„DUBINA 2“: RATNI ZLOČIN KOJI I DALJE TRAJE
“DUBINA 2”: AN ON-GOING WAR CRIME

Author(s): Vanja Đurđić
Subject(s): History, Criminal Law, International Law, Criminology, Wars in Jugoslavia
Published by: Građanske inicijative
Keywords: War in Kosovo; mass graves; “Dubina 2”; crimes; International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
Summary/Abstract: During the war in Kosovo (1998–1999), armed forces of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Army of Yugoslavia and Ministry of internal affairs), together with paramilitary forces under the command of the State Security Agency have committed many atrocities against Kosovo Albanians. These atrocities have included killings, sexual violence, forced disappearances and ethnic cleansing. This article shall focus on the crimes committed in Kosovo, operation of concealment of bodies of Albanian victims from Kosovo and their transport into the mass graves in Serbia under the name “Depth 2”, as well as ignoring and lack of remembrance of these crimes in Serbian public. The article shall present the facts and accountability of the highest military and security forces of the FRY established in the judicial proceedings before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) in The Hague. It will also present how these forces were aware of the atrocities committed in Kosovo 1998-1999. Finally, the article shall focus on the lack of memorialization of mass graves where the victims were exhumed in Serbia.

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