The Center for Civic Education (CGO), Action for Human Rights (HRA) and the Center for Coping with the Past - DOCUMENTA once again invite the Supreme State Prosecutor's Office of Montenegro and the State Attorney's Office of the Republic of Croatia to review the evidence collected so far and make a greater effort to collect additional evidence and prosecute war crimes that were undoubtedly committed on the Dubrovnik battlefield 24 years ago.
They state that the European integration process will not be able to be carried out until the end, "until the war crimes processes, which do not expire, are brought to a level where it is possible to establish criminal responsibility".
"On December 6, 24 years ago, the unjustified attack by soldiers of the Yugoslav People's Army (JNA) and Montenegrin reservists on Dubrovnik escalated. Only on that day in 1991, 19 people died from shelling, 60 were wounded, and the library of the International University Center with 20.000 was burned down book and the significantly damaged old core of the city under UNESCO protection. The nine-month siege of Dubrovnik began on October 1, 1991," states the joint press release of these NGOs.
They remind that so far only two people have been convicted for war crimes committed during the attack on Dubrovnik, the former general of the JNA, Pavle Strugar and the commander Miodrag Jokić.
"It is generally known that during the siege of Dubrovnik and the occupation of the surrounding area, numerous war crimes were committed against the civilian population in the form of murder, abuse, destruction and looting of property. State officials of Montenegro have already accepted responsibility for the looting of livestock from the farm in Grude and negotiated compensation because of the equipment confiscated from the Dubrovnik airport. Punishment for crimes, in addition to testifying to the acceptance of the rule of law, ensures a true confrontation with the past and preventing it from happening again," the statement said.
It is added that the attack on Dubrovnik must not be forgotten.
"He will continue to remain a black stain of Montenegrin history, which will not fade if he does not persevere in identifying and punishing those responsible for the suffering of the innocent," they conclude. CGO, HRA and DOCUMENTA.
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