Crime in Novo Selište

Trials in Croatia :: Ongoing trials

On 1 December 2010, the VSRH rendered a decision that the defendant Stojan Letica would be tried in his absence.


INDICTMENT (SUMMARY)

The charges against Stojan Letica accuse him that on 30 November 1991 at approximately 19.00 hours in Novo Selište as a member of non-regular army of the so-called SAO Krajina, when on patrol, aware of the fact that Stjepan Šubić, a civilian person of Croatian nationality, was alone in his house, fired several shots from the "M-70" rifle through the open window in the back of Stjepan Šubić, who instantly died from sustained injuries, and therefore he committed a criminal act of a war crime against civilians under Article 120, paragraph 1 of the OKZRH.

You can read the Indictment here. (in Croatian)


GENERAL INFORMATION

Sisak County Court

Case file number: K-43/08

Council: judge Melita Avedić, Council President, judges Željko Mlinarić and Ljubica Rendulić Holzer, Council Members

Indictment: No. K-DO-44/06 of 26 November 2008 issued by the Sisak County State Attorney's Office.

Prosecution: Sonja Rapić, Sisak County Deputy State's Attorney

Criminal act: a war crime against civilians, Article 120 paragraph 1 of the OKZRH

Defendant: Stojan Letica, member of the so-called "SAO Krajina" army, not present at the trial

Defence: Antonio Kaleb, a lawyer practicing in Sisak

Victim: Stjepan Šubić - a civilian, killed


MONITORING REPORTS

NOVO SELIŠTE izvještaji sa suđenja - available in Croatian



  • Monitoring War Crimes Trials:

Annual Report for 2012

Annual Report for 2011

Report for the period January-May 2011

Annual Report for 2010

Report for the period January-May 2010

Annual Report for 2009

Report for the period January-May 2009

Regional report 2004-2008.

Annual report for 2008

Report for the period January-June 2008

Annual report for 2007

Annual report for 2006.

Annual report for 2005.

Quarterly Reports

Report for January - March 2013

Report for May - August 2012
Annex to the Report: Overview of the monitored war crime trials 

Report for January - April 2012
Annex to the Report: Overview of the monitored war crime trials

Bi-monthly Reports

January and February 2012

September and October 2011

July and August 2011

May and June 2011

March and April 2011

January and February 2011

Monitoring team:

Veselinka Kastratović
Mladen Stojanović
Jelena Đokić Jović
Maja Kovačević Bošković
Marko Sjekavica
Milena Čalić Jelić
Miren Špek

Contact person:

Mladen Stojanović

In cooperation with:

Documenta Zagreb
Citizens Committee for Human Rights Zagreb
Humanitarian Law Centre Belgrade
Research and Documentation Centre Sarajevo

This project is funded by the European Union. The contents of these documents are the sole responsibility of the Centre for Peace, Nonviolence and Human Rights and can under no circumstances be regarded as reflecting the position of the European Union.

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This project is also funded by:
Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Zagreb
Embassy of the Republic of Finland in Zagreb

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OSCE Office in Zagreb
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