Implementation of Transitional Laws in Serbia 2006

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Implementation of Transitional Laws in Serbia 2006War Crimes Chamber CasesPresident of the War Crimes Chamber is Sinisa Vazic who is also a Presidentof Belgrade District Court, and his Deputy is Tatjana Vukovic. Aside fromthe two, the War Crimes Chamber consists of the judges: Gordana Bozilovic-Petrovic, Olivera Andjelkovic, Vinka Beraha-Nikicevic, Vesko Krstajic andthe investigating judges Milan Dilparic and Miroslav Alimpic 632 .There are currently four cases being trialed before the War Crimes Chamber:“Skorpioni”, “Zvornik”, “Anton Lekaj” and “Sasa Radak”. On July 10 th ,2005, the Prosecution brought charges 633 against five members of former“Skorpioni” unit for war crimes against civilians. The accused are: SlobodanMedic 634 , Pera Petrasevic 635 , Aleksandar Medic 636 , Aleksandar Vukov 637 andBranislav Medic 638 . The indictment 639 in the “Zvornik” case was issued onAugust 12 th , 2005, and persons charged for war crimes against civilians 640are: Grujic Branko 641 , Popovic Branko 642 , Slavkovic Dragan 643 , Korac Ivan 644 ,Filipovic Sinisa 645 and Dragicevic Dragutin 646 . For performing the criminalact of a war crime against a civilian population, jointly, in the case “SuvaReka” the following have been charged: Mitrovic Radoslav 647 , RepanovicRadojko 648 , Jovanovic Nenad 649 , Cukaric Sladjan 650 , Nisavic Milorad 651 ,Petkovic Miroslav 652 , Petkovic Zoran 653 i Papic Ramiz 654 . In the case “BitiqiBrothers” for committing a war crime against Prisoners of War, PopovicSreten 655 and Stojanovic Milos 656 have been charged.632 See Belgrade District Court Work Bulletin, page 25, which can be downloaded from http://okruznisudbg.org.yu/content/2006/informator/informator2005, visited on November 23 rd , 2006633 Indictment Ktrz number 3/05634 Former commander of the “Škorpioni” unit, nickname “Boca”635 Member of Slobodan Medić’s security and of “Škorpioni” unit636 Member of Slobodan Medić’s security and of “Škorpioni” unit, nickname “Aca”637 Former deputy commander of the “Škorpioni” unit and commander of reconnaissance squad, nickname“Aca”638 Driver for the “Škorpioni” unit, nickname “Zekan”639 Indictment Ktrz number 17/04640 SFRY Criminal Law, Article 142, item 1641 At the time he was acting president of: Crisis Staffs, Municipality, Temporary Government and War Presidenciesin Zvornik, nickname “Brana”642 Alias “Pavlović Marko”, commander of Territorial Defence and member of War Presidencies in Zvornik643 Member of “Igor Marković” – “Yellow Wasp” unit, nickname “Major Toro”644 Member of “Igor Marković” – “Yellow Wasp” unit, nickname “Zoks”645 Member of “Igor Marković” – “Yellow Wasp” unit, nickname “Lopov”646 Member of “Igor Marković” – “Yellow Wasp” unit, nickname “Bosanac”647 Nickname “Rade“, - colonel, assistant to the commander of the Gendarmery648 Assistant commander in the Krusevac Police Station649 Nickname “Neša“ criminal inspector in the Lazarevac Police Station650 Nickname “Božo“, police officer in Leskovac Police Station651 Nickname „Miško“, by trade sailor652 Nickname “Miki“, by trade worker653 By trade traffic technician654 Police officer in Sjenica Police Station655 Nickname “Pop”, in the rank of lieutenant-colonel of Gendarmerie656 Called “Šešelj”, in the rank of sergeant first class120
Implementation of Transitional Laws in Serbia 2006For the war crime against civilians 657 , the Prosecution issued an indictment 658against Anton Lekaj 659 . The Prosecution issued an indictment 660 against SasaRadak 661 on April 13 th , 2005, charging him of committing criminal act, warcrime against the prisoners of war 662 .The first case initiated before the War Crimes Chamber was the “Ovcara”case. The indictment 663 charges 17 people for committing criminal actsof war crimes against the prisoners of war 664 on the “Ovcara” farm. Theprocessing of this case was crucial in establishing the rule of law andcontinuing the process of facing the past. That was, also, an opportunityfor the War Crimes Chamber to demonstrate in front of the Serbian andinternational public that they are capable of handling such a difficult casein adequate manner, in spite of the pressure put on by parts of Serbianpublic. After difficult and straining process, on December 12 th 2005, the WarCrimes Chamber reached a verdict by which 14 accused were sentenced toprison sentences in range between five and 20 years 665 . Two of the accused,Ljuboja Mare and Katic Slobodan were freed of all charges and released 666 .That was the first verdict reached by the War Crimes Chamber.In mid-2006, the War Crimes Prosecution issued a complaint regardingthe court ruling which acquitted Marko Ljuboje and Slobodan Katic forwrongfully establishing a factual situation, which is a serious breach ofcriminal proceedings regulations and a breach of the criminal code. 667The War Crimes Prosecution also issued a complaint in relation to MilanLancuzanin also for wrongfully establishing a factual situation, which is aserious breach of criminal proceedings regulations 668 and in relation toVuja Zlatar, Jovica Peric, Milan Vojnovic, Predrag Madzarac, Goran Mugosand Nada Kalaba for the sentence 669 .657 Basic Criminal Code, Article 142, item 1, see above under 586658 Indictment Ktrz number 7/04659 Member of Kosovo Liberation Army, “Cipat” group Military Police, nickname “Pinđo” or “Balt”660 Indictment Ktrz number 4/03661 Member of “Leva supoderica” unit, nickname “Cetinje”662 SFRY Criminal Law, Article 144663 Indictment K.V. number 1/03664 SFRY CL, Article 144665 Mugoša Goran was sentenced to five years, Kalaba Nada was sentenced to nine years, Predrag Madžaracto 12 years, Jovica Perić, Milan Vojinović and Zlato Vujo to 15 years, and Miroljub Vujović, Stanko Vujanović,Ivan Atanasijević, Milan Lančužanin, Predrag Milojević, Đorđe Šošić, Miroslav Đanković and Predrag Dragovićto 20 years666 The Initiative’s Report from the main inquest in “Ovčara” case from December 12 th 2006, Initiative’s documents667 The complaint is available at http://www.tuzilastvorz.org.yu/html_lat/zalbe_zavrsne_reci/za_29_09_2006.htm, visited on November 25 th , 2006668 Ibid669 Ibid121
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