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Croatia: War Crimes

Monday, December 25th, 2006 @ 16:45 UTC

by Veronica Khokhlova

Countries:: Croatia
Topics:: Governance, History, Human Rights, Law, War & Conflict, International Relations, Politics

Neretva River writes: “As exhumations begin at Osijek's central cemetery as part of the Croatian judiciary's investigation of war crimes committed against Osijek's non-Croat civilian population during December 1991, 2006 could prove to have been the year that domestic courts in Croatia demonstrated that they are serious about prosecuting war crimes committed on the territory of the Republic of Croatia.”

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