State party
SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO
Case
Ristic, 113/1998
Nationality and country of removal
if applicable
Yugoslav
Views adopted on
11 May 2001
Issues and violations found
Failure to investigate allegations of torture by
police - articles 12 and 13
Interim measures granted and State party
response
None
Remedy recommended
Urges the State party to carry out such
investigations without delay. An appropriate
remedy.
Due date for State party response
6 January 1999
Date of reply
Latest note verbale 28 July 2006 (had replied
on 5 August 2005 - See the annual report of
the Committee, A/61/44)
State party response
The Committee will recall that by note
verbale of 5 August 2005, the State party
confirmed that the First Municipal Court in
Belgrade by decision of 30 December 2004
found that the complainant’s parents should
be paid compensation. However, as this case
is being appealed to the Belgrade District
Court, this decision was neither effective nor
enforceable at that stage. The State party also
informed the Committee that the Municipal
Court had found inadmissible the request to
conduct a thorough and impartial
investigation into the allegations of police
brutality as a possible cause of Mr. Ristic’s
death.
On 28 July 2006, the State party informed the
Committee that the District Court of Belgrade
had dismissed the complaint filed by the
Republic of Serbia and the State Union of
Serbia and Montenegro in May 2005. On
8 February 2006, the Supreme Court of Serbia
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