SISAK, June 8 (Hina) - Associations of Croatian Homeland War civilian victims have urged the government to provide full care to families of civilians gone missing and killed during the 1990s war, particularly wounded children and
children of missing and killed civilians.
SISAK, June 8 (Hina) - Associations of Croatian Homeland War
civilian victims have urged the government to provide full care to
families of civilians gone missing and killed during the 1990s war,
particularly wounded children and children of missing and killed
civilians. #L#
The associations wrapped up their Fourth, two-day convention in
Sisak on Saturday, adopting a set of conclusions which were read out
to reporters by Julijana Rosandic.
The government and Welfare Minister Davorko Vidovic are requested
to forward into parliamentary procedure a new law on civilian
Homeland War victims as soon as possible which the conclusions say
will not be discriminating as the current one.
Rosandic said the civilian victims had filed a constitutional claim
against the current law. The civilian victims will no longer be
second rank victims, she added.
The associations also seek a new registering of all victims. If the
government fails to meet said requests, the associations will
resort to protests, said Rosandic.
The conclusions request all representatives of the authorities to
act in line with a declaration on the protection of Homeland War
values adopted by parliament.
Competent institutions are called on to do everything for the
discovery and prosecution of war criminals.
A special request has been made for dignified burials for civilian
war victims.
The associations protested against Minister Vidovic's failure to
attend the convention, and slammed senior officials and political
parties for failing to attend the recent marking of the tenth
anniversary of the killing of 306 children in Slavonski Brod.
The associations also criticised state television for not covering
said commemoration as well as the convention's closing day.
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