HLC researches war crimes and human rights violations in Kosovo.
The Kosovo Memory Book is a record of all individual victims from January 1st 1998 until December 31st 2000, which includes the documented circumstances of how each victim was killed or disappeared. This record will prevent political manipulation of the number of victims, and will help society to face the facts about the atrocities committed in this conflict, and help build a culture of remembrance.
HLC estimates that during the Kosovo conflict between 8.000 and 10.000 Albanians were killed. The number of killed Serbs, Roma, Bosniaks and other non-Albanians is estimated to be between 2.000 and 2.500. According to the International Committee of Red Cross on May 22nd 2009, 1.906 individuals, from all ethnic groups, are still considered missing.
Teams consisting of two researchers are conducting research in Kosovo and Serbia. They collect data primarily by interviewing witnesses, family members and other persons who have knowledge of the circumstances in which the victims disappeared or were killed. Besides statements, the researchers also collect relevant documents, as well as photographs of the victims, graves, monuments etc. The collected documents are analyzed by five analysts, who make new or update the existing records on the victims in the war crimes database. Draft records are initially organized chronologically, then according to the place of death or disappearance, and finally according to the source of information.
Since September 1st 2007, when the analysts started making records, until August 31st 2009, 4.874 records, which describe the fate of 8.752 victims who were killed, abducted or disappeared, were created. That constitutes 63,4% of the overall number of victims registered in the HLC’s database (13.790). The fate of 3.562 victims that were killed in mass crimes was recorded in 951 written records.
To date HLC recorded and described the fate of 7.636 Albanians, 845 Serbs, 109 Roma, 64 Bosniaks, 34 Montenegrins, 22 Ashkali, six Gorani, 13 Egyptians, six Turks, two Russians, one Croat, two Hungarians, one Macedonian, one Bulgarian, one Ruthenian, two Slovenians, one Yugoslav, and six victims whose nationality could not be determined.
If you have any information about the victims that appear on either of these lists please contact us.
Presentations of the record of killed and missing
At the links below you can read the articles and see the photos and videos from the presentations of the record of killed and missing in Kosovo.
- Presentation of the record of killed and missing in Suva Reka/Suharrekë
- Presentation of the record of killed and missing in Orahovac/Rahovec
- Presentation of the record of killed and missing in Đakovica/Gjakovë
- Presentation of the record of killed and missing in Lipljan/Lipjan
- Presentation of the record of killed and missing in Glogovac/Gllogoc
- Presentation of the record of killed and missing in Meja/Mejë
- Presentation of results of the record of killed, dead and missing Serbs, Roma, Bosniaks, Montenegrins and other non-Albanians in Kosovo
- Presentation of the register of killed and missing held in Kosovo Polje/ Fushë Kosovë
- Presentation of the register of killed and missing in Izbica/Izbicë
- Presentation of the register of killed and missing held in Srbica/Skenderaj
- Presentation of the register of killed and missing in Prizren/Prizren
- Presentation of the register of killed and missing in Peć/Pejë
- Presentation of the register of killed and missing in Mitrovica/Mitrovicë
- Presentation of the register of killed and missing in Gračanica/Graçanicë
- Presentation of the register of killed and missing in Podujevo/Podujevë