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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.
Crime in Lički Osik Trials in Serbia :: Verdict after appeal On 4 October 2010, the main hearing began before the Higher Court in Belgrade in the trial against four former members of police forces of the so called SAO Krajina. They have been indicted for committing a war crime against civilians - murder of a five-member family Rakić in Lički Osik in October 1991. On 14 March 2011, all four defendants were found guilty. Each defendant received a prison sentence in the duration of 12 years. In November 2011, the Court of Appeals in Belgrade quashed the verdict rendered on 14 March 2011 and remanded the case back to the first instance court for retrial. On 16 March 2012, the court pronounced the first-instance verdict in which the defendants were found guilty again.
Crime in Beli Manastir Trials in Serbia :: Ongoing trials On 1 November 2010 began the main hearing before the Higher Court in Belgrade in the trial against four former members of Serb formations indicted for a commission of war crime against civilians in the second half of 1991 in the area of former Municipality Beli Manastir.
Crime in Okučani (defendant Zoran Lužajić et al.) Trials in Croatia :: Trial against Zoran Lužajić and Stanko Borjanić, charged with war crime against civilians referred to in Article 120, paragraph 1 of the OKZRH.
Crime in Baranja (defendant Tihomir Kašanin) Trials in Croatia :: Verdict after appeal Trial against Tihomir Kašanin, charged with war crime against civilians referred to in Article 120, paragraph 1 of the OKZRH.
Crime at Sajmište in Vukovar (defendant Jovo Savić) Trials in Croatia :: Verdict after appeal Trial against Jovo Savić, charged with war crime against civilians and war crime against prisoners of war.
Crime in Vukovar (defendant Ivanka Savić) Trials in Croatia :: Verdict after appeal Trial against Ivanka Savić, charged with genocide and, later on, war crime against civilians.
Crime in Tenja (defendant Goran Hadžić) Trials in Croatia :: Verdict after appeal Trial against Goran Hadžić, charged with a criminal offence of associating for the purpose of committing criminal offences against values protected by international law referred to in Article 187, paragraph 1 of the Criminal Law Act.
Crime in Vukovar (defendant Branko Vujanović) Trials in Croatia :: Verdict after appeal Trial against Branko Vujanović, charged with a war crime against civilians referred to in Article 120, paragraph 1 of the OKZRH.
Crime in Borovo (defendant Dragiša Čančarević) Trials in Croatia :: Verdict after appeal Trial against Dragiša Čančarević, charged with a war crime against civilians referred to in Article 120, paragraph 1 of the OKZRH and a war crime against prisoners of war referred to in Article 122 of the OKZRH.
Crime in Tompojevci Trials in Croatia :: Verdict after appeal Trial against Đuro Kljajić, Dane Đukić, Petar Đukić, Štefan Penčarski, Andrija Antolović, Jovo Radeka, Eva Radeka, Sreten Katić, Tihomir Pavković, Momir Anđelić, Đuro Krošnjar, Željko Grubešljić, Ranko Grubešljić, Ranko Mirilović, Milan Kovačević and Nenad Macura, charged with genocide referred to in Article 119 of the OKZ RH, and after amendment of the indictment charged with a war crime against civilians referred to in Article 120, paragraph 1 of the OKZRH.
Crime in Darda (defendant Branko Stanković) Trials in Croatia :: Verdict after appeal Trial against Branko Stanković, charged with a war crime against civilians referred to in Article 120, paragraph 1 of the OKZRH.
Crime in Prokljan and Mandići Trials in Croatia :: Verdict before appeal Trial against Božo Bačelić, Ante Mamić, Luka Vuko and Jurica Ravlić, charged with a war crime against civilians under Article 120, paragraph 1 of the OKZRH and a war crime against prisoners of war under Article 122 of the same Act.
Crime in Sremska Mitrovica (defendant Marko Crevar) Trials in Serbia :: Trial against Marko Crevar, charged with a war crime against prisoners of war referred to in Article 144 of the Criminal Law Act of the Socialistic Republic of Yugoslavia.
Crime in Bučje (defendant Milanko Stanisavljević) Trials in Croatia :: Verdict after appeal Trial against Milanko Stanisavljević, charged with a war crime against civilians referred to in Article 120, paragraph 1 of the OKZRH.
Crime at KPD Stara Gradiška and in Gornji Varoš (defendant Marko Živković) Trials in Croatia :: Verdict after appeal Trial against Marko Živković, charged with a war crime against civilians referred to in Article 142, paragraph 1 of the OKZRH.
Crime in Bokšić (defendant Luca Roklicer) Trials in Croatia :: Verdict after appeal Trial against Luca Roklicer, charged with genocide referred to in Article 141 of the OKZ RH.
Crime at Velepromet (defendant Dušan Čučković) Trials in Croatia :: Verdict after appeal Trial against Dušan Čučković, charged with a war crime against civilians referred to in Article 120, paragraph 1 of the OKZRH.
Crime in Karlovac settlement Sajevac Trials in Croatia :: Verdict after appeal On 17 December 2010, the main hearing began at the Zagreb County Court in the case of Željko Gojak, charged with a war crime against civilians - a murder of three members of the Roknić family. On 28 February 2012, the Zagreb County Court\'s War Crimes Council rendered a verdict in which it found defendant Željko Gojak guilty for war crime against civilians which he committed by killing minor Danijela Roknić and injured party Dragica Ninković. He was sentenced to 9 years in prison. On 16 May 2013, the Supreme Court of the Republic of Croatia (VSRH) rejected as unfounded the appeals lodged by the State Attorney and by the defendant and confirmed the first-instance verdict.
Crime in Široka Kula (defendant Nikola Zagorac et al.) Trials in Croatia :: Verdict after appeal Trial against Nikola Zagorac, Miroslav Serdar, Dane Serdar, Dušan Uzelac, Milorad Barać, Marijan Uzelac and Dragan Vunjak, charged with a war crime against civilians referred to in Article 120, paragraph 1 of the OKZRH
Crime in Branjina Trials in Croatia :: Verdict after appeal Trial against Iso Horvat, Branislav Poznanović, Dušan Horvat, Đorđe Vujčić, Jakša Ubavić, Aleksandar Huba, Jovan Mihajlović, Dušan Maličić, Slobodan Nikolić, Vidoja Bošković, Svetozar Bošković and Savo Bošnjak for criminal offence of genocide stated in Article 119 of the OKZ RH.
Crime in Korenica and Frkašić (defendant Svetozar Karan) Trials in Croatia :: Verdict after appeal Trial against Svetozar Karan, charged with a war crime against prisoners of war referred to in Article 122 of the OKZRH.
Crime near Mrkonjić Grad, BiH Trials in Croatia :: Verdict before appeal Trial against Tihomir Šavorić, Ivica Krklec and Alen Toplek for the war crime against civilians under Article 120, paragraph 1 of the OKZRH.
Crime in Slunjska Selnica (defendant Miroslav Bijelić et. al) Trials in Croatia :: Verdict before appeal The main hearing began on 29 April 2010 at the Karlovac County Court in the repeated trial against the defendants Miroslav Bijelić, Savo Padežanin, Đuro Tepšić and Rade Bjeloš, indicted for the commission of a war crime against civilians. By the verdict issued by the War Crime Council of the Karlovac County Court on 29 June 2010, the defendants Bijelić, Padežanin and Tepšić were found guilty and sentenced to 10 years of imprisonment each. The defendant Bjeloš was acquitted of all charges.
Crime in Korenica and Belgrade (defendant Radenko Radojčić et. al) Trials in Croatia :: Verdict after appeal Trial against Radenko Radojčić, Stanko Prica, Slavko Malobabić, Slobodan Rakočević, Dušan Smiljanić, Momo Nikolić and Milorad Đukić, charged with a war crime against civilians referred to in Article 120, paragraph 1 of the OKZRH.
Crime in Široka Kula (defendant Vladimir Korica et. al) Trials in Croatia :: Verdict after appeal Trial against Vladimir Korica and Branko Banjeglav, charged with a war crime against civilians referred to in Article 120, paragraph 1 of the OKZRH.
Crime in the Vukovar settlement Lipovača (defendant Mile Vukelić et. al.) Trials in Croatia :: Verdict after appeal Trial against Mile Vukelić, Nedeljko Marković, Dragan Bogdanović, Miroslav Matijević, Branko Sušić, Miroslav Bogdanović and Pero Pjevaljčić.
Crime in FRKAŠIĆ (defendant Željko Prica et al.) Trials in Croatia :: Verdict after appeal Trial against Željko Prica and Stipo Tomić, charged with a war crime against prisoners of war referred to in Article 122 of the OKZRH.
Crime at the “Artillery Range C” in Osijek (accused Zoran Kokić) Trials in Croatia :: Trial against Zoran Kokić for criminal offence of war crime against civilians stated in Article 120, Paragraph 1 of the OKZ RH.
Crime in Medak Trials in Serbia :: Verdict after appeal On 23 June 2010, the Higher Court in Belgrade pronounced the first instance verdict (verdict before appeal) finding the defendants Milorad Lazić, Mirko Marunić and Nikola Konjević guilty of war crime against war prisoners that was committed in 1991 in Medak near Gospić. The defendant Perica Đaković was acquitted of charges. On 19 January 2011, the War Crimes Chamber of the Belgrade Appeals Court reached a verdict by which it upheld the first-instance verdict in the case of Milorad Lazić, Mirko Marunić and Nikola Konjević, and it quashed the first-instance verdict and remanded the case for retrial in the case of Perica Đaković. After conducted repeated trial at the Belgrade Higher Court on 1 July 2011, the verdict was pronounced acquitting Perica Đaković once again. The Verdict is final and conclusive.
Crime in Mlinište Trials in Croatia :: Verdict before appeal Trial against Emil Črnčec, Tihomir Šavorić, Antun Novačić, Robert Precehtjel, Nenad Jurinec, Goran Gaća and Robert Berak, for a war crime against war prisoners, as described and punishable in accordance with Article 122 of the OKZRH.
Crime in the area of Velika Kladuša Trials in Croatia :: Verdict after appeal Trial against Fikret Abdić for criminal offences of war crime against civilians stated in Article 120, Paragraph 1 of the OKZ RH and war crime against prisoners of war stated in Article 122 of the OKZ RH.
Crime in Kopačevo Trials in Croatia :: Verdict after appeal Trial against Aleksandar Čugalj and Branimir Ivanović, charged with a war crime against civilians under Article 120, paragraph 1 of the OKZRH.
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.
Destruction of the Catholic church in Glina Trials in Croatia :: Verdict before appeal Trial against Ranko Birač for criminal offence of destruction of cultural and historic monuments stated in Article 130 of the OKZ RH.
Crime in Zrin Trials in Croatia :: Verdict after appeal On 14 April 2011, the main hearing began at the Sisak County Court in the trial against Jablan Kejić, indicted for war crimes against war prisoners. The first instance verdict was pronounced on 5 September 2011. In this verdict, the defendant Kejić was found guilty and sentenced to 7 years in prison. The Supreme Court of the Republic of Croatia amended the decision on the sentence issued by the first-instance court by sentencing defendant Kejić to 5 years in prison.
Crime in the Stara Gradiška prison (defendant Đorđe Božičić) Trials in Croatia :: Verdict after appeal Trial against Đorđe Božičić, charged with a cruel treatment against wounded, sick and war prisoners referred to in Article 128 of the OKZ RH.
Crime in Bučje (defendant Radovan Arsenić) Trials in Croatia :: Trial against Radovan Arsenić, charged with a war crime against civilians referred to in Article 120, paragraph 1 of the OKZRH
Crime in Sekulinci Trials in Croatia :: Verdict after appeal Trial against Borivoj Lukić, Dragoslav Lukić, Željko Ivković and Drago Starijaš, charged with a war crime against civilians referred to in Article 142 of the OKZ RH.
Crime in Paulin Dvor Trials in Croatia :: Verdict after appeal There is a trial against Nikola Ivanković and Enes Viteškić for committing a war crime against civilians under Article 120, paragraph 1 of the OKZRH.
Crime in Slunj and surrounding villages Trials in Croatia :: Verdict before appeal On 1 December 2009 at the Karlovac County Court, the defendant Mićo Cekinović was found guilty of committing a war crime against civilians referred to in Article 120, paragraph 1 of the Basic Criminal Law of the RoC (hereinafter: the OKZ RH). He was sentenced to one year in prison. The Supreme Court quashed the Karlovac County Court\\\'s Verdict. In the repeated trial, the Karlovac County Court\\\'s War Crimes Council found on 4 May 2010 the defendant Cekinović guilty and sentenced him to 4 years in prison. The session of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Croatia was held on 27 October 2010. The Supreme Court quashed the first instance verdict. After the third (second repeated) hearing held on 23 December 2011, the Rijeka County Court\'s War Crimes Council found the defendant guilty and sentenced him to 4 years in prison. The VSRH Appeals Chamber held its session on 30 January 2013. It confirmed the first-instance verdict.
Crime in Stara Gradiška (defendant Milan Španović) Trials in Croatia :: Trial against Milan Španović, charged with a war crime against civilians referred to in Article 120 § 1 of the OKZRH.
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.
Crime in Banski Grabovac Trials in Croatia :: Trial against Mirko Korelija, Miroslav Peškir and Ranko Šimulija, charged with a war crime against prisoners of war stated in Article 120 of the OKZRH.
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.
Crimes in Kneževo and in Duboševica (the accused Zdravko Jovanović) Trials in Croatia :: Verdict after appeal legally valid and conclusive verdict Trial against Zdravko Jovanović for criminal offence of war crime against civilians stated in Article 120, paragraph 1 of the OKZ RH.
Crime on the Pakrac – Požega road Trials in Croatia :: Verdict after appeal legally valid and conclusive verdict Trial against Željko Milanković, Veljko Budić, Milan Pavić and Milan Sudar for criminal offence of war crime against civilians stated in Article 120, Paragraph 1 of the OKZ RH.
Crime in Bilje (the accused Zdravko Pijunović) Trials in Croatia :: Trial against Zdravko Pijunović for criminal offence of war crime against civilians stated in Article 120, paragraph 1 of the OKZRH.
Crime in Nova Gradiška Trials in Croatia :: Verdict before appeal Trial against Ivan Kumić, charged with a war crime against civilians referred to in Article 120, paragraph 1 of the OKZRH.
Crime in Maja (defendant Milan Boroević) Trials in Croatia :: Verdict before appeal Trial against Milana Boroević, charged with a war crime against civilians, under Article 120, paragraph 1 of the OKZRH.
Crime in Dalj IV Trials in Croatia :: Verdict after appeal On 8 April 2009, the Osijek County Court found the defendant Čedo Jović guilty and sentenced him to 5 years in prison for the criminal act of war crime against civilians referred to in Article 120, paragraph 1 of the Basic Criminal Law of the Republic of Croatia (OKZRH). On 12 November 2009, the Croatian Supreme Court quashed the first instance verdict of the War Crimes Council of the Osijek County Court. On 18 February 2010, after the conducted repeated trial, the War Crimes Council of the Osijek County Court once again pronounced the defendant Čedo Jović guilty and sentenced him to 5 years in prison. The session of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Croatia was held on 13 October 2010. The Supreme Court of the Republic of Croatia quashed the 18 February 2010 Verdict of the Osijek County Court and reversed the case to the first instance court for a retrial. On 15 March 2011, after the conducted repeated trial, the War Crimes Council of the Osijek County Court once again pronounced the defendant Čedo Jović guilty and sentenced him to 5 years in prison. After the fourth first-instance trial, on 1 June 2012, the defendant was found guilty again and sentenced to 5 years in prison. The session of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Croatia was held on 20 February 2013. The Osijek County Court\'s verdict of 1 June 2012 is confirmed.
Crime in the villages along the Una river near Hrvatska Kostajnica Trials in Croatia :: Verdict before appeal On 16 February 2010, the main hearing commenced before the Sisak County Court in the trial against Pero Đermanović, Ljuban Bradarić, Dubravko Čavić and Ljubiša Čavić, who were indicted for committing in 1991 in the villages Stubalj, Graboštani, Gornji and Donji Hrastovac a war crime against civilians under Article 120, paragraph 1 of the OKZRH. On 23 April 2010, the first instance verdict was pronounced against the defendants finding them guilty and sentencing them to prison: Pero Đermanović (11 years), Ljuban Bradarić (1 year), Dubravko Čavić (9 years) and Ljubiša Čavić (2 years). The session of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Croatia was held on 22 December 2010. Supreme Court of the Republic of Croatia quashed the verdict of Sisak County Court. The VSRH quashed the first instance verdict in the case of defendants Đermanović and Dubravko and Ljubiša Čavić. As for defendant Bradarić, the first instance verdict was confirmed. After the repeated trial, the Zagreb County Court\\\'s War Crimes Council found the defendants guilty and sentenced them to the following prison sentences: Pero Đermanović (9 years), Dubravko Čavić (7 years) and Ljubiša Čavić (2 years). The VSRH Appeal Chamber at its session held on 5 September 2012 quashed the verdict and remanded the case back to the first-instance court for a retrial. On 26 March 2013, the Zagreb County Court\\\'s War Crimes Council pronounced the verdict in which defendants Đermanović, Dubravko Čavić and Ljubiša Čavić were found guilty and sentence to the following prison sentences: Đermanović (9 years), Dubravko Čavić (7 years) and Ljubiša Čavić (2 years).
Crime in Morinj Trials in Montenegro :: Ongoing trials On 15 May 2010 at the Higher Court in Podgorica, the first instance verdict was pronounced wherein the defendants, former JNA members, were found guilty for committing criminal offences - a war crime against civilians and a war crime against war prisoners - in the Dubrovnik area in the Morinj detention camp near Kotor in 1991 and 1992. On 6 December 2010, the Appellate Court quashed the first instance verdict and reversed the case back to the High Court for a retrial. After the repeated first-instance trial, the verdict was rendered by which Mlađen Govedarica and Zlatko Tarle were acquitted, whereas Boro Gliglić was sentenced to 3, Ivo Gojnić to 2, Špiro Lučić to 3 and Ivo Menzalin to 4 years in prison. In July 2012, the Appellate Court quashed again the first-instance verdict.
Crime in Perušić Trials in Croatia :: Verdict after appeal On 17 January 2001, the main hearing began at the Zadar County Court in the case of Nikola Munjes who was previously (in 1995) sentenced in absentia to 9 years in prison for a war crime against civilians under Article 120, paragraph 1 of the OKZRH, committed in Perušić in September 1991. On 4 February 2011 at the Zadar County Court, defendant Nikola Munjes was sentenced to 9 years in prison. The VSRH quashed the Zadar County Court\'s judgment. The case was then transferred to the Spilt County Court. After the repeated proceedings, on 30 November 2012 the County Court Split\'s War Crimes Council found the defendant Munjes guilty and sentenced him to 5 years in prison. The session of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Croatia was held on 20 February 2013. The VSRH upheld the first instance verdict.
Crime in Maja and Svračica Trials in Croatia :: Verdict before appeal On 13 November 2009, before the Sisak County Court, following the conducted re-opened procedure, the defendant Milan Španović was found guilty and sentenced to 3 years and 5 months in prison for a war crime against civilians. In 1993, he was sentenced in absentia to 20 years in prison. On 28 September 2010, the session of the Council of the Croatian Supreme Court was held. The 13 November 2009 verdict reached by the War Crimes Council of the Sisak County Court was quashed and the case was reversed for a retrial. After repeated proceedings at first instance, the Zagreb County Court\'s War Crimes Council pronounced the verdict on 14 March 2013. With this verdict, the court has abrogated the prior final verdict, rendered by the Sisak County Court on 17 November 1993 in which the defendant was found guilty and sentenced to 20 years in prison, and rendered the acquittal.
Crime in Baćin Trials in Croatia :: Verdict before appeal Trial against Branko Dmitrović, Slobodan Borojević, Milinko Janjetović, Momčilo Kovačević, Stevo Radunović, Veljko Radunović, Katica Pekić, Marin Krivošić and Stevan Dodoš for a war crime against civilians under Article 120, paragraph 1 of the OKZRH.
Crime in Novska III Trials in Croatia :: Verdict before appeal On 23 September 2010, a trial against the accused Željko Belina, Dejan Milić, Ivan Grgić and Zdravko Plesec, former members of the Croatian Army charged with war crime against civilians committed by killing Goranka Mileusnić, Vera Mileusnić and Blaženka Slabak and wounding of Petar Mileusnić in Novska in December 1991, commenced at the Sisak County Court. On 19 November 2010, the Sisak County Court\\\\\\\' War Crimes Council rendered a judgement rejecting the charge pursuant to Article 353, item 5 of the Criminal Procedure Act because it held the view that this was a res iudicata case i.e. that the matter was already judged. The VSRH quashed the first instance verdict rejecting the charge in respect of the 1st defendant Belina and the 2nd defendant Milić. The first instance verdict was confirmed in respect of defendants Ivan Grgić and Zdravko Plesec. The repeated first instance proceedings in respect of defendants Željko Belina and Dejan Milić will be conducted at the Zagreb County Court. After the repeated trial, the Zagreb County Court\\\\\\\'s War Crimes Council found the defendants guilty on 8 March 2013. Belina was sentenced to 10 years, and Milić to 9 years in prison.
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).
Crime in Novska II Trials in Croatia :: Verdict before appeal On 8 March 2010, the main hearing began at the Sisak County Court in the trial against Vide Damir Raguž and Željko Škledar, indicted for committing a war crime against civilians in Novska on 21 November 1991. On 16 April 2010, the defendant Vide Damir Raguž was found guilty by the first instance verdict and he was sentenced to 20 years in prison, whereas the defendant Željko Škledar was acquitted of charges. The session of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Croatia was held on 10 July 2012. Supreme Court of the Republic of Croatia quashed the verdict of Sisak County Court. On 7 February 2013, the Zagreb County Count rendered the first-instance verdict in which Damir Vid Raguž and Željko Škledar were acquitted of the charges.
Attempted bribery of Supreme Court judges Other trials :: Ongoing trials Criminal proceedings against Drago Tadić for associating for the purpose of committing criminal offence under Article 333(1) of the Criminal Law Act, and for instigating another to illegal intercession referred to in Article 343 of the same Act.
Crime in Lovas Trials in Croatia :: Verdict after appeal On 29 April 2009 at the Vukovar County Court, criminal proceedings against defendants Milan Tepavac and Ilija Vorkapić - who attend the trial - was separated from the proceedings against the following defendants who are not available to Croatian judiciary: Ljuban Devetak, Milan Devčić, Milenko Rudić, Željko Krnjajić, Slobodan Zoraja, Željko Brajković, Ilija Kresojević, Milan Rendulić, Obrad Tepavac, Zoran Tepavac, Milan Tepavac, Milan Radojčić, Milan Vorkapić, Dušan Grković and Đuro Prodanović. In December 2010, the Tepavac case was separated from the Vorkapić case due to the incapability of Tepavac to stand trial. On 2 February 2012, the first-instance verdict was rendered in which defendant Vorkapićs was acquitted. The VSRH Appeals Chamber at its session held on 28 November 2012 rejected the appeal by the State Attorney and confirmed the verdict rendered by the first-instance court.
Crime in Sunjska Greda Trials in Croatia :: Verdict before appeal On 8 November 2010 at the Sisak County Court began the main hearing in the case of Milenko Vidak, charged with commission of war crime against civilians by killing a civilian Stjepan Sučić. On 20 December 2010, the War Crimes Council of the Sisak County Court found the defendant guilty. He was sentenced to 8 years. On 12 July 2011, the VSRH\\\\\\\'s Appeals Chamber quashed the Sisak County Court\\\\\\\'s first instance verdict due to major violations of the criminal procedure provisions and remanded the case for retrial. On 17 April 2012, after the repeated first-instance trial, the Zagreb County Court\\\'s War Crimes Council found the defendant guilty and sentenced him to 6 years in prison.
Crime in Berak (defendant Milorad Momić) Trials in Croatia :: Verdict before appeal Trial against Milorad Momić for war crime against civilians stated in Article 120, paragraph 1 of the OKZRH.
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.
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.
The crime on Pogledić hill near Glina Trials in Croatia :: Verdict before appeal Trial against the defendant Rade Miljević for a war crime against civilians under Article 120, paragraph 1 of the OKZRH.
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.
Crime in prisons in Gajeva street in Zagreb and in Kerestinec Trials in Croatia :: Verdict before appeal Trial against Stjepan Klarić, Dražen Pavlović, Viktor Ivančin, Željko Živec and Goran Štrukelj for a war crime against prisoners of war referred to in Article 122 of the OKZRH and Article 122 in conjunction with Article 28, paragraph 2 of the same Act.
Crime in Škabrnja (defendant Renato Petrov) Trials in Croatia :: Verdict before appeal Repeated trial against defendant Renato Petrov for a war crime against civilians under Article 120, paragraph 1 of the Basic Criminal Law Act of the Republic of Croatia (OKZRH).
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.
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.
Crime in Korenica Trials in Croatia :: Verdict before appeal The criminal proceedings were held before the War Crime Council of the Rijeka County Court against the defendant Željko Šuput and the defendant Milan Panić who are charged with a war crime against prisoners of war referred to in Article 122 of the Basic Criminal Law of the Republic of Croatia (hereinafter: the OKZ RH). On 3 October 2008, a non-final verdict was published in which the defendants were found guilty and sentenced to prison terms (the defendant Šuput in the duration of 4 years, while the defendant Panić in the duration of 3 years and 6 months. At the session held on 8 June 2011, the VSRH accepted the defendants´ appeals, quashed the challenged verdict and remanded the case for retrial to the Rijeka County Court. Repeated trial began on 25 October 2011. On 26 April 2012, the prosecution amended the legal qualification of the criminal offence according to which the defendants are now charged with a war crime against civilians and not any more with a war crime against prisoners of war. On 12 June 2012, the Rijeka County Court\\\'s War Crimes Council pronounced the verdict in which the defendants were found guilty. Same as in the first-instance proceedings, they were sentenced to the following prison terms: Šuput (4 years) and Panić (3 years and 6 months).
Crime in Ravni Kotari 2 Trials in Croatia :: Verdict after appeal On 24 March 2011, began the main hearing at the Zadar County Court in the criminal proceedings against the 1^st defendant Nebojša Baljak and the 2^nd defendant Stevo Ivanišević, charged with a war crime against civilians under Article 120, paragraph 1 of the OKZRH.
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.
War crime in Lovas Trials in Serbia :: Verdict before appeal Trial against fourteen defendants (Ljuban Devetak at al), indicted for committing in Lovas in October and November 1991 a war crime against civTrial against fourteen defendants (Ljuban Devetak at al), indicted for committing in Lovas in October and November 1991 a war crime against civilians under Article 142, paragraph 1 of the FRY Criminal Act, acting as accessories, in conjunction with Article 22 of the same Act.ilians under Article 142, paragraph 1 of the FRY Criminal Act, acting as accessories, in conjunction with Article 22 of the same Act.
Murder in Budačka Rijeka Other trials :: Ongoing trials Reopened trial against Mile Dakić for a criminal offence referred to in Article 34, paragraph 2, item 5 of the Criminal Law Act of the Republic of Croatia (KZRH), in conjunction with Article 21- instigating to a murder.
Crime in Ilovčak near Glina Trials in Croatia :: Verdict before appeal Trial against Vladimir Bekić for a war crime against civilians under Article 120, paragraph 1 of the OKZRH.
Crime in Petrinja (defendant Borislav Mikelić) Trials in Croatia :: Verdict after appeal Reopened trial against Borislav Mikelić, previously sentenced in his absence to 20 years in prison.
Crime in Ovčara (Saša Radak) Trials in Serbia :: Verdict after appeal The trial against the defendant Saša Radak, accused of the commission of a war crime against war prisoners in 1991 at the Ovčara farm, was held before the War Crimes Chamber of the Special Department of the District Court in Belgrade from 7 July 2005 to 7 September 2006. The verdict before appeal (first instance) was reached sentencing the defendant to 20 years in prison.
Crime near Mrkonjić Grad II, BiH Trials in Croatia :: Verdict before appeal Trial against Ivica Pintarić for the war crime against civilians under Article 120, paragraph 1 of the OKZRH.
Crime in Marino Selo Trials in Croatia :: Verdict after appeal The Požega County Court pronounced a (non-final) first instance court verdict on 13 March 2009 which found the defendants Damir Kufner, Davor Šimić, Pavao Vancaš, Tomica Poletto, Željko Tutić and Antun Ivezić guilty of war crime against civilians pursuant to Article 120, paragraph 1 of the Basic Criminal Law of the Republic of Croatia (hereinafter: OKZRH). On 23 March 2010, the Supreme Court quashed the verdict of the Požega County Court War Crimes Council because of procedural omissions. The case was transferred to the Osijek County Court. The main hearing before the Osijek County Court began on 30 September 2010. The verdict was pronounced on 13 June 2011. The VSRH upheld the first instance verdict.
Crime in Lora Trials in Croatia :: Verdict after appeal The renewed first-instance proceedings against eight defendants, members of the Military Police of the Croatian Army, tried for the criminal act of war crime against civilians in the \\\"Lora\\\" Military Investigative Centre, was completed before the County Court in Split. The first-instance convicting verdict containing prison sentences in the range between 6 and 8 years was reached on 2 March 2006. The Supreme Court of the Republic of Croatia upheld the verdict which became final on 6 February 2007. The repeated trial was conducted in absence of the defendants Tomislav Duić, Miljenko Bajić, Josip Bikić and Emilio Bungur who were fugitives from justice. On 29 December 2009, the trial against Josip Bikić was reopened. Previously, he had been sentenced with a legally binding verdict to 6 years in prison. In the reopened trial, he was sentenced to four years of imprisonment. On 14 May 2012, the trial against Miljenko Bajić has been reopened. Previously, he had been sentenced in his absence to 6 years in prison. In the reopened trial, he was sentenced to 4 years and 6 months in prison.
Crime in Tovarnik Trials in Croatia :: Verdict before appeal The main hearing began on 13 April 2010 at the Vukovar County Court in the trial against Miloš Stanimirović and another fourteen persons. The defendants were charged that following 20 September 1991 in Tovarnik they were displacing, killing, mentally torturing Croat and non-Serb civilian population and were seizing or destroying their property. Thus, they committed criminal offences against humanity and international law - a genocide as described and punishable according to Article 119 of the OKZRH and a war crime against civilians as described and punishable according to Article 120, paragraph 1 of the OKZRH by applying Article 43 of the OKZRH. The indictment was amended on 10 April 2012. According to the amended indictment, eleven defendants are charged with a war crime against civilians, and three defendants are charged with armed rebellion. Criminal proceedings were discontinued in respect of one female defendant who died. The first-instance judgement of the Vukovar County Court\'s War Crimes Council was pronounced on 23 April 2012.
Crime in Grubišno Polje Trials in Serbia :: Verdict after appeal Trial against Veljko Marić, indicted for a war crime against civilians under Article 142, paragraph 1 of the KZ SRJ. In the first instance verdict pronounced on 23 September 2011, defendant Marić was found guilty and sentenced to 12 years in prison. The Appellate Court confirmed the first-instance verdict.
Crime in Borovo Selo (defendant Milan Marinković) Trials in Croatia :: Verdict before appeal Trial against Milan Marinković for a war crime against wounded and sick under Article 121 and for a war crime against war prisoners under Article 122 of the OKZRH.
Crime in Baranja Trials in Croatia :: Verdict before appeal A third trial (second repeated) against Petar Mamula accused for committing a war crime against civilians pursuant to Article 120, paragraph 1 of the OKZRH began on 18 March 2009 before the War Crimes Council of the Osijek County Court. This Court announced the verdict on 7 April 2009 which found the defendant guilty and sentenced him to a prison term in duration of 4 years and 10 months. The public session of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Croatia (VSRH) was held on 3 August 2010. Supreme Court of the Republic of Croatia quashed the verdict of Osijek County Court and reversed the case for re-trial. The main hearing in the fourth (third repeated) trial began on 22 February 2011. On 23 March 2011, the War Crimes Council of the Osijek County Court found defendant Petar Mamula guilty and sentenced him to 3 years and 6 months in prison. The VSRH held its session on 12 October 2011. We are not yet familiar with its decision. After the fifth (fourth repeated) main hearing held on 10 February 2012, the defendant was found guilty and sentenced to 3 years and 6 months in prison.
Crime in Bjelovar Trials in Croatia :: Verdict after appeal Trial against Luka Markešić, Zdenko Radić, Zoran Maras and Ivan Orlović, charged with a crime against humanity and international law by aiding and abetting the criminal in the perpetration of war crime against war prisoners (Article 122 of the OKZ RH in conjunction with Article 22 of the OKZ RH) and a criminal offence against humanity and international law by aiding and abetting the criminal in the perpetration of war crime against civilians (Article 120, paragraph 1 of the OKZRH in conjunction with Article 22 of the OKZRH).
Crime in Dalj Trials in Croatia :: Verdict before appeal Trial against Željko Čizmić for war crime against civilians stated in Article 120, paragraph 1 of the OKZRH.
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.
Crime in Kruševo Trials in Croatia :: Verdict after appeal The third (second repeated) trial against Milan Jurjević and Davor Tošić. The defendants are indicted for committing a war crime against civilians. On 8 June 2011, the War Crimes Council of the Zadar County Court pronounced the verdict in which the defendants were acquitted. On 16 November 2011, the VSRH\'s Appeals Chamber rejected the State Attorney\'s appeal and upheld the first instance verdict.
Crime at Velepromet (defendant Savan Dakić) Trials in Croatia :: Trial against Savan Dakić for war crime against civilians under Article 120, paragraph 1 of the Basic Criminal Law Act of the Republic of Croatia (hereinafter: OKZRH).
Crime at Velepromet (defendant Jovan Radan) Trials in Croatia :: Trial against Jovan Radan for war crime against civilians under Article 120, paragraph 1 of the Basic Criminal Law Act of the Republic of Croatia (hereinafter: OKZRH).
The defendant Antun Gudelj Other trials :: Verdict after appeal The Osijek County Court issued a verdict in the proceedings conducted against Antun Gudelj who was charged with the commission of criminal acts against life and physical integrity - killing referred to in Article 35, paragraph 2, items 1, 4 and 5 of the Basic Criminal Law of the RoC (hereinafter: the OKZ RH) and the criminal act against life and physical integrity - attempted killing referred to in Article 34, paragraph 2, items 1 and 4 of the OKZ RH in relation to Article 17 (Article 19) of the OKZ RH. He was found guilty and sentenced to a joint prison sentence in the duration of 20 years. The Supreme Court of the RoC, at the public session held on 9 April 2009, upheld the first instance verdict. The third-instance court session was held at the Supreme Court of the Republic of Croatia on 09 December 2009 subsequent to the appeals filed against the second-instance court verdict previously reached by the Supreme Court of the Republic of Croatia. The Supreme Court upheld the second instannce verdict.
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).
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).
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).
Crime in Lovinac Trials in Croatia :: Verdict before appeal In the case number K-49/06, the second repeated trial has begun against the defendants Radoslav Čubrilo, Milorad Čubrilo, Milorad Žegarac, Petar Ajduković and Gojko Mrkajlo before the Rijeka County Court. The defendants are prosecuted for a war crime against civilians pursuant to Article 120, Paragraph 1 of the Penal Law of the Republic of Croatia. Following the recess exceeding three years and the prosecution\'s dropping the charges against all defendants except the 1st defendant Radoslav Čubrilo,the main hearing has had to start anew in 2011. The Rijeka County Court rendered the first-instance verdict in the case of Radoslav Čubrilo and sentenced him to 15 years in prison for war crime against civilians committed in Lovinac in May 1991.
Arson in Pušina and Slatinski Drenovac Trials in Croatia :: Verdict before appeal On 22 March 2010 before the Bjelovar County Court\'s War Crimes Council, the main hearing began in the trial against Ivan Husnjak and Goran Sokol indicted for a war crime against civilians under Article 120, paragraph 1 of the OKZRH in conjunction with Article 28, paragraph 2 of the OKZRH. On 24 May 2011, the War Crimes Council of the Bjelovar County Court pronounced the first instance verdict acquitting the defendants of the charges.
Crime in Tenja Trials in Croatia :: Verdict after appeal On 4 July 2008, the War Crime Council of the Osijek County Court published the verdict No. Krz - 4/08 in which the defendant Boško Surla was acquitted of charges that, in Tenja, he had committed a war crime against civilians referred to in Article 120, paragraph 1 of the Basic Criminal Law of the Republic of Croatia (hereinafter: the OKZ RH) and a war crime against war prisoners referred to in Article 122 of the OKZ RH. The VSRH\'s Appeals Chamber held its session on 25 January 2011. At the session, the County State Attorney\'s appeal was rejected and the first-instance court\'s verdict was upheld.
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.
Crima in Stara Gradiška Trials in Serbia :: Verdict after appeal The trial against Milan Španović for a war crime against civilians (Croatian civilians in a prison in Stara Gradiška) began on 17 September 2009 before the Higher Court in Belgrade in the Republic of Serbia. The first instance verdict was pronounced on 25 June 2010. In the verdict, the defendant was found guilty and sentenced to 5 years in prison. The second-instance verdict rendered on 24 January 2011 upheld the first- instance verdict.
Crime in Banski Kovačevac Trials in Serbia :: Verdict after appeal On 15 March 2010, a verdict (first-instance) was pronounced by the District Court in Belgrade in the Pane Bulat and Rade Vranešević case. They were charged that they committed a war crime against civilians by killing 6 Croats in Banski Kovačevac near Karlovac in March 1992. The Court found them guilty. Bulat was sentenced to 15- and Vranešević to 12 years in prison. In the second-instance verdict rendered on 14 February 2011, Pane Bulat was sentenced to 20 years and Rade Vranešević to 13 years in prison.
Crime committed in the home of the Sever family in Vukovar Trials in Serbia :: Verdict after appeal On 1 November 2010, the Higher Court in Belgrade found the defendant Stanko Vujanović guilty of war crime against civilians under Article 142, paragraph 1 of the KZSRJ and sentenced him to 9 years in prison. The previous 20-year prison sentence for the crime at Ovčara was taken into consideration in respect of the defendant. Therefore, he received an aggregated sentence of 20 years. In March 2011, the Appellate Court confirmed the first-instance verdict.
Crime in Dragišići Trials in Croatia :: Verdict after appeal On 20 September 2010, a trial against Božidar Vukušić commenced at the Šibenik County Court. Vukušić was charged that he, in his capacity as member of the Croatian Army, killed the civilian Jovan Ergić on 29 December 1991, thus committing a criminal offence of war crime against civilians. On 22 September 2010, the verdict was announced which found the accused guilty. Vukušić was sentenced to 9 years of imprisonment. The VSRH, at its session held on 19 January 2011, accepted partially the defendant\'s appeal, altered the verdict in the sentencing section and sentenced defendant Vukušić to 8 years in prison.
Crime in the military barracks in Slavonski Brod Trials in Croatia :: Verdict before appeal Reopened trial against Janko Radmanović and Radisav Stojanović, previously tried in absentia and sentenced for the commission of a war crime against civilians.
Crime in Gospić Trials in Croatia :: Verdict after appeal Trial against Tihomir Orešković, Ivica Rožić, Stjepan Grandić, Mirko Norac Kevo and Milan Čanić for a war crime against civilians under Article 120, paragraph 1 of the OKZRH.
Crime in Borovo naselje Trials in Croatia :: Verdict after appeal On 21 January 2009, the main hearing commenced before the Vukovar County Court in the trial against the defendant Dušan Zinajić, 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). The verdict, in which he was found guilty and sentenced to 4 years in prison, was pronounced on 12 June 2009. The session of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Croatia was held on 24 March 2011. The VSRH upheld the first instance verdict.
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.
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.
The war crime at Velepromet 2 Trials in Croatia :: Verdict after appeal On 26 November 2008, the Vukovar County Court announced a non-valid verdict in which the defendant Žarko Leskovac was acquitted of charges that he had committed a war crime against civilians referred to in Article 120, paragraph 1 of the Basic Criminal Law of the RoC (hereinafter: the OKZ RH) in the detention facility at the Velepromet company in Vukovar, to the detriment of Slađana Curnić and Ljubica Tepavac. The VSRH upheld the first instance verdict.
Crime in Bijela Trials in Croatia :: Verdict before appeal On 11 October 2010, War Crimes Council of the Bjelovar County Court reached a verdict in the trial against Dragomir Ćasić: The Court acquitted the defendant of the charge because it was not proven in his case that he committed a war crime against civilians under Article 120, paragraph 1 of the OKZRH.
Crime in Ravni Kotari Trials in Croatia :: Verdict after appeal On 11 February 2010 the main hearing commenced in the Zadar County Court in the trial against Nedjeljko Janković, indicted for committing a war crime during October and November 1991 against civilians under Article 120, paragraph 1 of the OKZRH. On 15 March 2010, he was found guilty and sentenced to 6 years in prison. Appellate session of the Council of the VSRH was held on 20 October 2010. The VSRH upheld the first instance verdict.
Crime in Letovanić Trials in Croatia :: Verdict after appeal On 22 February 2010, the main hearing commenced before the Sisak County Court in the trial against Ivica Kosturin and Damir Vrban, indicted for committing a war crime against civilians under Article 120, paragraph 1 of the OKZRH. On 12 May 2010, the defendants were found guilty. They received a prison sentence in the duration of 7 years each. The VSRH upheld the first instance verdict.
Crime in Brezovica Forest Trials in Croatia :: Verdict after appeal On 26 August 2009, the War Crimes Council of the Sisak County Court pronounced a verdict which found Ivica Mirić guilty that, in October 1991, as a member of the Sisak Police Administration Reserve Forces, he committed a war crime against civilians referred to in Article 120, paragraph 1 of the Basic Criminal Law of the RoC (hereinafter: the OKZ RH). He was sentenced to nine years in prison. The Supreme Court of the Republic of Croatia quashed the 26 August 2009 Verdict of the Sisak County Court and reversed the case to the first instance court for a retrial. The public session of the Supreme Court was held on 13 April 2010. After the repeated trial was completed, on 10 June 2010 the defendant was found guilty and sentenced to 9 years of imprisonment. The session of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Croatia was held on 07 December 2010. The VSRH upheld the first instance verdict.
Crime in Novska Trials in Croatia :: Verdict before appeal A trial was conducted before the War Crime Council of the Sisak County Court against Branislav Mišćević and Željko Vrljanović, charged with a war crime against civilians, described and punishable pursuant to Article 120, paragraph 1 of the Basic Criminal Law of the Republic of Croatia (hereinafter: the OKZ RH). The public session of the Supreme Court of the RoC was held on 13 October 2009. The Supreme Court of the Republic of Croatia fully upheld the first instance verdict. On 22 December 2010, the Appellate Panel of the Supreme Court held its session (in the third instance in respect of the defendant Mišćević). We are still not familiar with the decision.
Crime in the villages of Municipality Promina Trials in Croatia :: Verdict before appeal The trial against Rajko Janković was repeated. Following to that, on 24 September 2010 the War Crimes Council of the Šibenik County Court found him guilty of a war crime against civilians during war conflicts in the Promina region. The defendant received a prison sentence in the duration of 3 years and 6 months.
Crime in Osijek Trials in Croatia :: Verdict after appeal On 8 May 2009, the War Crimes Council of the Zagreb County Court pronounced the verdict whereby the defendants Branimir Glavaš, Ivica Krnjak, Gordana Getoš Magdić, Dino Kontić, Tihomir Valentić and Zdravko Dragić were found guilty of committing the war crime against civilians in Osijek in 1991. On 2 June 2010, the Supreme Court of the Republic of Croatia (VSRH) reduced the prison sentences that had been pronounced to the defendants by the first instance verdict. Thus, the VSRH sentenced Branimir Glavaš to 8 years in prison, Ivica Krnjak to 7 years, Gordana Getoš Magdić to 5 years, Dino Kontić to 3 years and 6 months, Tihomir Valentić to 4 years and 6 months and Zdravko Dragić to 3 years and 6 months in prison.
Crime in Ćelije Trials in Serbia :: Verdict before appeal The trial in the Darko Radivoj case began at the Higher Court in Belgrade on 6 May 2010. The defendant was charged that he killed in November 1991 a detained member of the Croatian Army (HV), and thereby committed a war crime against war prisoners under Article 144 of Yugoslav Criminal Code (KZJ). War Crimes Department of the Higher Court in Belgrade pronounced a verdict on 17 November 2010 finding the defendant guilty and sentencing him to 10 years in prison.
Crime in Velika Peratovica near Grubišno Polje Trials in Serbia :: Verdict after appeal On 27 May 2009, the War Crimes Chamber of the District Court in Belgrade pronounced a 10-year prison sentence to Boro Trbojević for a war crime against civilians committed in the Grubišno Polje municipality area in 1991. In December 2009, the verdict was upheld.
Crime in Velika Kladuša Trials in Croatia :: Verdict after appeal On 25 March 2009, the Rijeka County court pronounced the verdict in which the defendant Zlatko Jušić was acquitted of charges, and the defendant Ibrahim Jušić was found guilty and sentenced to 7 years in prison. The accused persons are charged that during armed conflicts in the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1993 and 1994 they committed in Velika Kladuša a war crime against civilians under Article 120, paragraph 1 of the OKZRH. Appellate session of the Council of the VSRH was held on 16 September 2010. The VSRH upheld the first instance verdict.
Crime in Dubrovnik Trials in Serbia :: In December 2007, the District Court in Belgrade dismissed the Indictment of the Office of the War Crimes Prosecutor of the Republic of Serbia that had been laid against Vladimir Kovačević "Rambo" accused of the commission of a war crime against civilians during the shelling on Dubrovnik in 1991. The court dismissed it because of the mental illness of the defendant.
Crima in Slunj (trial in Serbia) Trials in Serbia :: Verdict after appeal On 11 February 2009, the Supreme Court of Serbia in its final verdict accepted the appeal by the Prosecution. Following to that, the verdict of the War Crimes Chamber of the District Court in Belgrade of 8 July 2008 was modified in respect of the sentence pronounced to Zdravko Pašić. Pašić received a final sentence (legally binding) of 10 years imprisonment because he committed a war crime against civilians by killing one doctor of Croatian ethnicity Dragutin Krušić in Slunj in 1991.
Crime in Mali Lošinj Other trials :: Ongoing trials The JNA officers and conscripts Vlado Grbin, Petar Petrović and Radovan Anđić are currently on trial before the Rijeka County Court. They were indicted for killing two- and for attempting the murder of three members of the Territorial Defence (TO) at Mali Lošinj in October 1991.
Crime in Ovčara (Damir Sireta) Trials in Serbia :: Verdict after appeal On 23 June 2009, the War Crimes Chamber of the District Court in Belgrade sentenced Damir Sireta to a maximum term of imprisonment of 20 years for the commission of a war crime in 1991 at the Ovčara farm near Vukovar against 200 (identified 193) Croatian prisoners of war. On 20 September 2010, it was publicly announced that the War Crimes Department of the Appellate Court in Belgrade reduced from 20 to 15 years the prison term to Sireta.
Crime in Pakrac Trials in Croatia :: Verdict after appeal On 13 November 2007, the main hearing was held before the Požega County Court in the trial case No. K-22/00 against the defendant Predrag Gužvić. The defendant was indicted for committing in Pakrac in 1993 a war crime against civilians under Article 120, paragraph 1 of the OKZRH. His case was separated from the case conducted against Petar Baždar and Branko Bjelan. Petar Baždar was sentenced to 7 years in prison and he died in prison while serving the sentence. Criminal proceedings against Branko Bjelan were dismissed since the Požega County State Attorney's Office dropped charges against him.
Crime in Dalj 2 Trials in Croatia :: Verdict after appeal The Supreme Court of the RC, at the session of the Panel held on 4 February 2009, rejected the appeals and upheld the verdict of the War Crime Council of the Osijek County Court dated 29 November 2007 which found the defendant Vlastimir Denčić guilty of a war crime against civilians and sentenced him to four years and six months in prison, while the defendant Zoran Kecman was acquitted of charges for the same criminal act.
Defendant Milenko Drača et al. Trials in Croatia :: Verdict after appeal Following the permission to re-open criminal proceeding in which the defendants Milenko Drača, Stevan Drača, Stevan Milanko, Milan Milanko, Branko Lakić, Dragan Končarević, Živko Milanko, Branislav Milanko, Željko Sanković, Davor Sanković and Dragan Drača were sentenced for a war crime against civilians, and after amendment of the indictment, the investigative judge of the Zadar County Court discontinued the trial against the mentioned defendants by way of applying the provisions of General Amnesty Act.
Defendant Zoran Lakić et al. Trials in Croatia :: Verdict after appeal Following the permission to re-open criminal proceeding in which the defendants Zoran Lakić, Marko Lacmanović, Rajko Radmanović, Zoran Radmanović, Bogdan Repaja and Drago Repaja were sentenced for a war crime against civilians, and after amendment of the indictment, the trial against the mentioned defendants was discontinued by way of applying the provisions of General Amnesty Act.
Defendant Maks Podgornik et al. Trials in Croatia :: Verdict after appeal Following the permission to re-open criminal proceeding in which the defendants Maks Podgornik and Zdravko Ranđelović were sentenced for a war crime against civilians, and amendment of the indictment, the trial against the mentioned defendants was discontinued by way of applying the provisions of General Amnesty Act.
Crime in Zvornik Trials in Serbia :: Verdict before appeal The trial for a war crime against civilians, committed in Zvornik in 1992, is conducted before the War Crimes Chamber of the Special War Crimes Department of the District Court in Belgrade.
Crime in Rogatica Trials in Bosnia and Herzegovina :: Verdict after appeal Trial was conducted before the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina against the defendant Dragoje Paunović for the war crime against humanity that was committed in Rogatica in 1992 whereat 24 persons were killed. On 26 May 2006, following the conclusion of presentation of evidence, the Trial Panel pronounced its verdict. It found the defendant Paunović guilty for the criminal offence referred to in Article 172 (1) (a), (h) and (k) of the Criminal Code of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH CC) and sentenced him to 20 years in prison. On 27 October 2006, the Appellate Panel upheld the first instance verdict.
Crime in Srebrenica - Kravice Trials in Bosnia and Herzegovina :: Verdict after appeal Trial against the accused Miloš Stupar et al. for committing genocide in the Kravica Agricultural Cooperative warehouse in Srebrenica in July 1995, punishable according to Article 171 of the Criminal Code of Bosnia and Herzegovina (hereinafter: BiH CC), held before the Trial Penal - War Crimes Department I of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina in Sarajevo.
Crime in Donja Drežnica Trials in Bosnia and Herzegovina :: Verdict after appeal On 27 August 2007, the main hearing in the case against Zijad Kurtović began at the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Zijad Kurtović was charged for war crimes against civilians and war prisoners, committed in the village of Donja Drežnica in the Mostar district. On 30 April 2008, the defendant was found guilty and sentenced to an aggregate prison sentence of 11 years. On 25 March 2009, the Appellate Panel modified the first instance verdict in respect of the legal qualification. Nevertheless, the defendant received again an aggregate prison sentence of 11 years.
Crime in the KPD Foča (penal correction institution) Trials in Bosnia and Herzegovina :: Verdict after appeal On 28 February 2008, the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina (hereinafter: BiH) announced the first-instance verdict in the case No. X-KRO-06/275 against the defendants Mitar Rašević and Savo Todović, charged with a crime against humanity pursuant to Article 172 (1) (h) of the Criminal Code of the Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH CC) in conjunction with Article 180 (1) and (2) (individual and command responsibility), and Article 29 (complicity) of the same law. The crime was committed in the Foča penal correctional institution (hereinafter: KPD Foča) in the period between April 1992 and October 1994. The Court sentenced the 1^st defendant Rašević to twelve and a half years' and the 2^nd defendant Todović to eight and a half years' imprisonment. On 6 November 2008, the Appellate Panel held its session. It modified the first-instance verdict. In the final and binding verdict, Rašević was sentenced to 7 years in prison and Todović to 12 years and 6 months in prison. The case was transferred from the ICTY to the Court of BiH.
Crime in Taborište Trials in Croatia :: Although the main hearing before the Sisak County Court in the Milan Velebit case was scheduled for 7 June 2010, it did not begin. The defendant resides in the Republic of Serbia and is its citizen. He was summoned to attend the hearing but did not come. The case file was forwarded to the extra-trial chamber to decide whether the defendant would be tried in his absence or not.
War crime in Ahmići Trials in Bosnia and Herzegovina :: Verdict after appeal On 29 April 2008, the Bosnia and Herzegovina Court Council announced the first-instance conviction against the defendant Paško Ljubičić for a war crime against humanity and civilians, committed in the region of Central Bosnia in the period between January and July 1993. He was sentenced to 10 years in prison. Appel against the conviction was not filed.
Crime at the vukovar hospital Trials in Croatia :: Verdict before appeal The main hearing of the trial against the accused Bogdan Kuzmić commenced before the War Crime Council of the Vukovar County Court on 07 April 2008. Bogdan Kuzmić was accused of criminal act of war crime against civilians, stated in Article 120, Paragraph 1 of the Basic Penal Law of the Republic of Croatia, which had been committed in the Vukovar Hospital on 19 November 1991. On 15 July 2010, Bogdan Kuzmić was pronounced guilty. The verdict is not legally valid yet. Bogdan Kuzmić was sentenced to 7 years of imprisonment.
Crime in Ovčara (Miroljub Vujović et al. case) Trials in Serbia :: Verdict before appeal On 12 March 2009, following the retrial in the case against defendant Miroljub Vujović at al. for war crimes against war prisoners committed in 1991 at the Ovčara farm, the verdict was pronounced before the non-altered War Crimes Chamber of the Special Department of the District Court in Belgrade.
Crime in Ovčara (Milan Bulić) Trials in Serbia :: Verdict after appeal Supreme Court of Serbia altered the verdict of the War Crimes Chamber of the District Court in Belgrade and sentenced Milan Bulić to 2 years in prison for the commission of war crimes against war prisoners by torturing prisoners of war on 20 and 21 November 1991 in Ovčara.
Crime on Drvena pijaca in Vukovar Trials in Croatia :: Verdict after appeal The Supreme Court, at its session held on 12 November 2009, upheld the verdict wherein the defendant was found guilty in the repeated trial (22 January 2009) and sentenced 2 years and 6 months in prison.
Crime in Vrhovine Trials in Croatia :: Verdict after appeal The main hearing in the criminal proceedings against the defendant Nenad Pejnović for a war crime against civilians, described and punishable pursuant to Article 120 paragraph 1 of the Basic Criminal Law of the Republic of Croatia (hereinafter: the OKZ RH) commenced on 24 February 2009 before the Karlovac County Court. The first instance verdict was pronounced on 3 April 2009. The defendant received a prison sentence in the duration of 6 years. The Supreme Court upheld entirely the verdict of the Karlovac County Court War Crimes Council.
Crime in the Corridor, in Potkonje, Vrpolje and Knin Trials in Croatia :: Verdict after appeal On 7 May 2009, following the repeated proceedings, the verdict of the War Crime Council of the Šibenik County Court was published, which found the defendants Milan Atlija and Đorđe Jaramaz guilty. The defendant Atlija received a joint prison sentence in the duration of 14 years, while the defendant Jaramaz was sentenced to 10 years in prison. The Supreme Court at the session of the Council held on 25 November 2009 altered the verdict of the War Crimes Council of the Šibenik County Court. It determined prison sentences in the duration of 8 years to each of the defendant for the criminal act under Article 120, paragraph 1 of the OKZRH (whereas the first instance court determined 10 years). Considering the fact that the defendant Milan Atlija had already been previously sentenced to five years in prison, he received a joint prison sentence in the duration of 12 years.
Crime in Popovac Trials in Croatia :: Verdict after appeal The repeated procedure against Stojan Pavlović, Đuro Urukalo and Branko Berberović was concluded at the Osijek County Court. On 7 July 2009, the first instance verdict was pronounced in which the defendant Stojan Pavlović was sentenced to 3 years in prison, the defendant Đuro Urukalo to 2 years in prison and the defendant Branko Berberović to 1 year and 6 months in prison for the commission of a war crime against civilians referred to in Article 120, paragraph 1 of the Basic Criminal Law of the RoC (hereinafter: the OKZ RH) in the village of Popovac in Baranja area in the period between August 1991 and the end of 1996. The Supreme Court at its session held on 9 February 2010 upheld the verdict of the first-instance court.
Crime in Medak pocket Trials in Croatia :: Verdict after appeal Trial against Rahim Ademi and Mirko Norac accused for the criminal offence of a war crime against civilian population and a war crime against war prisoners committed in the Medak Pocket in 1993. This trial was conducted before the War Crimes Council of the Zagreb County Court. It started on 18 June 2007. A verdict before appeal (the non-final conviction) was announced on 30 May 2008. The Supreme Court's public session was held on 16, 17 and 18 November 2009.
Crime in Glina Prison II Trials in Croatia :: Verdict after appeal The proceedings against Ranko Pralica and Stanko Palančan, who were validly sentenced in 1993 in absentia to 20 years in prison for a war crime against civilians and a war crime against war prisoners, was re-opened at the Sisak County Court. Following the re-opening of the proceedings, the prosecution attorney abandoned criminal prosecution.
Crime in Bučje Trials in Croatia :: Verdict after appeal In the re-opened procedure against the absent defendants Luka Ponorac, Luka Nikodinović, Miodrag Simeunović and Rajko Dreković, a ruling was passed on 13 July 2009 which, pursuant to the General Amnesty Act, terminated the criminal procedure against the aforementioned persons.
Crime in the village of Pecki - Bjelovac hamlet Trials in Croatia :: Verdict after appeal The Supreme Court of the RoC established that the request for protection of legality filed by the State Attorney's Office was well-founded and that the legally valid verdict of the Sisak District Court No. K-24/92 of 25 May 1993 and the verdict of the Supreme Court of the RoC No. I Kž 833/93 of 30 November 1993 violated the law to the detriment of the convicts Nikola Radišević, Jovo Zubanović, Simo Plavljenić and Dušan Paunović, thus it quashed the abovementioned verdicts and reversed the case to the first instance court for a re-trial. After the State Attorney's Office dropped charges, on 7 January 2010 the Court suspended criminal proceedings against Radišević, Zubanović, Plavljenić and Paunović.
Crime in Petrinja Trials in Croatia :: Verdict after appeal Repeated trial against the defendant Jovo Begović for a war crime against civilians - described and punishable pursuant to Article 120, paragraph 1 of the Basic Criminal Law of the Republic of Croatia (hereinafter: the OKZ RH), was conducted before the War Crimes Council of the Sisak County Court.
Crime in Mikluševci Trials in Croatia :: Verdict after appeal On 5 February 2009, the War Crimes Council of the Vukovar County Court announced the verdict wherein 12 defendants were found guilty of committing war crime against civilian population referred to in Article 120, paragraph 1 of the OKZ RH and sentenced them to prison terms, and two defendants were acquitted of charges that they had committed genocide referred to in Article 119 of the OKZRH. Three defendants were present at the court when the verdict was announced. Other defendants are at large and they were tried in absentia. The Supreme Court of the Republic of Croatia entirely upheld the first-instance court verdict.
Crime in Glina Trials in Croatia :: Verdict after appeal On 20 May 2009, the War Crimes Council of the Sisak County Court, in the re-opened procedure against the absent defendants Dragan Roksandić and Milan Korač, after the Sisak County State's Attorney's Office (hereinafter: the ŽDO) modified the indictment no longer charging the defendants with committing a war crime against civilians but with the criminal act of armed rebellion, passed the verdict which annulled the legally valid verdict of the Sisak District Court No. K-21/93 of 26 May 1993 in which both defendants were found guilty and sentenced to 20 years in prison and, pursuant to the General Amnesty Act, it rejected the indictment.
Crime in Cerna Trials in Croatia :: Verdict after appeal On 14 February 2008, the Vukovar County Court announced a verdict of guilty in the trial against the defendants Tomislav Madi, Mario Jurić, Zoran Poštić, Davor Lazić and Mijo Starčević for committing a war crime against civilians pursuant to Article 120, paragraph 1 of the OKZRH. This criminal offence was committed on 17 February 1992 in Cerna by killing the Olujić family. The following prison sentences were pronounced to the defendants: 20 years to Madi; 12 years to Jurić, 8 years to Poštić, 7 years to Lazić and 10 years to Starčević. The public session of the Croatian Supreme Court was held on 25 March 2009. The sentence in respect of Jurić and Lazić was upheld but it was reduced in respect of the other defendants so that Madi was sentenced to 15, Poštić to 7 and Starčević to 8 years of imprisonment.
Crime in Glina prison Trials in Croatia :: Verdict after appeal The Sisak County Court, in the re-opened proceedings against Petar Baltić and ten other persons validly sentenced in 1993 in absentia to 20 years in prison each for a war crime against civilians and a war crime against war prisoners, after the prosecution dropped charges, annulled the previous (convicting) verdict and passed the verdict in which the indictment was suspended.
Crime in Branjin Vrh Trials in Croatia :: The trial against the defendant Vaso Petrović et al. for the criminal act of genocide is held before the War Crime Council of the Osijek County Court pursuant to the indictment No. KT-123/96 dated 7 May 1996. The trial against the defendants Goran Čuljak, Slavko Kecman and Branko Tomić was separated. In the modified indictment dated 30 December 1996, the factual description of the criminal act, legal aspects and legal qualification of the act were changed. After that, the procedure against Goran Čuljak, Slavko Kecman and Branko Tomić was quashed. The procedure against other defendants is on hold until they become available to the judiciary of the Republic of Croatia. The Supreme Court of the Republic of Croatia has made a recommendation not to conduct trials of the defendants in absentia.
Crime in Borovo Commerce Trials in Croatia :: Verdict after appeal In the ruling No. K-58/05 of 4 December 2008, the criminal procedure No. K-58/05 conducted before the Vukovar County Court against the defendant Vlado Tepavac for a war crime against civilians referred to in Article 120, paragraph 1 of the Basic Criminal Law of the RoC (hereinafter: the OKZ RH) was suspended. Previously, the Vukovar County State's Attorney's Office (hereinafter: the ŽDO) filed a submission on 21 November 2008 in which it changed the factual description, legal description and legal qualification of the criminal act (into the criminal act of armed rebellion). By applying the provision of Article 2, paragraph 2 of the General Amnesty Act, the procedure against the defendant was suspended.
Crimes in Trnovo and Bobota Trials in Croatia :: Verdict after appeal Criminal procedure was conducted before the War Crimes Council of the Zagreb County Court against the defendant Slobodan Davidović, member of the paramilitary unit "Scorpions", charged with a war crime against civilians in 1995 in Trnovo (execution of six civilians) and a war crime against war prisoners in 1991 in Bobota. The defendant was validly sentenced and is currently serving a prison sentence in the duration of 15 years.
Crime in Ravno Rašće Trials in Croatia :: Verdict after appeal In the repeated procedure before the Sisak County Court, the War Crimes Council on 26 September 2007 sentenced the defendant Dragan Đokić to 12 (twelve) years in prison due to a war crime against civilians referred to in Article 120, paragraph 1 of the Basic Criminal Law of the RoC (hereinafter: the OKZ RH).
Crime in Korlat Trials in Croatia :: Verdict before appeal The second repeated trial against the defendants Stevo Macakanja et al. for a war crime against civilians was concluded before the changed composition of the War Crimes Council of the Zadar County Court.
Crime in Smoljanac Trials in Croatia :: Verdict after appeal The War Crimes Council of the Gospić County Court repeated the trial (namely the Croatian Supreme Court, by way of decision No. I Kž 423/05 of 21 December 2006 accepted the appeal by the State Attorney and quashed the first-instance not-guilty verdict returning the case to the first-instance court for a new trial) against Nikola Cvjetićanin, accused for committing a criminal act - a war crime against civilians in the village of Smoljanac, the Plitvička jezera municipality, on 8 October 1991. On 23 January 2008, the verdict was announced by which the defendant was acquitted of charges.
Crime in the villages Selkovac and Šatornja Trials in Croatia :: Verdict before appeal On 14 November 2008, the War Crimes Council of the Sisak County Court reached and announced a verdict wherein the charges of committing a war crime against civilians under Article 120, paragraph 1 of the OKZ RH were dropped against the defendant Mile Letica.
Cime in Dalj 3 Trials in Croatia :: Verdict after appeal On 21 April 2008, the Osijek County Court found the defendants Novak Simić, Miodrag Kikanović and Radovan Krstinić guilty for committing a war crime against civilians. The defendant Simić was sentenced to nine years in prison, the defendant Kikanović to five years and six months in prison and the defendant Krstinić to four years in prison.
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).
Crime in Berak Trials in Croatia :: Verdict after appeal The Panel of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Croatia partially upheld the appeal lodged by the defendant Stevan Perić and reversed the verdict of the first instance court in the decision on sentence (the War Crime Council of the Vukovar County Court sentenced him on 24 December 2007 to 4 years in prison), thus the defendant was sentenced to 3 years and 6 months in prison for a war crime against civilians referred to in Article 120, paragraph 1 of the Basic Criminal Law of the Republic of Croatia (hereinafter: the OKZ RH), committed in Berak.
Crime in Knin Trials in Croatia :: Verdict after appeal On 3 July 2008, the War Crimes Council of the Šibenik County Court found the defendant Saša Počuča guilty of a war crime against civilians referred to in Article 120, paragraph 1 of the Basic Criminal Law of the RoC (hereinafter: the OKZ RH) and a war crime against war prisoners referred to in Article 122 of the OKZ RH and sentenced him to 5 (five) years in prison.
Crime in Koprivna near Požega Trials in Croatia :: Verdict after appeal The Požega County Court conducted a re-opened procedure against the absent Bogdan Delić and Stevan Šteković who were sentenced in 1993 in absentia to 8 years in prison for a war crime against civilians. During the re-opened procedure, after the indictment was re-qualified to the criminal act of armed rebellion, the criminal procedure against the aforementioned defendants was terminated.
Crime in Borovo Selo Trials in Croatia :: Verdict after appeal Eight defendants: Jovan Ćurčić, Miloš Držajić, Mladen Maksimović, Dušan Mišić, Dragan (Čede) Savić, Jovica Vučenović, Dragan Savić, Željko Savić, members of Serbian paramilita groups, are prosecuted on indictment by the County Attorney′s Office from Vukovar, No. K-DO-17/03 as of 9th September 2003, for the criminal act of war crime against civilians, Article 120, Paragraph 1, of the Croatian Criminal Justice Act.
Crime in Zamlača, Struga and Kozibrod II Trials in Croatia :: Verdict after appeal On 8 June 2009, the main hearing was held at the Sisak County Court in the trial against the defendant Predrag Orlović et al., charged with committing the criminal act of war crime against civilians referred to in Article 120, paragraph 1 of the Basic Criminal Law of the RoC (hereinafter: the OKZ RH). Following the separation of the procedure in relation to the defendants Simo Gaić, Đorđe Borojević and Zoran Tadić and the modification of the indictment (re-qualification to armed rebellion) in relation to the three of them, a verdict was passed which rejected the indictment by way of applying the General Amnesty Act.
Crime in Ernestinovo Trials in Croatia :: Verdict after appeal Milan Stojisavljević, member of a Serbian paramilitary group, was prosecuted on indictment by the County Attorney′s Office in Osijek as of 19th November 2003, modified under the report as of 15th July 2004, for the criminal act of war crime against civilians, Article 120, Paragraph 1, of the Croatian Criminal Justice Act.
Crime in Sremska Mitrovica Trials in Croatia :: Verdict after appeal In January 2009, the Vukovar County State's Attorney's Office withdrew its charges against Milovan Ždrnja that he committed a war crime against civilians, pursuant to Article 120, paragraph 1 of the OKZRH.
Crime in Doljani near Daruvar Trials in Croatia :: Verdict after appeal A repeated trial was held before the War Crimes Council of the Bjelovar County Court from 5 to 7 November 2007 (namely, the decision of the Supreme Court No. I Kž 790/04-5 of 12 October 2006 upheld the appeal lodged by the State Attorney and quashed the acquitting first instance verdict and the case was reversed to the first instance court for retrial) against the defendants Stojan Vujić and Dobrivoje Pavković for criminal offence of war crime against war prisoners referred to in Article 122 of the Basic Criminal Law of the Republic of Croatia (hereinafter: the OKZRH), committed in the village of Doljani near Daruvar on 1 September 1991.
Crime in Zamlača, Struga and Kozibrod Trials in Croatia :: Verdict after appeal In February 2009, a main hearing was held at the Sisak County Court in the trial against Đuro Đurić charged for a war crime against civilians pursuant to Article 120, paragraph 1 of the Basic Criminal Law of the Republic of Croatia (OKZRH). After modification of the factual and legal description and the modification of legal qualification of the offence stated in the indictment (legal qualification - war crime- was modified into armed rebellion), on 11 February 2009, the Court Council issued the verdict on suspension of indictment.
Crime in the village of Poljanak Trials in Croatia :: Verdict after appeal Upon request by the Gospić County State's Attorney's Office (hereinafter: the ŽDO), criminal proceedings were re-opened against Boško Žujić, Boško Grbić, Vinko Grbić, Mićo Grbić, Vladimir Grbić, Slavko Grbić and Dane Rodić, who were in 1994 validly sentenced in absentia to 15 years in prison for a war crime against civilians.
Crime in Virovitica Trials in Croatia :: Verdict after appeal The Panel of the Supreme Court of the RoC, at its session held on 24 March 2009, rejected the appeal lodged by the State Attorney's Office as unfounded and upheld the verdict of the War Crime Council of the Bjelovar County Court which, in the repeated proceedings, acquitted Željko Iharoš and Luka Perak who were charged with committing a crime in Virovitica.
Crime in Velepromet Trials in Croatia :: Verdict after appeal After the Vukovar County State's Attorney's Office (hereinafter: the ŽDO) forwarded on 8 April 2009 a letter to the Vukovar County Court in which it dropped charges against the defendant Stanimir Avramović, the Vukovar County Court passed a ruling No. K-66/07, dated 30 April 2009, quashing the proceedings against him.
Crime in Sotin Trials in Croatia :: Verdict after appeal On 19 July 2007, at the Vukovar County Court, the defendants Živko Opačič and Milan Bjedov were non-validly acquitted of charges for a war crime against civilians referred to in Article 120, paragraph 1 of the Basic Criminal Law of the Republic of Croatia (hereinafter: the OKZ RH). The Supreme Court of the RoC, at the session of the Panel held on 10 December 2008, terminated the criminal proceedings against the defendant Opačić (deceased on 12 October 2007), and rejected the appeal lodged by the State's Attorney's Office against the defendant Bjedov and upheld the acquitting verdict of the Vukovar County Court.
Crime in Petrinja 2 Trials in Croatia :: Verdict after appeal The Supreme Court of the RoC, at the session of the Panel held on 28 January 2009, rejected the appeals and upheld the verdict of the War Crime Council of the Sisak County Court, passed in the repeated proceedings, which found the defendants Janko Banović and Zoran Obradović guilty of committing a war crime against civilians referred to in Article 120 paragraph 1 of the Basic Criminal Law of the Republic of Croatia (OKZ RH) and sentenced them to 5 years in prison each. The 1st defendant Janko Banović is at large and he was sentenced in absentia. The 2nd defendant Zoran Obradović is in detention.
Crime in Raštević Trials in Croatia :: Verdict after appeal The trial against the defendant Neven Pupovac, accused of a war crime against civilians perpetrated in the village of Raštević in the period between February and August 1992, was held before the War Crime Council of the Zadar County Court. On 15 May 2006, the defendant was found guilty and non-finally sentenced to 6 years in prison.
Crime in Ervenik Trials in Croatia :: Verdict after appeal In a re-opened trial against the defendant Sreten Peslać, who had been tried in absence in 1993 and sentenced to 10 years of imprisonment, the Šibenik County Court reached the verdict on suspension of the indictment on 9 February 2009 by applying the General Amnesty Act, after the County State's Attorney's Office had changed the factual and legal description as well as the legal qualification of the offence, changing it from a war crime against civilians into an armed rebellion.
Crime in Višegrad Trials in Bosnia and Herzegovina :: Verdict after appeal Repeated trial against the accused Boban Šimšić for criminal act of crime against humanity, committed in Višegrad municipality in 1992, commenced before the Council of Appellate Section of the War Crime Department I of the Bosnia and Herzegovina State Court in Sarajevo on 09 March 2007.
Matanović family :: Trial against defendants Ranka Jakovljevića and associates for the war crimes against civilians (family of Catholic priest Matanovića). War Crimes Chamber of the District Court in Banja Luka, Bosnia, 2004/5.
Crime in Foča camp Trials in Bosnia and Herzegovina :: Verdict before appeal Trial against defendant Veselina Čančara for the war crimes against civilians. War Crimes Chamber of the District Court in Sarajevo, Bosnia, 2004.
Crime in Čepin Trials in Croatia :: Verdict after appeal A criminal procedure against Fred Marguš and Tomislav Dilber, accused of criminal act of war crime against civilians (Article 120, Paragraph 1, of the Basic Criminal Law of the Republic of Croatia), is being held before the War Crime Council of the County Court in Osijek. The indictment, brought by the District Attorney′s Office in Osijek, charges the first accused Fred Marguš and the second accused Tomislav Dilber for a...

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