Monitoring war crime trials
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Crime in Saborsko Trials in Croatia :: Ongoing trials Trial against Zdravko Pejić, charged with a war crime against civilians referred to in Article 120, paragraph 1 of the OKZRH.
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Crime at Miljevci Plateau Trials in Croatia :: Ongoing trials Trial against Ante Babac and Mišo Jakovljevića, charged with a war crime against prisoners of war referred to in Article 122 of the OKZRH.
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Crime in the Medak Pocket (defendant Velibor Šolaja) Trials in Croatia :: Ongoing trials Trial against Velibor Šolaja, charged with a war crime against civilians referred to in Article 120, paragraph 1 of the OKZRH.
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Crime at the Bršljenovica hill near Plaški Trials in Croatia :: Ongoing trials Trial against Dušan Kovačević, charged with a war crime against the wounded and sick referred to in Article 121 of the OKZ RH.
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Crime in Podvožić Trials in Croatia :: Ongoing trials There is a pending proceedings against Marko Bolić, indicted for committing a criminal offence against humanity and international law by unlawful killing and wounding the enemy as referred to in Article 124, paragraphs 1 and 2 of the Basic Criminal Law Act of the Republic of Croatia (OKZRH).
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Crime in Suknovci and Oklaj Trials in Croatia :: Ongoing trials
On 31 January 2011, the main hearing began at the Šibenik County Court in the case of Goran Amanović, indicted for committing in the Promina area (Suknovci and Oklaj) a war crime against civilians under Article 120, paragraph 1 of the OKZRH.
On 20 May 2011, the War Crimes Council of the Šibenik County Court pronounced a verdict by which defendant Goran Amanović is acquitted of the charge of war crime against civilians.
The VSRH accepted the appeal of the State Attorney\'s Office and quashed the first-instance acquitting verdict.
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Crime in Sisak Trials in Croatia :: Ongoing trials Trial against both Vladimir Milanković and Drago Bošnjak for a war crime against civilians and a war crime against prisoners of war.
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Crime in Osijek - the accused Mirko Sivić Trials in Croatia :: Ongoing trials Proceedings against Mirko Sivić for a war crime against civilians committed in Osijek. Due to incapacity of the defendant Sivić to stand trial because of an illness, his case had been separated from the trial against Branimir Glavaš et al., who already received final sentences.
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Crime on the Korana bridge Trials in Croatia :: Ongoing trials In the third (second repeated) trial before the Karlovac County Court, the defendant Mihajlo Hrastov was for the third time acquitted of charges that he had committed a criminal act of unlawful killing and injurying the enemy. The aforementioned trial was held on 2004/2005/2006/2007. Following the public session of the Supreme Court in September 2008, it was decided to hold a public session at the Supreme Court. Following the conducted public session, the Panel of the Supreme Court found the defendant Hrastov guilty and sentenced him to 8 years in prison. The Panel of the Supreme Court, at the session held on 24 November 2009, passed the third instance verdict which partially accepted the appeal lodged by the defendant Mihajlo Hrastov and altered the second instance verdict of the Supreme Court in the sentencing part in such a manner that the defendant was sentenced to 7 years in prison.
The Constitutional Court quashed the convicting verdicts of the Croatian Supreme Court and reversed the case for a retrial but to be conducted by a completely altered council.
The VSRH held its session on 5 October 2011.
After the hearing, the VSRH Council pronounced on 7 September 2012 the ruling by which it accepted the prosecution\'s appeal and amended the acquitting verdict rendered by the Karlovac County Court. The VSRH found defendant Hrastov guilty for a criminal act of unlawful killing and wounding the enemy and sentenced him to 4 years in prison.
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Crime in Grubori Trials in Croatia :: Ongoing trials Trial against Frano Drljo, Božo Krajina and Igor Beneta for war crime against civilians under Article 120, paragraph 1 of the OKZRH.
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Crime in Pakračka Poljana and at Zagrebački Velesajam Trials in Croatia :: Ongoing trials Criminal proceedings against Tomislav Merčep, charged with a war crime against civilians referred to in Article 120, paragraph 1, in conjunction with Article 28 of the OKZRH.
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Crime in Tovarnik (defendant Aleksandar Trifunović) Trials in Croatia :: Ongoing trials Trial against Aleksandar Trifunović for war crime against civilians, as described and punishable stated in 120 of the Basic Criminal Law Act of the Republic of Croatia.
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Crime at Velepromet (defendant Petar Rašić) Trials in Croatia :: Ongoing trials Trial against Petar Rašić for war crime against civilians, as described and punishable according to Article 120 of the Basic Criminal Law Act of the Republic of Croatia (hereinafter: OKZRH). |
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Crime in the surroundings of Vukovar Trials in Croatia :: Ongoing trials Trial against Radivoj Ivković for war crime against civilians, as described and punishable according to Article 120 of the Basic Criminal Law Act of the Republic of Croatia (hereinafter: OKZRH).
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Crime in Petrovci Trials in Croatia :: Ongoing trials Trial against Željko Vujić for a war crime against civilians as described and punishable under Article 120 of the Basic Criminal Law Act of the Republic of Croatia (OKZRH).
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Crime in Frkašić II Trials in Croatia :: Ongoing trials On 25 February 2010, the War Crimes Council of the Gospić County Court found the defendant Goran Zjačić guilty of the commission of war crime against war prisoners under Article 122 of the OKZ RH and sentenced him to 7 years in prison.
The VSRH, at the session of its Council scheduled for 11 May 2011 quashed for procedural errors the first instance verdict rendered by the Gospić County Court.
After the repeated trial, on 8 September 2011 the War Crimes Council of the Karlovac County Court (Office in Gospić) found the defendant guilty and sentenced him to 7 years in prison.
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Crime by the so-called Peruča Group Trials in Croatia :: Ongoing trials The Supreme Court of the RoC quashed the verdict of the Split County Court dated 9 June 2008 which, in the re-opened procedure against the defendant Mitar Arambašić, upheld the previous (legally valid) verdict in which the defendant was sentenced in 1997 in absentia to 20 years in prison for a war crime against civilians and a war crime against war prisoners. |
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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. |
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Crime in Vukovje, Koreničani and Dobra Kuća Trials in Croatia :: Ongoing trials The criminal procedure is currently conducted at the Bjelovar County Court against Vlado Gatarić, charged with a war crime against civilians referred to in Article 120, paragraph 1 of the Basic Criminal Law of the RoC (hereinafter: the OKZ RH).
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- Monitoring War Crimes Trials:
Report for the period January-May 2011
Report for the period January-May 2010
Report for the period January-May 2009
Report for the period January-June 2008
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
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.
This project is also funded by:
Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Zagreb
Embassy of the Republic of Finland in Zagreb
OSCE Office in Zagreb
Embassy of Australia in Zagreb
