Dossier: Forcible Mobilisation of Refugees
Dossier: Forcible Mobilisation of Refugees

Author(s): Jovana Kolarić
Subject(s): Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Wars in Jugoslavia
Published by: Fond za humanitarno pravo
Keywords: forcible mobilisation of refugees; Serbian Ministry of Interior (MUP); Humanitarian Law Centre (HLC) documentation; International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) evidence; violations of refugee protection laws
Summary/Abstract: The Dossier “Forcible Mobilisation of Refugees” is the Humanitarian Law Center’s (HLC) twelfth dossier that aims to present to the public the evidence of a systematic and widespread violation of the human rights of refugees in Serbia. During and in connection with the armed conflicts in the territory of Croatia (1991-95) and BiH (1992-95), several hundred thousand Serb refugees fled to Serbia. The last major wave of refugees arriving occurred during and after the Croatian army operations “Flash” and “Storm”. From May until the end of September 1995, the Serbian Ministry of the Interior (MUP) arrested and forcibly mobilised Serbian refugees throughout Serbia, and then handed them over to the army and police authorities of the Republika Srpska (RS) and Republika Srpska Krajina (RSK), as well as to paramilitary groups from Serbia, which were affiliated with the State Security Service (RDB).

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