FIRST SECTION
Application no. 67499/12
Milka BEKIĆ and others against Croatia
lodged on 28 September 2012
STATEMENT OF FACTS
A list of the applicants is set out in the appendix.
A. The circumstances of the case
The facts of the case, as submitted by the applicants, may be summarised as follows.
1. Killing of the applicants’ close relatives
On 22 August 1991 Dragan Bekić, Nenad Pajić, Miland Kladar and Radovan Kragulj, the applicants’ respective close relatives, were killed by members of the Croatian Army.
An investigation was opened in respect of Ð.B. and V.M. in the Osijek County Court on charges of war crimes against the civilian population which also included the killings of the applicants’ close relatives.
2. Proceedings on indictment
On 16 December 2011 the Osijek County State Attorney’s Office lodged an indictment against V.M. and Ð.B. in the Osijek County Court, alleging that they had been in command of the unit whose unknown members committed a number of crimes against the civilian population between July 1991 and June 1992, including the killings of the applicants’ close relatives, described above. They were charged with war crimes against the civilian population.
The proceedings are currently pending.
COMPLAINT
The applicants complain under Article 2 of the Convention of the killing of their close relatives. They also complaint that the criminal law mechanisms as applied in the cases concerning the killings of their close relatives have not met the standards of the procedural aspect of Article 2 of the Convention.
QUESTION TO THE PARTIES
Having regard to the procedural protection of the right to life, was the manner in which the criminal law mechanisms have been applied in the present cases by the domestic authorities in breach of Article 2 of the Convention?
The Government are invited to submit copies of all case files and other documents concerning the killing of the applicants’ relatives.
Appendix
No
Application No
Lodged on
Applicant
Date of birth
Place of residence
Represented by
67499/12
28/09/2012
Milka BEKIĆ
02/08/1955
Sisak
Bekić DUŠKO
18/11/1982
Sisak
Bekić DUNJA
23/12/1983
Sisak
Bekić DANIJEL
06/03/1988
Sisak
Luka ŠUŠAK
67522/12
28/09/2012
Radojka PAJIĆ
02/02/1960
Barajevo
Pajić DAMIR
17/10/1978
Barajevo
Pajić JOVICA
20/01/1982
Barajevo
Luka ŠUŠAK
74387/12
05/11/2012
Dragica KLADAR
02/03/1942
Blinjski Kut
Luka ŠUŠAK
3466/13
18/12/2012
Mara KRAGULJ
15/10/1955
Čačak
Kragulj MILAN
23/06/1974
Čačak
Kragulj DRAGAN
05/12/1984
Čačak
Kragulj MILENA
15/06/1976
Blinjski Put
Luka ŠUŠAK
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