Amnesty International Report 2007

In its annual human rights report released last week, Amnesty International quotes Serbia’s failure to arrest and transfer indicted suspects to the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (Tribunal), which led to the suspension of talks on a Stabilization and Association Agreement with the European Union (EU).

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The report also says low-ranking officials were brought to justice in domestic war crimes trials, while discrimination continued against Romani and other minorities, especially in Kosovo.

The report criticizes Kosovo authorities for continued impunity for war crimes against Serbs and other minorities continued, as well as that granted to the majority of perpetrators of ethnically motivated attacks in the province.


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Reports

"The Outlook for the Independence of Kosovo"

In a statement before the U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Nicholas Burns said that the United States fully supported UN Special Kosovo Envoy Martti Ahtisaari's recommendations regarding Kosovo’s future status, adding that supervised independence was viewed to now be the only way forward.

Reports Tuesday, April 17, 2007 18:28 Comments: 6

U.S. Department of State Report on Human Rights Practices in Serbia 2006

In its annual report on human rights practices in Serbia, the State Department highlighted numerous problems including widespread corruption in the police and the judiciary, impunity, inefficient and lengthy trials and government’s failure to cooperate with the Hague Tribunal.

Reports Wednesday, March 7, 2007 13:16 Comments: 1

Kosovo status proposal

Comprehensive proposal for a Kosovo status settlement; details for implementing the plan are given in annexes, which are yet to be released.

Reports Friday, February 2, 2007 17:37 Comments: 11