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J Evremovic

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2007-06-18
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2007-06-18
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  1. “Serbia welcomes the Agreement between the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) and the ICTY, enabling the OSCE missions in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro and Serbia to monitor the trials of war crimes in the domestic courts of those countries. It also expresses its gratitude to the OSCE, the United Nations Development Programme, the Council of Europe and other institutions and States that have rendered assistance in harmonizing its domestic criminal legislation with ICTY standards and in training war crimes prosecutors and judges.”

    2007-06-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5697 (2007) · source

  2. “The investigation and bringing to justice of those who perpetrated the most heinous crimes in recent history are common moral and political obligations of all countries affected by the recent conflicts in the region. Regional cooperation in that field among the judicial institutions of those countries is therefore of paramount importance. Meetings of the Prosecutors of Serbia, Montenegro, Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina within the so-called Palie process are held on a regular basis in the context of the evolving cooperation. The signing of memorandums of understanding with the Prosecutors of Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina and the expected signing of a similar memorandum with the Prosecutor of Macedonia are welcome first steps in the right direction.”

    2007-06-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5697 (2007) · source

  3. “The War Crimes District Court in Belgrade and the Prosecutor's Office are properly equipped to try the cases in accordance with legal standards. Proceeding directly from that assessment, the ICTY transferred the Kovacevic case to Serbia's judiciary. So far, Serbia has requested the transfer of six cases with 12 indictees under Rule 11 bis of the ICTY Rules of Procedure and Evidence. To further cooperation, an agreement on Serbia's Prosecutor's Office's access to the ICTY's electronic database was signed in July 2006. Within the context of the policy of cooperation and the promotion of information exchange, which includes high-level visits, the ICTY Prosecutor visited Belgrade on 4 to 8 June 2007. The visit has been mutually assessed as very positive.”

    2007-06-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5697 (2007) · source

  4. “To that end, a War Crimes Council was established within the District Court of Belgrade on 1 July 2003, as well as the War Crimes Prosecutor's Office, specially authorized to deal with those cases. The processing of several notorious cases gave proof of the effectiveness of the new judicial institutions. As a result of cooperation, the War Crime Prosecutor's Office has been ceded the Zvornik case by the ICTY, and 9 suspects involved in the case have been arrested and charged. The case of the Batajnica mass graves is being investigated, while 12 persons, suspected of the war crime of killing 70 civilians in the village of Lovas in 1991, were arrested and arraigned before the District Court in Belgrade last May.”

    2007-06-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5697 (2007) · source

  5. “The new Government has established a National Security Council to coordinate national intelligence agencies, which play the key role in locating and apprehending ICTY indictees. The Council is chaired by the President of the Republic. Also, the National ICTY Cooperation Council has been strengthened and its members were appointed this month and given greater authority with respect to the processing of ICTY requests. Serbia supports the Completion Strategy of the ICTY, defined in Security Council resolutions 1503 (2003) and 1534 (2004). The basic precondition for the success of the Strategy is, we believe, the capacity of domestic courts to process the cases that have been transferred by the ICTY in accordance with international legal standards.”

    2007-06-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5697 (2007) · source

  6. “Most recently, ICTY indictee and former general Zdravko Tolimir was arrested in a joint security operation with Bosnia and Herzegovina. The number of indictees transferred to The Hague has thus increased to 38; 27 of those surrendered voluntarily, while 11 were arrested. Just two days ago, Vlastimir Djordjevic, a former high-ranking police official, was arrested in a joint operation of Montenegrin and Serbian authorities and transferred to the detention unit at Scheveningen, whereby the number of indictees transferred to The Hague increased to 39. I firmly believe that the four remaining individuals - fugitives Zupljanin, Karadzic, Mladic and Hadzic - will be located and apprehended in the near future.”

    2007-06-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5697 (2007) · source

  7. “The National ICTY Cooperation Council decided to allow the ICTY Prosecutor's Office general access to Serbian archives. As a result, the Prosecutor's Office has been provided with thousands of documents, including classified ones. At the same time, the speed of the processing of the requested documents has increased considerably, notwithstanding complex administrative procedures in certain cases. There is no doubt that all those who have committed war crimes and been indicted by the ICTY should be tried, and a number of notorious indictees have indeed been apprehended and transferred to the ICTY. Moreover, Serbia has taken many steps to encourage the indictees' voluntary surrender as well. Those measures have been effective and, by mid-2005, 14 indictees had surrendered voluntarily.”

    2007-06-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5697 (2007) · source

  8. “Our cooperation is manifested in a number of practical ramifications: the arrest and transfer of indictees; the release of civilian and military Government officials from the legal obligation to keep official secrets; and the release of documents, all within effective regional cooperation and with full support for the ICTY's Completion Strategy. In that regard, the Office of the ICTY Prosecutor has submitted about 1,600 various requests. All have been attended to in a timely and expeditious manner, with replies to fewer than 2 to 3 per cent still pending, as those sometimes take more than two months to process. So far, the Government has released over 500 military, police and Government officials from the restriction to keep State, official and military secrets.”

    2007-06-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5697 (2007) · source

  9. “In doing so, it has been guided by the following considerations. The cooperation is carried out because it is mandated by our international obligation. It gives credence to Serbia's full respect for the international standards related to the individual responsibility of persons who have committed war crimes and other violations of international humanitarian law, and to its firm resolve to make a clean break with the legacy of the Milosevic regime. It is proof of its genuine acceptance of the values that underpin European societies and provides substance to the country's commitment to joining Euro-Atlantic integrations. Most importantly, there can be no reconciliation in the territory of the former Yugoslavia unless the ICTY fulfils its mandate, to which Serbia is prepared to make a full contribution.”

    2007-06-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5697 (2007) · source

  10. “Before I proceed to make my statement, I would like to convey my respects to the President of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY), Judge Fausto Pocar, and to the Tribunal's Prosecutor, Ms. Del Ponte. I take this opportunity to say that, in the past, our cooperation with the Prosecutor's Office and Ms. Del Ponte has had its ups and downs, but we have never challenged her personal integrity or her determination to see that those indicted for the most serious violations of humanitarian law be brought to justice. Those qualities have served the victims and helped present and future generations of our people to live in peace and security. I emphasize once again my sincere appreciation and thanks. Serbia is making continued efforts to strengthen its cooperation with the ICTY.”

    2007-06-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5697 (2007) · source