The Belgrade based non-government organisation was established in late 1993 by citizens of the then Republic of Serbian Krayina - RSK (former United Nations Protected Area - UNPA). Prior to the exile of Krayina population in August 1995, the organization was headquartered in Knin. Afterwards it moved to Belgrade.

Address: 8/4 Decanska St, Belgrade 11000
Tel / Fax: +381-11-3236-486
Web: www.veritas.org.yu
Contact person: Savo Shtrbats, the President
Staffing: Four full-time staff and a number of external associates
Account number: 40815-743-2421

The following are VERITAS’ aims and objectives:

• Collecting documents pertinent to the pre-war, war and post-war property and sufferings of Serbs on the territory of the then Republic of Serbian Krayina and of all citizens of the then Republic of Croatia;
• To exhibit, publish, and publicize findings of these document searches to the public;
• To prepapre and disseminate evidence to national and international institutions that potrays a different “truth” regarding events on the territory of the former Socialist Republic of Croatia, and to initiate court proceedings against perpetrators of crimes committed against humanity and the international law;
• To unearth information pertinent to destinies of all Krayina residents who failed to flee Krayina in May and August 1995 and who are either dead or alive;
• To cooperate with the Commissions for the exchange of prisoners of war and the hand over of bodies, of those killed on either side of the conflict, and to work with international humanitarian organisations, in order to release all prisoners of war and handover the bodies of those killed to their families as soon as possible;
• To provide legal aid to former Krayina residents, including compensation for physical and emotional suffering and the damaged and destroyed property.

The following have been published by VERITAS to date:

• RAVNI KOTARI – MASLENICA (1993)
• BLOODY SEPTEMBER IN LIKA (1993) - Both of these publications have been originally published in July 1994 with second edition published in April 1996
• MILJEVCI PLATEAU-JUNE 1992 (April 1996)
• 1994 a release of an audio-recording - side A - "VERITAS", side B - "BLOODY SEPTEMBER IN LIKA-1993".
• SERB WEST SLAVONIA - MAY 1995 (Octobar 1997)
• SERB KRAJINA - AUGUST 1995 (Octobar 1997)

All of the above have been published with the assistance of Mr. Vlado Bjelopetrovic from Chicago and his printing house "Great Lakes Graphics, Inc". The last two publications were printed by the Publishing office of the "SVETIGORA" diocese of the crnogorsko-primorski Archbishop with the blessing of an Archbishop Amfilohiye.

With assistance by the weekly newspaper "ODGOVOR", VERITAS has published a book titled "Destiny of the People from the Missing lists” (authored by Savo Shtrbats; stories have been published in the newspaper "Serbian Voice", issued by Serb Cultural Association "Savo Mrkalj" from Topusko in the second half of 1994 and in the first half of 1995).

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