Third-year student Caroline Highland has assisted with research and the review of witness statements in the retrial of two men indicted for their alleged activities in Serbian State Security during the 1990s.
Jovica Stanišić and Franko Simatović, who were initially acquitted before the verdict was overturned by a UN appeals chamber in 2015, are accused of orchestrating a joint criminal enterprise as part of their leadership roles in Serbian State Security during the 1990s.
Highland researched international legal principles and analyzed the history of a devastating conflict in the former Yugoslavia. She reviewed and researched evidence that is before the Mechanism for the International Criminal Tribunal, and was afforded the opportunity to put her legal research and editing to the test by aiding in the Stanišić and Simatović Pre-Trial Brief.
Highland compiled spreadsheets of evidence, and she reviewed and edited witness statements on a daily basis. She also attended a Status Conference Hearing on September 28, 2016, for the Stanišić and Simatović retrial case.
Highland has future plans of receiving her LLM in Public International Law, with a specialization in Justice, Peace, and Development, and hopes to be an analyst within an international organization.
– Story submitted by Antonette Barilla, director of Academic Support and Bar Preparation at Elon Law