Natasha Kandiq urges EU to address war crime fact distortion

Natasha Kandiq, founder of the Humanitarian Law Center, has called on the European Union to respond to the distortion of facts regarding the war in Kosovo and the Srebrenica genocide in Serbia. In a response to EU Ambassador Andreas von Beckerath, Kandiq criticized practices in Serbia that replace judicial decisions and verified facts with a so-called “people’s truth.”

Kandiq emphasized that while the Ambassador warned against the glorification of convicted war criminals, he failed to address the denial and distortion of war crimes. She noted that the Humanitarian Law Center holds comprehensive documentation on human losses in Kosovo, including judicial documents, victim testimonies, and video recordings from the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY).

Kandiq stated that this documentation could assist the Serbian War Crimes Prosecutor, provided the office operates independently of political instructions. She urged the EU to provide political and financial support to involve younger generations, such as students and university graduates, in researching the wars of the 1990s.