HLC - SERBIA

HUMANITARIAN LAW CENTER



THROUGH 2000



HLC Home Page






Press Release HLC requests police protection for witness in Roma abuse case
HLC
29/10/2004

Press Release Kosovo Albanians awarded compensation for unlawful detention in Serbia
HLC
28/10/2004

Press Release HLC objections to expert finding in Ristic case - 15.october 2004
HLC
20/10/2004

Press Release Serbian supreme court upholds ruling in racial discrimination case
HLC
16/09/2004

Press Release Criminal complaint for expulsion of Roma
CPM/ERRC/HLC
11/08/2004

Press Release Criminal complaint against police for abusing Roma man
CPM/ERRC/HLC
07/08/2004

Press Release Serbia: Sexual harassment of female customs officer
HLC
20/07/2004

Press Release Serbia: Discrimination against Roma woman
HLC
20/07/2004

Press Release HLC demands protection for Svetlana Djordjevic who wrote about treatment of Kosovo Albanians at the hand of Serbian police
HLC
29/06/2004

Press Release Inadequate response of police and prosecutors to burning of mosques in Serbia
HLC
11/06/2004

Press Release Ethnically motivated violence against Roma and Albanian children is mounting
HLC
26/05/2004

Press Release HLC letter to Serbian bar association
HLC
11/05/2004

Press Release Reinstatement of human rights abusers
HLC
26/04/2004

Press Release Article 70 of law on judges found unconstitutional
HLC
06/04/2004

Press Release The Rights of Hague Indictees Act is Part of a Campaign of Returning Serbia to the Past
HLC
01/04/2004

Press Release Roma racial discrimination action in Serbia
MRCERRC/HLC
31/03/2004

Press Release Accountability for Ethnic Violence in Kosovo and Serbia
HLC
20/03/2004

Press Release 11 years since abduction at Strpci
HLC
26/02/2004

Press Release Command Responsibility - The Contemporary Law
HLC
23/02/2004

Press Release How to Protect Witnesses Who Are Seen by Public and Police as Traitors - February 2004
HLC
13/02/2004

Report Libel action filed against "international"
HLC
09/02/2004

Press Release Supreme court petitioned to review compensation awarded
HLC
29/01/2004

Press Release Authors of inflammatory poster must be identified and punished
HLC
23/01/2004

Press Release Motion for enforcement of court decision in Roma-related discrimination case
HLC
22/01/2004

Press Release Appeal to stop eviction of Roma family
HLC
21/01/2004

Press Release Compensation sought for physical abuse by police
HLC
22/12/2003

Press Release Eviction of Romani mother and four children stayed
HLC
22/12/2003

Press Release Serbia & Montenegro obligations toward Council of Europe
HLC
17/12/2003

Press Release Two Roma seek compensation for torture
HLC
09/12/2003

Press Release Call for observance of constitutional separation of church and state
HLC
04/12/2003

Press Release Appeal against low compensation awarded to forcibly conscripted refugees
HLC
27/11/2003

Press Release HLC challenges constitutionality of law on judges
HLC
20/11/2003

Press Release HLC seeks investigation of Vecernje Novosti allegations against Sadik Cuflaj
HLC
17/11/2003

Press Release Prosecutor asks for new investigation into death of Milan Ristic
HLC
17/11/2003

Press Release Father and son abused at police station
HLC
17/11/2003

Press Release Soldier abuses taxi driver and four passengers
HLC
07/11/2003

Press Release HLC insists on reinstatement of dismissed police
HLC
30/10/2003

Press Release Sabac District Court Upholds Lower Court Ruling in anti-Roma Discrimination Case
HLC
28/10/2003

Press Release Criminal complaint for racial discrimination against Roma
HLC
10/10/2003

Press Release Policemen apologize to man they abused
HLC
09/10/2003

Press Release Appeal Against Compensation Awarded to Forcibly Conscripted Refugees
HLC
29/09/2003

Press Release Housing must be secured for evicted Roma family
HLC
12/09/2003

Press Release Criminal complaint for incitement to racial hate (Roma victim)
HLC
11/09/2003

Press Release Police brutality in Raska
HLC
09/09/2003

Press Release Allegations of police abuse must be investigated
HLC
05/09/2003

Press Release Serbia’s partriotic forces (by Natasa Kandic)
HLC
02/09/2003

Press Release Ill-treatment of torture victims by police continues
HLC
29/07/2003

Press Release Forcible Conscription: Court extends time period for filing for compensation
HLC
25/07/2003

Press Release HLC urges reinstatment of police who refused to go to Kosovo
HLC
23/07/2003

Press Release Criminal complaint against several Belgrade police
HLC
22/07/2003

Press Release Criminal Complaint Filed Against Police Officers in Cacak
HLC
18/07/2003

Press Release Compensation for damages suffered by forcibly mobilized refugees
HLC
07/07/2003

Press Release Stop using powers of discretion for political purposes
HLC
05/07/2003

Press Release Criminal charges against a policeman for attacking a 20-year-old woman
HLC
04/07/2003

Press Release Criminal charges filed for police torture in Pljevlja
HLC
02/07/2003

Press Release Renowned human rights activist Natasha Kandic to receive 2003 Ceeli award
HLC
27/06/2003

Press Release Center for Social Work in Veliko Gradiste abandoning prosecution in the case of an abused Roma child
HLC
26/06/2003

Press Release Carefully reconsider Igor Novikov’s request for citizenship
HLC
20/06/2003

Press Release Establish responsibility for torture in Novi Sad District Prison
HLC
18/06/2003

Press Release Damage suit for police torture victims
HLC
17/06/2003

Press Release June Head of Serbian Government’s Communications Bureau Suing Humanitarian Law Center and B92
HLC
16/06/2003

Press Release Revoke the decision on material assistance for persons voluntarily surrendering to the Hague Tribunal
HLC
11/06/2003

Press Release The authorities must find those who attacked the house of Dragana Bukum
HLC
09/06/2003

Press Release Confessing Guilt (on Srebrenica massacre) the Beginning of a Confrontation with the Past
HLC
05/06/2003

Press Release Sex trafficking victim denied judicial protection and the right to seek remedy for the violation of her human rights
HLC
03/06/2003

Press Release US State Department officials meet with HLC representatives
HLC
29/05/2003

Press Release Authorities must provide housing for evicted Roma
HLC
20/05/2003

Press Release Investigation into Indonesia massacre must continue
HLC
20/05/2003

Press Release Deportees becoming major social problem (mainly Kosovo Roma)
HLC
16/05/2003

Press Release Pressure on witnesses must stop
HLC
15/05/2003

Press Release HLC urges compliance with agreement with UNMIK
HLC
06/05/2003

Press Release Serb police who refused to go to Kosovo must be reinstated
HLC
25/04/2003

Press Release HLC response to BETA News agency denial
HLC
25/04/2003

Press Release HLC calls for rule of law and respect for human rights
HLC
25/04/2003

Press Release HLC urges ministry to protect schoolchildren
HLC
18/04/2003

Press Release HLC critique of the proposed legislative amendments
HLC
14/04/2003

Press Release Army of Serbia and Montenegro fails to comply with court order
HLC
14/04/2003

Press Release The Police Must Stop Making Arbitrary Arrests
HLC
09/04/2003

Press Release Housing must be secured for evicted Roma
HLC
08/04/2003

Press Release Act on cooperation with ICTY must be harmonized with ICTY legal documents
HLC
08/04/2003

Press Release World Roma Day
HLC
08/04/2003

Press Release Regarding an Official Denial by the Head of the Security Office of the General Staff of the Army of Serbia and Montenegro
HLC
04/04/2003

Press Release Lawsuit at UN Race Discrimination Body against Serbia and Montenegro
ERRC/HLC
01/04/2003

Press Release Letter-President Marovic-ICTY-Nike Peraj statement
HLC
28/03/2003

Press Release Unacceptable call for reintroduction of death sentence
HLC
27/03/2003

Press Release On the disappearance of prof. Polic and death threat to prof. Mimica
HLC
22/03/2003

Press Release Protest against Orthodox Church Dignitary's speech at Djindjić funeral
HLC
22/03/2003

Press Release HLC motion for additional investigation into sexual abuse of Romani boy
HLC
21/03/2003

Press Release Compensation for torture at state security
HLC
11/03/2003

Report Police brutality in Krusevac
HLC
07/03/2003

Press Release Gorani harassed by police in Novi Sad
HLC
03/03/2003

Press Release Strpci - Ten years later
HLC
25/02/2003

Press Release HLC commences prosecution in case of discrimination against Rom
HLC
19/02/2003

Press Release Palsy sufferer denied service
HSANS/HLC
13/02/2003

Press Release Complaint against two municipal officials for incitement to racial hatred against Roma (07/02/2003)
HLC
12/02/2003

Press Release Serbia ordered to pay compensation to 10 refugees
HLC
15/01/2003

Press Release Compensation sought for death at hands of police
HLC
09/01/2003

Press Release Criminal complaint against skinheads
HLC
24/12/2002

Press Release President Kostunica advocates impunity for war crimes
HLC
12/12/2002

Press Release Police torture in Zemun
HLC
05/12/2002

Press Release HLC challenges constitutionality of security information agency
FHP/HLC
02/12/2002

Press Release Appeal against compensation awarded to protester
HLC
28/11/2002

Press Release Victim of police torture seeks compensation
HLC
22/11/2002

Press Release Supreme Court upholds unfair ruling
HLC
20/11/2002

Press Release Mayor threatens journalists with impunity
HLC
18/11/2002

Press Release Evictions of Roma before winter taking on alarming proportions
HLC
15/11/2002

Press Release Criminal complaint against attempt to eject Roma
HLC
07/11/2002

Press Release Compensation awarded to Roma man for unlawful arrest and torture
HLC
01/11/2002

Press Release Roma family faces eviction
HLC
30/10/2002

Press Release HLC requests court to stop eviction of Roma
HLC
23/10/2002

Press Release Appeal against low compensation for death of forcibly conscripted
HLC
18/10/2002

Press Release HLC on war crimes in Nis
HLC
15/10/2002

Press Release Suspended for breaking a man's jaw
HLC
10/10/2002

Press Release Appeal of the Helsinki Committee for Human Rights in Serbia and Humanitarian Law Center for public prosecution in the case of Momcilo Perisic
HCHRS/HLC
06/10/2002

Press Release Acknowledgment, Taking of Responsibility, Remorse - The Way to Reconciliation
HLC
03/10/2002

Press Release Ranisavljevic trial, analysis
HLC
27/09/2002

Press Release Prosecutor drops criminal charge against Roma man
HLC
23/09/2002

Press Release 200.000 dinars compesation for forcibly conscripted refugee
HLC
20/09/2002

Press Release Impermissible statements of President Kostunica and Democratic Party of Serbia
HLC
12/09/2002

Press Release NGO's Protest Against Treatment of Roma in Serbia
HLC
03/09/2002

Press Release Systematic attacks motivated by religious hate
HLC
29/08/2002

Press Release The Enemy Within Serbia: A Few Strong Women of Integrity (and current media bias) (20/08/2002)
HLC
29/08/2002

Press Release 800.000 dinars compensation for death of forcibly conscripted refugee
HLC
26/07/2002

Press Release Police brutality in Podgorica
HLC
23/07/2002

Press Release Shielding of abusive police officers must end
HLC
23/07/2002

Press Release Retarded boy made to perform forced labor
HLC
15/07/2002

Press Release NGO Letter to Goran Svilanovic, FRY Minister of Foreign Affairs, on Discrimination among Citizens of Bosnia-Herzegovina
HLC
12/07/2002

Press Release First antidiscrimination judgment handed down (concerns Roma)
HLC
10/07/2002

Press Release Police sentenced for torturing Roma man
HLC
09/07/2002

Press Release HLC urges energetic investigation of police abuse of children
HLC
05/07/2002

Press Release Police sentenced for torture
HLC
05/07/2002

Press Release Roma children abused by police
HLC
04/07/2002

Press Release Two policemen found guilty of act of torture
HLC
14/06/2002

Press Release Higher Court reduces compensation awarded for illegal detention
HLC
05/06/2002

Press Release Senior military, police and civilian officials responsible for abduction of train passengers in Bar Montenegro in 1993
HLC
21/05/2002

Press Release No fair compensation for death of forcibly conscripted refugee
HLC
21/05/2002

Press Release Federal Constitutional Court takes HLC petition into consideration
HLC
07/05/2002

Press Release Mayor incites intolerance of refugees
HLC
23/04/2002

Press Release Criminal complaint for ethnically motivated abuse
HLC
17/04/2002

Press Release Establishment of International Criminal Court - Historic event for Democratic world
HLC
15/04/2002

Press Release War crimes trials before national courts in Serbia and Montenegro and internationalized courts in Kosovo
HLC
12/04/2002

Press Release Suit brought against state for ignoring decision of UN Committee Against Torture
HLC
10/04/2002

Press Release World Roma Day
HLC
08/04/2002

Press Release Students physically abused by police
HLC
29/03/2002

Press Release RTS has an obligation to cover the Milosevic trial
HLC
27/03/2002

Press Release Electric shocks and beating at police station
HLC
26/03/2002

Press Release International day for the elimination of racial discrimination
HLC
21/03/2002

Press Release Apeal for temporary accommodation for evicted Roma
HLC
21/03/2002

Press Release HLC executive directors reply to Serbian state security
HLC
21/03/2002

Press Release HLC urges parliamentary debate on Covic and Savic
HLC
18/03/2002

Press Release Humiliating compensation to pregnant woman taken by force to combat zone
HLC
18/03/2002

Press Release The Disturbing Truth - Natasa Kandic
HLC
08/03/2002

Press Release No fair compensation for refugees conscripted by force
HLC
07/03/2002

Press Release Police subject to electric shocks and break his ankle
HLC
06/03/2002

Press Release Ninth anniversary of mass abduction at Strpci
HLC
27/02/2002

Press Release Police brutality in Novi Sad
HLC
25/02/2002

Press Release Hungarian offices in Vojvodina receive bomb threats
HLC
25/02/2002

Press Release Sadiku denied right to his apartment for almost three years
HLC
19/02/2002

Press Release Lawlessness in Kosovska Mitrovica under wing of Serbian state bodies
HLC
14/02/2002

Press Release Electronic surveillance equipment must be removed
HLC
11/02/2002

Press Release HLC appeals to media to report facts on Milosevic's responsibility
HLC
06/02/2002

Press Release The Hague: Before and after - a text by Natasa Kandic
HLC
04/02/2002

Press Release Lawyer on trial for slandering state security service
HLC
04/02/2002

Press Release Courts hand down decisions in several actions filed against Serbia
HLC
31/01/2002

Press Release HLC petitions federal constitutional court over racial discrimination
HLC
30/01/2002

Press Release HLC files complaint against police
HLC
26/01/2002

Press Release Violence against small religious communities goes unpunished
HLC
22/01/2002

Press Release Compulsory payment of compensation to otpor activists
HLC
18/01/2002

Press Release HLC urges investigation into police violence in Tutin
HLC
10/01/2002

Press Release HLC addresses UN Committee Against Torture on behalf of victim
HLC
06/01/2002

Press Release Witness of torture awarded damages
HLC
06/01/2002

Press Release Four forcibly conscripted refugees awarded 50.000 dinars each
HLC
22/12/2001

Press Release HLC observations and remarks on draft legislation on cooperation with ICTY
HLC
22/12/2001

Press Release Serbian politicians: Intolerance, insults, degradation, ethnic and racial hate
HLC
19/12/2001

Press Release Police violence continues
HLC
17/12/2001

Press Release Authorities fail to deal with problem of housing for Roma
HLC
12/12/2001

Press Release 10 December : International Human Rights Day - Human rights in Serbia and Montenegro
HLC
10/12/2001

Press Release CAT - Written Comments of the HLC concerning FRY
HLC
03/12/2001

Press Release Beaten protester sues for compensation
HLC
21/11/2001

Press Release Court finds no causal relation between forcible conscription and involuntary participation in war
HLC
15/11/2001

Press Release Three ethnic Albanians abused by police
HLC
13/11/2001

Press Release Article of misdemeanors act ruled unconstitutional
HLC
10/11/2001

Press Release Otpor activist awarded 300,000 dinars compensation
HLC
08/11/2001

Press Release Yugoslav army fails to comply with court order
HLC
30/10/2001

Press Release Belgrade court fails to award compensation for involuntary sojourn in combat zone
HLC
24/10/2001

Press Release Fresh attacks on small religious communities
HLC
24/10/2001

Press Release Serbia sued for illegal arrest and detention
HLC
22/10/2001

Press Release More racially motivated violence against Roma children
HLC
17/10/2001

Press Release Court denies forcibly conscripted refugee just compensation
HLC
13/10/2001

Press Release Woman and two children ejected from home by military police
HLC
13/10/2001

Press Release Constitutionality of law on protection of personal data challenged
HLC
13/10/2001

Press Release Family of forcibly conscripted refugee awarded compensation
HLC
02/10/2001

Press Release Police break Roma boy's arm
HLC
28/09/2001

Press Release New appeal for funds for evicted Roma
HLC
19/09/2001

Press Release Belgrade police department's internal control bound to investigate conduct of police officer
HLC
11/09/2001

Press Release HLC Has Withdrawn the Charges Pressed Against Messrs Ivica Dacic and Goran Matic
HLC
02/08/2001

Press Release Police torture of (Roma and non-Roma) minors continues
HLC
31/07/2001

Press Release Statement of the Committee for New Regional Cooperation
HLC
27/07/2001

Press Release Appeal for urgent assistance for evicted Roma
HLC
20/07/2001

Press Release Serb refugee from Croatia awarded compensation for forcible conscription
HLC
19/07/2001

Press Release Belgrade officials pledge to allocate building lot for roma
HLC
13/07/2001

Press Release Court orders Serbia to pay compensation to Otpor activists
HLC
13/07/2001

Press Release Tell the Mother the Truth
HLC
11/07/2001

Press Release Racial slogans in Surdulica (against Roma)
HLC
09/07/2001

Press Release Complaint against SPS official for incitement of ethnic hate
HLC
07/07/2001

Press Release HLC crimes and destruction of evidence - Djakovica, May 1999
HLC
04/07/2001

Press Release HLC court orders Serbia to pay compensation to otpor activist
HLC
04/07/2001

Press Release Gay parade - Police fail to do their duty
HLC
02/07/2001

Press Release Crimes and destruction of evidence Glogovac, 1998-1999
HLC
30/06/2001

Press Release HLC files complaint against policemen for beating up Roma artist
HLC
28/06/2001

Press Release Attacks and pressures on ethnic Albanians in Serbia continue
HLC
27/06/2001

Press Release World Refugee Day - Refugees in Serbia
HLC
20/06/2001

Press Release UN Committee against torture finds Yugoslavia violated convention
HLC
14/06/2001

Press Release Serbia sued for false arrest of three ethnic Albanians
HLC
07/06/2001

Press Release Natasa Kandic awarded honorary doctorate
HLC
31/05/2001

Press Release Complain against police abuse of Roma Dissmissed
HLC
25/05/2001

Press Release Truck containing corpses in the lake at Kokin Brod
HLC
24/05/2001

Press Release Appeal for parole of disabled convict
HLC
24/05/2001

Press Release Import of Jehovah's witnesses literature unlawfully banned
HLC
22/05/2001

Press Release Serbian Supreme Court disregards law in Berisha case
HLC
19/05/2001

Press Release HLC files complaint against police who beat up Roma men
HLC
11/05/2001

Press Release Demand for application of the law against Obraz
HLC
27/04/2001

Press Release HLC Welcomes Serbian Supreme Court decision on Djakovica group
HLC
26/04/2001

Press Release HLC initiative for additional human rights guarantees
HLC
24/04/2001

Press Release Serbian supreme court considers appeals of "Djakovica Group"
HLC
17/04/2001

Press Release Romani language classes reintroduced in Obrenovac school
HLC
16/04/2001

Press Release Municipal court orders Serbia to pay compensation to cesid activist
HLC
13/04/2001

Press Release HLC statement on world Roma day
HLC
10/04/2001

Press Release Prosecutor amends indictment, seeks guilty verdict for Luan and Bekim Mazreku
HLC
06/04/2001

Press Release Court orders Serbia to pay compensation to Otpor activist
HLC
30/03/2001

Press Release Minority Groups in Serbia increasingly under attack
HLC
28/03/2001

Press Release Mazrekus now able to defend themselves in Albanian
HLC
20/03/2001

Press Release Police officer sentenced for abusing Roma man
HLC
20/03/2001

Press Release HLC challenges constitutionality of provisions of Serbian misdemeanors act
HLC
10/03/2001

Press Release HLC files complaint against policemen for beating Roma youth
HLC
10/03/2001

Report Report on the application of the amnesty law
HLC
08/03/2001

Press Release Serbian television videotape shown as evidence in Mazreku trial
HLC
08/03/2001

Press Releases HLC challenges constitutionality of misdemeanors act article
HLC
16/02/2001

Press Releases Humanitarian Law Center protests against racist and anti-semite incidents
HLC
15/02/2001

Press Releases First indicment of "Skinheads" for incitement of racial hate
HLC
09/02/2001

Press Releases Police file on Otpor activist - evidence in case against Serbia
HLC
09/02/2001

Press Releases Why Sreten Lukic should not be Serbia’s Chief of public security
HLC
07/02/2001

Press Releases Federal Constitutional Court rules unconstitutional some provisions of Serbian internal affairs act
HLC
02/02/2001

Press Releases ICTY Prosecutor meets with representatives of Humanitarian Law Center and Helsinki Committee for Human Rights in Serbia
HLC
23/01/2001

Press Releases Symposium on the Hague tribunal without representatives of Supreme military court
HLC
17/01/2001

Press Releases New trial of 24 Sandzak Muslims opens after five-year delay
HLC
11/01/2001

Press Releases Municipal Court orders Serbia to compensate Otpor activist
HLC
11/01/2001

Press Releases THROUGH 2000