Ugljare mass grave

Ugljare mass grave
LocationUgljare, Gjilan municipality, Kosovo, Yugoslavia
DateJuly 1999
TargetKosovo Serbs and possibly Albanians
Attack type
Mass killing
Deaths15

The Ugljare mass grave is a burial site in the village of Ugljare in the Kosovo municipality of Gjilan. Those buried include Kosovo Serbs and possibly Kosovo Albanians sometime around July 1999.[1][2] At the time, it was the only case which involved in the Kosovo war crimes tribunal the investigation of a crime against civilians which was possibly committed by Albanians against Serbs. No perpetrators have been found. Kosovo leaders during the war, including former Prime Minister and the "George Washington of Kosovo", Hashim Thaci, are currently on trial for crimes against humanity, murder, forced deportation, kidnapping, and persecution of Serbs and other minorities in a specially commissioned court, The Kosovo Specialist Chambers, established to prosecute Albanian leaders for crimes during and after the Kosovo War.

  1. ^ Herman, Edward; Hammond, Phil (2000). Degraded Capability - The Media and the Kosovo Crisis. Pluto Press. p. 129. ISBN 9780745316314.
  2. ^ Carlotta, Gall (27 August 1999). "Yugoslavs See Grave Site as Proof NATO Fails to Protect Serbs". The New York Times. Retrieved 8 February 2022.