BelgradeBELGRADE, May 19 (Hina) - The trial of the perpetrators of the 1991Ovcara war crimes, currently being held before the Special War CrimesCourt in Belgrade, has undoubtedly proved that some officers of theformer Yugoslav
People's Army (JNA) should be put in the dock and notat the witness stand to protect themselves and the reputation of theJNA, which should also be the most important reason for Serbia torequest that the trial of the Vukovar Three be referred to Belgrade,the director of the Humanitarian Law Fund, Natasa Kandic, said onThursday.
BELGRADE, May 19 (Hina) - The trial of the perpetrators of the
1991 Ovcara war crimes, currently being held before the Special War Crimes
Court in Belgrade, has undoubtedly proved that some officers of the former
Yugoslav People's Army (JNA) should be put in the dock and not at the witness
stand to protect themselves and the reputation of the JNA, which should also be
the most important reason for Serbia to request that the trial of the Vukovar
Three be referred to Belgrade, the director of the Humanitarian Law Fund,
Natasa Kandic, said on Thursday. Kandic, who is also the defence
attorney for members of the Vukovar territorial defence units and volunteers,
said Serbia needed the trial of the Vukovar Three to free itself of the myths
and lies that the JNA was a buffer zone and an army which protected civilians
regardless of their nationality, Kandic wrote in a column in Belgrade-based
Danas daily of Thursday.
She said the most important reason why Serbia should request the
referral was to cut the ties with the Milosevic regime and create conditions
for justice for the victims of war crimes committed by Serb forces. She said
this would create conditions for cooperation in the region.