Ministry of defence Republic of Serbia
 
12.06.2015.

As always, only by the law



Regarding the restated press release of the Fund for Humanitarian Rights, concerning the truthful informing of the public, we stress that the Decision of the Minister of Defence on protection of the archive build made during the work of the disbanded Command of the 37th Motorized Brigade of the Army of Yugoslavia was made in accordance with the Law on Archive Build, as it has always been conducted for that type of build.

We point out that Article 21 of the Law proscribes that archive build becomes available for public use for scientific-research and other purposes after the passing of deadlines determined by the authority under whose work the build was created.

We stress that the Decision on protection of the archive build does not relate to the authorized actions of courts and prosecutor’s offices in Serbia or requests of the Hague Tribune.

If all the data on combat actions listed in the requested documents were made public, a question would arise concerning conducting future missions and tasks of SAF members, i.e. its functioning as an organized armed force that defends the country and conducts the missions and tasks determined by the Constitution, laws and principles of the International Law.