Cooperation between Serbia and the ICTY for the Investigation and Prosecution of Violations of International Humanitarian Law

Abstract

Tatjana Dawson and Ljiljana Hellman examine the cooperation between the Republic of Serbia and the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) by Serbian authorities. The chapter discusses the Completion Strategy of the ICTY and how this triggered cooperation in many areas. These areas included cooperation for the reform of Serbian national law, the transfer of cases indicted or investigated by the ICTY, mutual legal assistance in the region of the former Yugoslavia, capacity building projects, and access to confidential ICTY records. The chapter provides an overview of cases of International Humanitarian Law (IHL) violations that Serbia has prosecuted to date. It highlights some of the obstacles that Serbian legal professionals face when bringing these war crimes cases to trial.