Predlog praktične politike: Potraga za licima nestalim tokom oružanih sukoba na teritoriji bivše Jugoslavije, tokom 1990-ih godina
Policy paper: Search for missing persons during armed conflicts on the territory of the former Yugoslavia, during the 1990s

Author(s): Višnja Šijačić
Subject(s): Wars in Jugoslavia
Published by: Fond za humanitarno pravo
Keywords: missing persons; armed conflicts; Yugoslavia
Summary/Abstract: The wars fought in the former Yugoslavia during the 1990s left severe and long-term human, social and material consequences in the successor states of the former Yugoslavia. Of the approximately 130,000 people who lost their lives, more than 10,000 of them are still missing. The large number of missing persons reminds of the failure of the state to protect the preservation of basic human rights, while the failure to make the search for missing persons more effective points to the failure to establish the rule of law. Such a large number of missing persons calls on the states to make an additional effort so that competent institutions, including prosecutors' offices, courts and the police, effectively investigate the circumstances under which people have disappeared. Bearing in mind that Serbia still faces serious challenges when it comes to the search for missing persons, a more coherent strategic approach and the effective application of all available mechanisms that can make this process more efficient are critically important.

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