Archive for the month of June 2010

ICTYT chief prosecutor Serge Brammertz and tribunal president Patrick Robinson presented their report to the UN Security Council on the cooperation of Serbia. Brammertz said that Serbia's hunt for Ratko Mladic and Goran Hadžic has yielded only limited results and recommended Serbia make some changes in its hunt for the two remaining fugitives. Brammertz recently asked the Serbian government to expanding the investigation and increase search operations.

The family of Ratko Mladic has asked the Principal Court in Belgrade to declare him officially dead. A motion was filed by the family's lawyer, Milos Saljic. He said that the fmily has not heard from Mladic since years and that he could not have survived without medical care.

This motion comes shortly after the EU unanimously agreed to ratify the SAA trade agreement with Serbia. Mladic is one of the last remaining fugitives wanted by ICTY for war crimes.

EULEX indicated it is satisfied with the investigation against Kosovo Transport and Telecommunications Minister Fatmir Limaj. The investigation is still ongoing.

Source: B92.

AP reported that a truck driver dumping gravel as a construction site near the Bosnian town of Bratunac discovered human bones. His findings were reported in May and since then, witnesses have come forward saying that a number of Muslims killed by Serbs in the beginning of the 1992-1995 war are buried there. Excavations have commenced.

Source: AP.

In a letter to EU foreign affairs ministers, Human Rights Watch said that the EU should remain firm and require Serbia to arrest Ratko Mladic before allowing Serbia to establish closer ties with the EU. The statement comes just before the EU Foreign Affairs Council will consider the ratification process for the Stabilization and Association Agreement with Serbia.