Importance of War-Crimes Trials in the Region
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The aim of the round table, which will be co-organized by the Humanitarian Law Center and OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, ODIHR from Belgrade, is to point to the importance of trials for war crimes conducted before local courts in the entire region.
Round table participants will discuss the achievements made after the transfer of jurisdiction from the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, ICTY to local courts, protection of victims and witnesses at trials held before local courts in the region and ICTY’s residual mechanism.
Besides prosecutions and courts from countries in the region, representatives of organizations for protection of human rights, ODIHR and ICTY, as well as victims and witnesses will address the round table participants.
About 50 participants from the whole region will attend the round table. They will have an opportunity to discuss the processing of war crimes after judges, prosecutors and representatives of human rights institutions from the Republic of Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo have presented their stands.
Nerma Jelacic, Spokesperson of the Hague Tribunal, legal professionals and ODIHR representatives will speak about the transfer of knowledge and competencies of ICTY, while John Hocking, Registrar of the Hague Tribunal, will speak about the residual mechanism.
The round table will be held in “Zyra” Hotel in Belgrade starting at 9.30 a.m.
