https://www.tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en en https://www.tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/cooperation/international-cooperation/international-criminal-tribunal The competence of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) covers all cases of war crimes committed in the territory of the former SFRY, regardless of the victims' or perpetrators' citizenship. The Office of the War Crimes Prosecutor (OWCP) has a professional, continued, constructive and interactive co-operation with the ICTY. In November 2003, the OWCP initiated professional co-operation with the ICTY investigators. The OWCP efforts have resulted in the existing high level of co-operation with the ICTY investigators. As professional and expert bodies working 2021-03-12T13:38:05+0100 admin https://www.tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/cooperation/international-cooperation/international-criminal-tribunal https://www.tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/cooperation/international-cooperation/mechanism-international-criminal-tribunals-mict Full implementation of cooperation between the Office of the War Crimes Prosecutor (OWCP) and the Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals (MICT) started in 2014. In the framework of his first working visit to the region in his capacity as MICT Chief Prosecutor, Justice Hassan Bubacar Jallow met the Serbian War Crimes Prosecutor and his team. At a meeting held on 8 September 2014, the two Prosecutors outlined the scope of their cooperation in the context of the new Mechanism's envisaged role, namely successful completion of all outstanding ICTY cases, and gradual takeover of the ICTY 2021-03-12T13:40:45+0100 admin https://www.tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/cooperation/international-cooperation/mechanism-international-criminal-tribunals-mict https://www.tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/cooperation/international-cooperation/eu-delegation-serbia The EU Delegation to Serbia monitors and supports the OWCP activities aimed at the enhancement of regional cooperation. Particular EU attention and support are given to the implementation of the Protocol on Cooperation with the BH Prosecutor in Prosecuting Persons Suspected of War Crimes, Crimes against Humanity and Genocide, signed in Brussels on 31 January 2013. The EU Delegation has been involved in the monitoring of war crimes trials through its support to the OSCE Serbia's monitoring project. The OWCP has adopted the EU Expert Mission's recommendation to design and implement - without 2021-03-12T13:43:06+0100 admin https://www.tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/cooperation/international-cooperation/eu-delegation-serbia https://www.tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/cooperation/international-cooperation/program-za-razvoj-ujedinjenih-nacija-undp The Office of the War Crimes Prosecutor has active cooperation with the UNDP Offices in Belgrade and Sarajevo, in the framework of a regional project entitled Enhancement of Regional Cooperation in the Prosecution of War Crimes and Search for Missing Persons. 2021-03-12T13:45:42+0100 admin https://www.tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/cooperation/international-cooperation/program-za-razvoj-ujedinjenih-nacija-undp https://www.tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/cooperation/international-cooperation/eu-rule-law-mission-eulex The EU Council has extended the EULEX Mission's mandate in Kosovo. The Mission will therefore speed up the transfer of its operations to other EU and local bodies, and focus its efforts on the development of Kosovo institutions. As the Autonomous Province of Kosovo-Metohija (KM) is virtually beyond the OWCP jurisdiction, this Office cannot undertake independent activities related to the investigation/prosecution of war crimes. Likewise, the OWCP has no access to the sites of such crimes, potential perpetrators, witnessees and victims, nor can it directly obtain data/documents relevant to its 2021-03-12T13:48:26+0100 admin https://www.tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/cooperation/international-cooperation/eu-rule-law-mission-eulex https://www.tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/cooperation/international-cooperation/office-democratic-institutions-and-human-rights-osce-odihr The War Crimes Justice Project is a four-million-Euro project funded by the European Union and implemented by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (OSCE ODIHR) in partnership with the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), the UN Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI) and the OSCE Mission to Serbia and other OSCE field operations in the region. The Project was implemented in the period from May 2010 to October 2011. 2021-03-12T13:50:48+0100 admin https://www.tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/cooperation/international-cooperation/office-democratic-institutions-and-human-rights-osce-odihr https://www.tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/cooperation/international-cooperation/organization-security-and-cooperation-europe-osce One of the priorities of the OSCE Mission to Serbia and Montenegro is providing support to the capacity building of the national judicial and police institutions in conducting proceedings against war crimes perpetrators. Commitment to this goal resulted in the Memorandum on Cooperation, concluded in May 2004 between the OSCE Mission and the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Serbia. The OSCE Mission encourages the establishment and work of specialized judicial institutions, giving particular support to the War Crimes Prosecutor's Office headed by an independent, Parliament-elected 2021-03-12T14:26:04+0100 admin https://www.tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/cooperation/international-cooperation/organization-security-and-cooperation-europe-osce https://www.tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/cooperation/international-cooperation/eulex-special-investigative-task-force A significant part of the OWCP capacities has been engaged for the purposes of the international investigation conducted by the EU Special Investigative Task Force (SITF). Operating under the EULEX Mission's administration, the SITF was established in order to carry out independent investigation into war crimes, organized crime and thereto related cases, in accordance with the allegations contained in the 2011 report by Senator Dick Marty. Acting both upon SITF requests and on its own initiative, the OWCP coordinates interviews with witnesses, provides necessary information/documents 2021-03-12T15:16:02+0100 admin https://www.tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/cooperation/international-cooperation/eulex-special-investigative-task-force https://www.tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/cooperation/international-cooperation/us-embassy Through its Embassy in Belgrade, the U.S. Government supports the activities of this Prosecutor's Office, inter alia through substantial technical and material support granted on a number of occasions. The Office of the War Crimes Prosecutor and the U.S. Government representatives have direct cooperation in the Bytyqi Brothers case. During his visit to the Office of the War Crimes Prosecutor on 29 September 2004, U.S. Ambassador Michael Polt expressed his support to its work. 2021-03-12T15:18:03+0100 admin https://www.tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/cooperation/international-cooperation/us-embassy https://www.tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/cooperation/international-cooperation/crimes-against-humanity-and-war-crimes-section-department The Memorandum on Understanding of the Implementation and Promotion of Mutual Non-Coercive Assistance in Matters Related to War Crimes, Crimes against Humanity and Genocide Investigations and Prosecutions between the Office of the War Crimes Prosecutor of the Republic of Serbia and the Crimes against Humanity and War Crimes Section of the Department of Justice Canada was signed on 18 February 2010. 2021-03-12T15:19:54+0100 admin https://www.tuzilastvorz.org.rs/en/cooperation/international-cooperation/crimes-against-humanity-and-war-crimes-section-department