Human Rights and Democracy - Official Documents

We also offered political and practical support to both tribunals, including ensuring
that full cooperation with the tribunal for the former Yugoslavia remains a key
precondition for progress towards the EU for the countries of the Western Balkans.
In Serbia we funded a project by the Belgrade Centre for Human Rights to change
attitudes towards the tribunal for the former Yugoslavia and to promote awareness of
war crimes. This included public surveys, conferences and a publication in Serbia,
Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina. Further conferences in Zagreb and Sarajevo
are planned.
In Bosnia and Herzegovina, the UK supported a number of activities in the justice
sector including a project aimed at enhancing the effectiveness of the State
Prosecutor’s Office in dealing with Srebrenica-related war crimes, through seconding
prosecutors and legal officers, as well as through capacity-building programmes.
We also supported the International Commission on Missing Persons to continue its
work with the tribunal for the former Yugoslavia and domestic courts, providing DNA
reports and expert testimony for war crimes cases.
In Kosovo we seconded expert staff to EULEX Kosovo, the EU Rule of Law Mission,
including two judges, three prosecutors and the head of the organised crime unit.
The Kosovo Special Prosecution Office, under supervision of EULEX prosecutors,
filed three war crimes indictments, one of which led to a conviction and seven years’
imprisonment. EULEX also increased its cooperation with the Serbian authorities
and the tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in investigating ongoing war crimes.
Extraordinary Chambers of the Court of Cambodia
In July, judgment was delivered in Case 1 at the Court. The defendant, Kaing Guek
Eav, also known as Duch, was found guilty of crimes against humanity and was
sentenced to 35 years’ imprisonment. The appeal hearing will take place in March
2011. Throughout the course of Duch’s trial we have funded a TV series in
Cambodia which has provided information to more than 2 million rural Cambodians
each week on the trial’s proceedings. Our Ambassador was present at the reading
of the verdict and embassy staff joined community members in the provinces to
watch it on television. As Jeremy Browne said upon its announcement, the verdict
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