International Human Rights Day

Today marks the International Human Rights Day, promoting universal rights of all people.

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Sunday, 10.12.2006.

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International Human Rights Day

On the occasion of the International Human Rights Day, Humanitarian Law Center (HLC) issued a statement, in which it criticizes the Serbian government for not making enough effort to bring those indicted by the Hague to justice.

The government of the Republic of Serbia seriously limits the efforts to re-establish the rule of law by not arresting the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) indictees who are still at large and hide on the territory of Serbia and by not carrying out reforms of the police, military and security services, the statement reads, adding, “the government continues to influence the War Crimes Prosecutor’s Office to prevent establishment of the truth about participation of Serbian institutions in planning, ordering and execution of crimes during armed conflicts in the former Yugoslavia”.

HLC believes that “parts of police and military security agencies, loyal to the former ideology that endorsement of Hague indictees is in Serbia’s national interest, play a major role among those who protect the ICTY indictees”.

The prominent Serbian NGO committed to the promotion of human rights and the rule of law goes on to note in the statement that “unlike prosecutors who insistently protect institutions of the old regime, war crimes trials are conducted in a most professional manner. The judges are loyal to the law and show utmost respect for both victims’ rights and rights of the accused. In the course of all war crimes trials to date as well as the current trials known to the public – “Podujevo”, “Ovčara”, “Škorpioni”, “Zvornik”, and “Suva Reka”, the judges were guided by facts and evidence trying to shed light on the context behind the events and thus complete the picture of the responsibility or innocence of the accused”.

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