-early-may-1992 https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/prosecutor-brings-charges-1991-war-crime-against-civilians-v-bogdanovci-croatia On 30 January 2018, the War Crimes Prosecutor raised an indictment in case KTO no. 1/18, addressing an incident which took place in village Bogdanovci, Croatia on 11 November 1991. The accused, B. S., is suspected of committing the criminal offence under article 142 (1) (war crime against civilian population) of the FRY Criminal Act. 2018-02-08T11:04:25+0100 admin https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/prosecutor-brings-charges-1991-war-crime-against-civilians-v-bogdanovci-croatia https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/prosecutor-brings-charges-war-crime-against-civilians-area-klju%C4%8D-bh On 01 February 2018, the War Crimes Prosecutor raised an indictment in case KTO no. 2/18, addressing an incident which took place in village Rejzovići, municipality Ključ, BH on 21 November 1992. The accused, Ž. B., is suspected of committing the criminal offence under article 142 (1) (war crime against civilian population) in re article 22 of the FRY Criminal Act. 2018-02-08T11:01:13+0100 admin https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/prosecutor-brings-charges-war-crime-against-civilians-area-klju%C4%8D-bh https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/prosecutor-brings-charges-war-crime-against-civilians-caparde-june-1992 On 26 December 2017, the War Crimes Prosecutor raised an indictment in case KTO no. 3/17, against D. M., on suspicion of involvement in the criminal offence under article 142 (1) (war crime against civilian population) of the FRY Criminal Act. 2017-12-29T13:44:38+0100 admin https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/prosecutor-brings-charges-war-crime-against-civilians-caparde-june-1992 https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/prosecutor-brings-charges-war-crime-against-civilians-bosanska-krupa-august-1992 On 26 December 2017, the War Crimes Prosecutor raised an indictment in case KTO br.4/17, against J. P. and Z.N., on suspicion of involvement in the criminal offence under article 142 (war crime against civilian population) of the FRY Criminal Act. 2017-12-29T13:38:26+0100 admin https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/prosecutor-brings-charges-war-crime-against-civilians-bosanska-krupa-august-1992 https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/press-release-0 A meeting between Snežana Stanojković, the Serbian War Crimes Prosecutor, and Serge Brammertz, the ICTY Chief Prosecutor, was held at the OWCP seat earlier today. The meeting took place in the context of the ICTY Prosecutor's preparations for his regular six-monthly report to the UN Security Council, due to be presented in early December this year. The two Prosecutors discussed modalities of cooperation between the Office of the Serbian War Crimes Prosecutor and MICT Prosecutor, whose full-scale implementation is expected following the completion of the ICTY activities. Envisaged as the ICTY 2017-11-01T18:06:37+0100 admin https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/press-release-0 https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/prosecutor-brammertz-due-visit-serbian-war-crimes-prosecutors-office On 01 November 2017, ICTY/MICT Prosecutor Serge Brammertz and Serbian War Crimes Prosecutor Snežana Stanojković will meet in Belgrade.The meeting with the Serbian War Crimes Prosecutor will be the first in a series of Prosecutor Brammertz' meetings with the Republic of Serbia's officials in the framework of his preperations for a regular six-monthly report before the UN Security Council. The ICTY/MICT Prosecutor is expected to present his report to the UN Security Council in early December 2017. 2017-11-01T09:54:35+0100 admin https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/prosecutor-brammertz-due-visit-serbian-war-crimes-prosecutors-office https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/regional-consultation-meeting-was-held-belgrade-enhancing-regional-cooperation-processing-war Today, a regional consultation meeting was held in Belgrade on enhancing regional cooperation in processing war crimes. This is the third meeting of prosecutors from the region organized this year within “Enhancing Regional Cooperation in Processing of War Crimes and the Search for Missing Persons” regional project, implemented under the auspices of the UNDP. This project aims to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of processing war crimes cases and enhancement of search of missing persons, through the enhancement of cooperation between the prosecutors’ offices of Bosnia and Herzegovina 2017-10-27T16:44:27+0200 admin https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/regional-consultation-meeting-was-held-belgrade-enhancing-regional-cooperation-processing-war https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/prosecutor-brings-charges-against-%C5%A1trpci-suspects On 26 October 2017, the Serbian War Crimes Prosecutor filed a new indictment with the War Crimes Department - part of the Higher Court in Belgrade. Charges in case KTO-1/15 have been brought against former members of the Republic of Srpska's armed force, namely G. L, Lj. V., D. V., J. L. and D. Đ. The five have been reasonably suspected of joint involvement in the criminal offence under article 142(1) (war crime against civilian population) in re article 22 of the FRY Criminal Act. The Indictment covers the events of 27 February 1993, which took place in villages Štrpci, Prelovo and Mušići 2017-10-26T15:38:24+0200 admin https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/prosecutor-brings-charges-against-%C5%A1trpci-suspects https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/srebrenica-k-po2-815-court-orders-trial-continuation-upon-original-indictment In response to the War Crimes Prosecutor's appeal, the Appellate Court has altered the Higher Court's decision to refuse the Prosecutor's request for the continuation of Srebrenica proceedings. Having adopted the Prosecutor's motion, the Appellate Court has ordered the continuation of proceedings in Srebrenica upon indictment KTO no. 2-15, issued on 21 January 2016. It should be recalled that, pursuant to the defence complaint in early July, the Appellate Court dismissed the Srebrenica indictment as it found that the proceedings were conducted without a competent prosecutor's request. Such 2017-10-05T10:31:13+0200 admin https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/srebrenica-k-po2-815-court-orders-trial-continuation-upon-original-indictment https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/press-release In the course of her visit to the Kosmet Memorial Centre earlier today, Serbian War Crimes Prosecutor Snežana Stanojković met representatives of the Association of Families of Persons Kidnapped and Killed in Kosovo-Metohija, as well as some of the victims' family members. 2017-10-03T14:29:18+0200 admin https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/press-release https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/owcp-seat-serbian-war-crimes-prosecutor-hosts-bh-prosecutors-delegation A meeting with representatives of the BH Prosecutor's Office was held at the seat of the Serbian War Crimes Prosecutor earlier today. This was the first meeting of the two delegations since the appointment of the new War Crimes Prosecutor. Serbian War Crimes Prosecutor Snežana Stanojković, BH Acting Chief Prosecutor Gordana Tadić and their respective deputy prosecutors discussed the status of cooperation between their Offices, as well as the current issues in the area of war crimes prosecutions. The meeting also addressed concrete arrangements regarding the upcoming activities towards the 2017-10-03T10:40:48+0200 admin https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/owcp-seat-serbian-war-crimes-prosecutor-hosts-bh-prosecutors-delegation https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/owcp-signs-protocol-cooperation-moi-protection-unit On 6 July 2017, War Crimes Prosecutor Snežana Stanojković and Minister of the Interior Nebojša Stefanović signed the Protocol of Cooperation. This Protocol prescribes the operational and communicative procedures between the Office of the War Crimes Prosecutor and Protection Unit - part of Serbia's Ministry of the Interior in the implementation of the following: Emergency Measures towards participants in criminal proceedings and thereby related persons; and Protection Programme for such persons, as envisaged by the Act on the Protection of Participants in Criminal Proceedings. 2017-08-01T12:10:15+0200 admin https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/owcp-signs-protocol-cooperation-moi-protection-unit https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/prosecutor-files-proposal-wcd-regarding-srebrenica-case-k-po2-815 In a letter dated 25 July 2017, the President of the War Crimes Department - part of the Higher Court in Belgrade advised the War Crimes Prosecutor's Office that the Prosecutor's Motion for continuation of criminal proceedings, filed on 17 July 2017, was incomplete.In her submission to the Belgrade Higher Court's War Crimes Department (WCD), filed on the same day pursuant to article 43 of the Criminal Procedure Code, the War Crimes Prosecutor proposed that the WCD refer the relevant case files (ref. K Po2 8/15) to the WCD War Crimes Chamber, which should render its decision regarding the 2017-07-26T14:31:21+0200 admin https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/prosecutor-files-proposal-wcd-regarding-srebrenica-case-k-po2-815 https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/prosecutor-files-motion-continue-srebrenica-proceedings On 17 July 2017, the War Crimes Prosecutor filed a motion with the Belgrade Higher Court's War Crimes Department, requesting the continuation of criminal proceedings upon the indictment (ref. KTO-2/15) for the criminal offence under article 142 (1) (war crime against civilian population) in re article 22 of the FRY Criminal Act. The indictment addresses the incidents which took place in Srebrenica throughout the month of July 1995. 2017-07-20T14:18:56+0200 admin https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/prosecutor-files-motion-continue-srebrenica-proceedings https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/sne%C5%BEana-stanojkovi%C4%87-takes-office-serbian-war-crimes-prosecutor-0 At a solemn session held in the OWCP premises on 31 May 2017, Ms Snežana Stanojković took office as War Crimes Prosecutor. On 15 May 2017, the Serbian National Assembly elected Snežana Stanojković as War Crimes Prosecutor. On 30 May 2017, the new Prosecutor took her oath of office before the Speaker of the National Assembly. 2017-05-31T14:33:39+0200 admin https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/sne%C5%BEana-stanojkovi%C4%87-takes-office-serbian-war-crimes-prosecutor-0 https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/prosecution-files-amended-indictment-1993-war-crime-against-20-rail-passengers-%C5%A1trpci Pursuant to an order for additional investigation, issued by the War Crimes Department – part of the Higher Court in Belgrade, the Office of the War Crimes Prosecutor has filed a new, amended indictment with that Court, against five former members of the Republic of Srpska’s Army, namely G. L., Lj. V., D. V., J. L. and D. Đ. The Prosecutor’s charges are based on a reasonable suspicion that the accused, acting as accomplices, committed criminal acts of war crime against civilian population in villages Štrpci, Prelovo and Mušići, BH on 27 February 1993. Proceedings against ten other individuals 2017-04-06T14:58:14+0200 admin https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/prosecution-files-amended-indictment-1993-war-crime-against-20-rail-passengers-%C5%A1trpci https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/ex-police-reservist-under-charges-1992-war-crime-against-civilians-sanski-most In cooperation with the Cantonal Prosecutor’s Office of the Una-Sana Canton in Bihać, BH, the Office of the Serbian War Crimes Prosecutor has brought charges against M. J. , former member of the reserve police force – part of the Ministry of the Interior, Serbian Republic BH. Raised earlier today, the indictment against Jovanović is based on a reasonable suspicion of involvement in the criminal offence of war crime against civilian population in village Lušci Palanka, municipality Sanski Most, BH. According to the Serbian Prosecutor’s charges, M. J. engaged in a series of criminal acts against 2017-04-04T16:03:15+0200 admin https://tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/news/ex-police-reservist-under-charges-1992-war-crime-against-civilians-sanski-most