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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06ZAGREB1251 |
CROATIA AND SERBIA TO EXCHANGE WAR CRIMES EVIDENCE [...] (U) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Chief State Prosecutor Mladen Bajic and Serbian War Crimes Prosecutor Vladimir Vukcevic signed a bilateral agreement in Zagreb October 13 on cooperation in war crimes prosecutions. Like the document Bajic signed with his Montenegrin counterpart in July (reftel), the a [...] |
2006-10-16 13:48:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KAWC PGOV SR HR WAR CRIMES |
| 06ZAGREB1285 |
JUDGE ORDERS GLAVAS DETAINED [...] (U) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The Zagreb County Court today ordered the detention of MP Branimir Glavas to prevent him from intimidating witnesses in an ongoing war crimes investigation that implicates him in the torture and murder of Serb civilians in Osijek in 1991 (reftels). Parliament, which e [...] |
2006-10-23 13:05:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KAWC HR WAR CRIMES |
| 06ZAGREB1352 |
INTERNATIONALS SEE GLAVAS AS JUDICIAL TEST CASE [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Observers in the international community are calling the war crimes investigation against MP Branimir Glavas (reftels) a test case of the maturity of the Croatian judiciary that will serve as an indicator of readiness for Euro-Atlantic integration. Glavas, now the sub [...] |
2006-11-08 14:52:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KAWC HR WAR CRIMES |
| 06ZAGREB1380 |
DEBATE ON GLAVAS DETENTION DIVIDES PARLIAMENT [...] (U) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Speaker of Parliament Vladimir Seks postponed a vote today that may have led to the release of MP Branimir Glavas from detention (reftels). The planned vote did not have PM Ivo Sanader's support and had sparked widespread public criticism. Glavas has been in detention [...] |
2006-11-17 16:29:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KAWC HR WAR CRIMES |
| 06ZAGREB1390 |
CROATIAN PM SANADER ASSURES AMBASSADOR ABOUT GLAVAS [...] (C) Ambassador told PM Ivo Sanader November 20 that the USG was watching carefully the progress of the Glavas case (reftel) and how the parliament dealt with it. He encouraged Sanader to promote a solution that preserved the principles of rule of law and equality of all Croatians before the la [...] |
2006-11-20 16:17:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KAWC HR WAR CRIMES |
| 06ZAGREB1405 |
PARLIAMENT CONFIRMS GLAVAS DETENTION [...] Parliament voted November 22 to confirm a committee decision to strip MP Branimir Glavas of his immunity from detention, allowing the court to keep him in detention based both on the gravity of the alleged crimes and the protection of witnesses (reftels). Glavas could face up to a year of inv [...] |
2006-11-22 14:24:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KAWC HR WAR CRIMES |
| 06ZAGREB1436 |
SETBACK IN GLAVAS INVESTIGATION [...] SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Zagreb County Court investigative judge Zdenko Posavec decided December 2 to release MP Branimir Glavas from detention and suspend further investigative hearings into his suspected involvement in war crimes against Serb civilians in 1991 due to his deteriorated health afte [...] |
2006-12-04 13:40:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KAWC HR WAR CRIMES |
| 06ZAGREB1466 |
DECISION TO RELEASE GLAVAS OVERTURNED [...] A Zagreb County Court panel of judges on December 11 quashed the December 2 decision of investigative judge Zdenko Posavec to release MP Branimir Glavas from detention and suspend further investigative hearings into his suspected involvement in war crimes against Serb civilians in 1991 in the [...] |
2006-12-12 13:40:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KAWC HR WAR CRIMES |
| 06ZAGREB560 |
GLAVAS: PROSECUTOR ASKS PARLIAMENT TO STRIP [...] (U) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Chief State Prosecutor Mladen Bajic asked Parliament on April 25 to strip Osijek strongman Branimir Glavas of his immunity as an MP in order to indict him on charges of war crimes against ethnic Serb civilians in 1991 (reftels). Speaker of Parliament Vladimir Seks, wh [...] |
2006-05-03 11:58:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KAWC HR WAR CRIMES |
| 06ZAGREB588 |
GLAVAS: PARLIAMENT LIFTS IMMUNITY [...] (U) Parliament voted on May 10 by an overwhelming majority to strip Osijek strongman Branimir Glavas of his immunity from criminal prosecution as a member of parliament. This opens the door for Chief State Prosecutor Mladen Bajic to pursue an indictment against him on charges of war crimes ag [...] |
2006-05-11 09:52:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KAWC HR WAR CRIMES |
| 06ZAGREB680 |
INVESTIGATIVE JUDGE QUESTIONS LOCAL LEADER [...] Summary and comment: MP and local leader Branimir Glavas was interviewed June 1 by an investigative judge about 1991 war crimes in the city of Osijek. When Glavas and another suspect complete their statements, the investigative judge will decide on their criminal prosecution. Neither Glavas n [...] |
2006-06-02 13:36:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM HR WAR CRIMES |
| 06ZAGREB884 |
GLAVAS: PROSECUTION SEEKS DETENTION OVER WITNESS [...] (U) Chief State Prosecutor Mladen Bajic requested on July 20 that the Zagreb County Court order the detention of MP Branimir Glavas to prevent him from intimidating witnesses in an ongoing war crimes investigation that implicates him in the torture and murder of Serb civilians in 1991 (reftels) [...] |
2006-07-21 14:32:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KAWC HR WAR CRIMES |
| 06ZAGREB941 |
AMBASSADOR WILLIAMSON: CROATIA MODEL FOR REGION IN [...] (C) Summary: During a July 31 visit to Zagreb, Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues Clint Williamson welcomed Croatia's assistance on Serbia's Action Plan on ICTY cooperation and called on officials to continue their efforts to promote regional cooperation in addressing domestic war crim [...] |
2006-08-08 11:58:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KAWC ICTY SR HR WAR CRIMES |
| 06ZAGREB943 |
MARGETIC - CROATIANS ARREST JOURNALIST AT ICTY [...] (U) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Croatian authorities arrested journalist Domagoj Margetic on August 4 for contempt of court at the request of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) after he published on his U.S.-based website a list of 102 protected witnesses from the tri [...] |
2006-08-08 13:01:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KAWC KHJUS HR WAR CRIMES |
| 06ZAGREB948 |
OPERATION STORM VIDEO - PROSECUTOR LAUNCHES [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Chief State Prosecutor Mladen Bajic has forwarded the war-time video recently aired on Belgrade's B-92 television to the Ministry of Interior and requested a full investigation of the crimes shown. After watching the video and reviewing an extensive analysis done by C [...] |
2006-08-10 08:37:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | KAWC PREL PGOV HR WAR CRIMES |
| 07ZAGREB1018 |
LITTLE IMPACT ON CROATIA-MONTENEGRO RELATIONS FROM [...] (SBU) Discussing the 4 November arrest of Montenegrin Navy Captain Ilija Brcic, Montenegrin First Counselor Vesna Nikcevic told PolOff that she expects Brcic will eventually be extradited to Croatia where he will face a new trial following his 1993 conviction in absentia. Nikcevic claimed the [...] |
2007-11-19 14:29:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MARR HR MW IT WAR CRIMES |
| 07ZAGREB159 |
CROATIAN PROSECUTOR LEADS THE REGION IN "PALIC [...] (U) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Chief State Prosecutor Mladen Bajic told Ambassador Bradtke and Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues Clint Williamson on February 7 that he has transferred evidence in five war crimes cases to Belgrade War Crimes Prosecutor Vladimir Vukcevic under an October 2006 [...] |
2007-02-13 09:56:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KCRM HR WAR CRIMES |
| 07ZAGREB219 |
CROATIAN ICJ STRATEGY AFTER BIH VERDICT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: While the Croatian media reacted with outrage to the recent International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruling finding Serbia not responsible for genocide in BiH, official GoC reaction has been decidedly measured. While still waiting for the ICJ to accept its own genocide [...] |
2007-03-05 15:40:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KAWC PGOV HR WAR CRIMES |
| 07ZAGREB227 |
ICTY SEES LOCAL NGOS AS CREDIBLE TRIAL MONITORS [...] (U) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Croatian NGOs Documenta and the Center for Peace, Nonviolence, and Human Rights discussed their recently released annual war crimes trial monitoring report with judicial officials at a March 3 roundtable in Zagreb. Panelists, including a judge, a prosecutor, a law pro [...] |
2007-03-06 14:40:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KAWC PGOV HR WAR CRIMES |
| 07ZAGREB602 |
PROSECUTOR BACKS UP WAR CRIMES ARRESTS IN VUKOVAR [...] (U) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Vukovar police arrested six ethnic Serbs June 5 on suspicion of involvement in the torture of soldiers and civilians in the village of Luzac in 1991. Local Serb politicians claimed the arrests were politically motivated and called on Post and others in the internati [...] |
2007-06-21 15:53:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KAWC PGOV HR WAR CRIMES |
| 07ZAGREB642 |
OSCE MISSION TO CROATIA: WINDING DOWN ITS MANDATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY and COMMENT. This is a joint Embassy Zagreb and USOSCE cable and represents our strategy in moving forward toward OSCE Croatia mission closure. While we believe full closure could be achieved by the end of 2007, there is no consensus on this issue among European missions in Zag [...] |
2007-07-03 15:36:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV OSCE PREF KWCI HR WAR CRIMES REFUGEES |
| 07ZAGREB690 |
ICTY PROSECUTOR AND PM AGREE ON TRIAL MONITORING [...] (U) In the 16 July letter below, Hague Tribunal Chief Prosecutor Carla Del Ponte informs OSCE Chairman-in-Office of her recent discussions with PM Ivo Sanader regarding the future of the OSCE mission in Croatia and the monitoring of war crimes trials. Del Ponte notes what she calls the essent [...] |
2007-07-19 13:00:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KAWC PGOV OSCE ICTY HR WAR CRIMES |
| 07ZAGREB768 |
WAR CRIMES PROSECUTORS TO EXPAND REGIONAL [...] (U) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Prosecutors from Croatia, Bosnia, Montenegro, Serbia, and the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) agreed on new forms of cooperation in war crimes cases at a private regional meeting on Brijuni Island July 11-13. Chief State Prosecutor Mlad [...] |
2007-08-20 10:14:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KAWC PGOV HR WAR CRIMES |
| 07ZAGREB956 |
REGIONAL PROSECUTORS MEET ON WAR CRIMES COOPERATION [...] (U) SUMMARY: Between 2-4 October, on the island of Hvar in Croatia, S/WCI and DoJ OPDAT hosted a regional conference on war crimes cooperation that gathered Chief State Prosecutors and their deputies from Bosnia, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, and Serbia, together with representatives of ICTY, [...] |
2007-10-19 13:55:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | KAWC ICTY PREL PGOV HR WAR CRIMES |
| 08ZAGREB19 |
WAR CRIMES INDICTEE AND MP GLAVAS RELEASED FROM [...] (C) SUMMARY: War crimes indictee and re-elected MP Branimir Glavas was released from custody on 11 JAN after the opening session of Parliament, following the Zagreb County Court determination that only Parliament can decide the status of his immunity from prosecution and detention after the s [...] |
2008-01-11 16:23:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | HR CROATIA KAWC PGOV WAR CRIMES |
| 08ZAGREB23 |
WAR CRIMES PROSECUTION OF MP GLAVAS CONTINUES, BUT [...] (SBU) Subsequent to the Zagreb County Court's decision last week (REF A) that Branimir Glavas had re-gained parliamentary immunity due to his re-election to the Croatian Sabor, the Sabor's Mandates and Immunities Committee met on January 12 and overwhelmingly voted to again lift Glavas' immun [...] |
2008-01-14 15:37:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | KAWC PGOV HR WAR CRIMES |