Croatia: Information on the current treatment of ethnic Serbs in Croatia
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 June 1996 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | HRV24027.E |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Croatia: Information on the current treatment of ethnic Serbs in Croatia, 1 June 1996, HRV24027.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6ab17c.html [accessed 1 June 2023] |
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For information on the requested topic, please consult the attachments as well as Country Reports 1995 and Responses to Information Requests HRV22383.E of 22 January 1996 and HRV22952.E of 1 February 1996, all available in you Regional Documentation Centre.
This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the DIRB within time constraints. This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum.
Attachments
Agence France Presse (AFP). 29 February 1996. "Croatian Serbs Still Persecuted: Human Rights Group." (NEXIS)
_____. 8 January 1996. "UN Security Council Condemns Zagreb for Human Rights Abuses." (NEXIS)
_____. 29 December 1995. Rene Slama. "Germany Comes to Croatia's Aid Over Human Rights Abuses." (NEXIS)
Amnesty International. 5 October 1995. Urgent Action: Croatia: Serbs in Areas Retaken by Croatian Forces. (AI Index: EUR 64/09/95). London: Amnesty International.
_____. 29 September 1995. Croatia: Human Rights Violations in the Krajina. (AI Index: EUR 64/08/95). London: Amnesty International.
_____. 15 September 1995. Urgent Action: Croatia: Serbs in Areas Retaken by Croatian Forces. (AI Index EUR 64/05/95). London: Amnesty International.
_____. 10 August 1995. Urgent Action: Croatia: Serbian Refugees from Krajina. (AI Index: EUR 64/02/95). London: Amnesty International.
Human Rights Watch (HRW). 1995. Human Rights Watch World Report 1996. New York: Human Rights Watch, pp. 210-211.
International Herald Tribune. 11 January 1996. Barbara Crossette. "NATO Will Help UN Disarm Serbs in Croatia." (NEXIS)
ITAR-TASS [Moscow]. 26 December 1995. Valery Sevryukov. "Russia Denounces Human Rights Violations by Croatians." (NEXIS)
Jane's Intelligence Review [Surrey]. December 1995. Vol. 7, No. 12. Mladen Klemencic and Clive Schofield. "After the Storm: Future Challenges for Croatia."
Politika Ekspres [Belgrade, in Serbo-Croatian]. 8 May 1996. "Croatia: Serb Deputy Opposes Partial Amnesty." (FBIS-EEU-96-091 9 May 1996, p. 58)
The New York Times. 1 February 1996. "In Last Serb-Held Bit of Croatia, Resistance Threatens Peace Pact."
_____. 17 January 1996. "Records on Croatia's Violations of Human Rights Lost in Theft."
Radio Beograd Network [Belgrade, in Serbo-Croatian]. 3 May 1996. "Croatia: E. Slavonia's Hadzic: Serb-Croat Relations Normalizing." (FBIS-EEU-96-089 7 May 1996, pp. 39-40)
Radio Croatia Network [Zagreb, in Serbo-Croatian]. 13 May 1996. "Croatia: Human Rights Committee Chairman on E. Slavonia." (FBIS-EEU-96-094 14 May 1996, pp. 47-48)
Reuters. 17 May 1996. BC Cycle. "Parliament Passes Amnesty Bill for Serb Rebels." (NEXIS)
Tanjug [Belgrade, in English]. 3 May 1996. "Croatia: Stanimirovic Says Serbs Have Right To Stay in Croatia." (FIBS-EEU-96-090 8 May 1996, pp. 44-45)
The Toronto Star. 2 February 1996. "Serbs Resist Return of Rule by Croatia."
Transition: Events and Issues in the Former Soviet Union and East-Central and Southeastern Europe [Prague]. 12 January 1996. Vol. 2, No. 1. Ruediger Rossig. "A Growing Humanitarian Catastrophe."
