Public perception in Serbia of the ICTY and the national courts dealing with war crimes Serbia, 2009

StrategicPuls Group Serbia | Croatia | Slovenia | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Montenegro | Macedonia | Albania METHODOLOGY The poll was conducted ‘face-to-face’ at respondents’ homes, with a representative sample of Serbian citizens of the age 16+ Target population: citizens of Serbia of the age of 16 and up. The population was defined based on the data from the 2002 census, vital statistics and data on migrations, as well as estimations of the number of population for 2006 by SMR-a za Type of sample: three-phase, stratified, random representative sample. The sample was expanded with three groups of particular interest (citizens aged from , Albanians and Bosniaks/Muslims) in order to enable a reliable assessment of results for these population groups and their comparison with the average of the overall population of Serbia. Size of sample: 1400 respondents Sample error: marginal error (incidence 50%) +/- 3.25% The survey was conducted from April 2009 to June 2009 Whenever possible, the new results were given in comparison with the results from previous surveys (2001 to 2006), that were conducted in cooperation of the TV B92 (2001) and the Belgrade Centre for Human Rights and the OSCE Mission to Serbia (2004 to 2006)

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Ipsos Strategic Puls Serbia | Croatia | Slovenia | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Montenegro | Macedonia | Albania International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia - perceptions and attitudes -

Ipsos Strategic Puls Serbia | Croatia | Slovenia | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Montenegro | Macedonia | Albania 55 To what extent do you think that you are familiar with the organization and work of the ICTY? 72% 27% 43% 57% 47% 50%

Ipsos Strategic Puls Serbia | Croatia | Slovenia | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Montenegro | Macedonia | Albania 66 To what extent do you think that you are familiar with the organization and work of the ICTY? Base: Total target population 60% 49% 35% 37% 48% 65%

Ipsos Strategic Puls Serbia | Croatia | Slovenia | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Montenegro | Macedonia | Albania 77 What is your view of the ICTY? Base: Total target population 76% 73% 8% 78% 72% 14% 10%4%4%

Ipsos Strategic Puls Serbia | Croatia | Slovenia | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Montenegro | Macedonia | Albania 8 Why do you have this view (give reasons)? Multiple response; Base: Total target population

Ipsos Strategic Puls Serbia | Croatia | Slovenia | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Montenegro | Macedonia | Albania 9 To what extent have the attitudes of the following people and institutions expressed in public influenced your attitude towards ICTY % of answers: influenced “pretty much + very much”

Ipsos Strategic Puls Serbia | Croatia | Slovenia | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Montenegro | Macedonia | Albania 10 Rank first three who influenced you the most?

Ipsos Strategic Puls Serbia | Croatia | Slovenia | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Montenegro | Macedonia | Albania 11 Do you watch TV recordings of ICTY trials? Base: Total target population

Ipsos Strategic Puls Serbia | Croatia | Slovenia | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Montenegro | Macedonia | Albania 12 Frequency of watching TV recordings of ICTY trials and attitudes towards ICTY

Ipsos Strategic Puls Serbia | Croatia | Slovenia | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Montenegro | Macedonia | Albania 13 Do you support or oppose to arresting and extraditing of Radovan Karadzic to the ICTY? Base: Total target population

Ipsos Strategic Puls Serbia | Croatia | Slovenia | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Montenegro | Macedonia | Albania 14 Do you think that Ratko Mladić should be arrested and extradited? Base: Total target population

Ipsos Strategic Puls Serbia | Croatia | Slovenia | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Montenegro | Macedonia | Albania 15 Do you think that Ratko Mladić should be arrested and extradited? Base: Total target population

Ipsos Strategic Puls Serbia | Croatia | Slovenia | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Montenegro | Macedonia | Albania 16 What is your opinion about the cooperation of Serbia with the ICTY? Do you think... Base: Total target population 55%

Ipsos Strategic Puls Serbia | Croatia | Slovenia | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Montenegro | Macedonia | Albania 17 Because of justice Utilitarian In total for cooperation 84% 70% 76% 69% Views about the cooperation of Serbia with ICTY, %

Ipsos Strategic Puls Serbia | Croatia | Slovenia | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Montenegro | Macedonia | Albania 18 In your opinion, should Serbia cooperate with other countries of the former Yugoslavia in respect to war crimes?

Ipsos Strategic Puls Serbia | Croatia | Slovenia | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Montenegro | Macedonia | Albania 19 Do ICTY proceedings contribute to the establishment of truth about what happened in the wars in the former Yugoslavia? Base: Total target population

Ipsos Strategic Puls Serbia | Croatia | Slovenia | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Montenegro | Macedonia | Albania 20 Do you think that in the proceedings against Milutinović, Šainović, Ojdanić, Pavković, Lazarević and Lukić the truth about what really happened in Kosovo was established, i.e. that there was organized persecution and killing of Albanians?

Ipsos Strategic Puls Serbia | Croatia | Slovenia | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Montenegro | Macedonia | Albania 21 Do you think that the following indicted persons are guilty of crimes for which they were tried before the ICTY?

Ipsos Strategic Puls Serbia | Croatia | Slovenia | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Montenegro | Macedonia | Albania 22 What was the reason for the acquittal of Ramush Haradinaj? Multiple response; Base: Total target population

Ipsos Strategic Puls Serbia | Croatia | Slovenia | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Montenegro | Macedonia | Albania 23 Do you believe that witnesses and victims of non-Serbian nationalities who testify in the Tribunal, are telling the truth? Base: total target population

Ipsos Strategic Puls Serbia | Croatia | Slovenia | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Montenegro | Macedonia | Albania 24 Do you think that ICTY judges are generally biased? Base: Total target population

Ipsos Strategic Puls Serbia | Croatia | Slovenia | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Montenegro | Macedonia | Albania 25 How does the ICTY treat the accused of the Croat, Albanian, Muslim, and Serbian nationality? Base: Total target population Nationality of the accused

Ipsos Strategic Puls Serbia | Croatia | Slovenia | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Montenegro | Macedonia | Albania 26 How do you think that the trials before the ICTY affect the victims of war crimes and their families?

Ipsos Strategic Puls Serbia | Croatia | Slovenia | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Montenegro | Macedonia | Albania 27 Do you think that the ICTY trials contribute to reconciliation process in the region? Base: Total target population

Ipsos Strategic Puls Serbia | Croatia | Slovenia | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Montenegro | Macedonia | Albania 28 Do you think that ICTY archives should be accessible to everyone? Base: Total target population

Ipsos Strategic Puls Serbia | Croatia | Slovenia | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Montenegro | Macedonia | Albania Serbian judiciary dealing with war crimes - perception and attitudes -

Ipsos Strategic Puls Serbia | Croatia | Slovenia | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Montenegro | Macedonia | Albania 30 Do you consider the judiciary of the Republic of Serbia capable of trying cases which involve war crimes? 67% 49% 33%

Ipsos Strategic Puls Serbia | Croatia | Slovenia | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Montenegro | Macedonia | Albania 31 How would you rate the work of the War Crimes Prosecutor of the Republic of Serbia? 36% 55% 42% 66% 56% 27%

Ipsos Strategic Puls Serbia | Croatia | Slovenia | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Montenegro | Macedonia | Albania 32 Do you think that the War Crimes Prosecutor is independent or he is under political pressure?

Ipsos Strategic Puls Serbia | Croatia | Slovenia | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Montenegro | Macedonia | Albania 33 Are the judges of the War Crimes Trial Chamber independent or are they exposed to pressures?

Ipsos Strategic Puls Serbia | Croatia | Slovenia | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Montenegro | Macedonia | Albania 34 What is your opinion of the judgments of Serbian war crimes court determining that indicted Serbs are guilty of war crimes? Base: Total target population

Ipsos Strategic Puls Serbia | Croatia | Slovenia | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Montenegro | Macedonia | Albania 35 In your opinion, do the trials before ICTY / national court contribute to the reconciliation in the region? Do trials for war crimes before ICTY / national court help establish the truth about events in the wars in former SFRY?

Ipsos Strategic Puls Serbia | Croatia | Slovenia | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Montenegro | Macedonia | Albania 36 Where should the alleged perpetrators of war crimes committed in the wars in the former Yugoslavia be tried?

Ipsos Strategic Puls Serbia | Croatia | Slovenia | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Montenegro | Macedonia | Albania 37 Would you agree to testify before war crimes courts in...

Ipsos Strategic Puls Serbia | Croatia | Slovenia | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Montenegro | Macedonia | Albania 38 Should war crimes trials continue in Serbia after the ICTY closes down?

Ipsos Strategic Puls Serbia | Croatia | Slovenia | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Montenegro | Macedonia | Albania 39 Do you think there is a need for establishing a body, in addition to the courts, that would work on determination of facts on crimes during the war (such as, for example, a regional Commission for Truth and Reconciliation, or similar body)?

Ipsos Strategic Puls Serbia | Croatia | Slovenia | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Montenegro | Macedonia | Albania The role of the media

Ipsos Strategic Puls Serbia | Croatia | Slovenia | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Montenegro | Macedonia | Albania 41 Does the public receive sufficient information from the media on war crimes proceedings? 55% 58%

Ipsos Strategic Puls Serbia | Croatia | Slovenia | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Montenegro | Macedonia | Albania 42 In what way do the media report on war crimes proceedings ? 51%

Ipsos Strategic Puls Serbia | Croatia | Slovenia | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Montenegro | Macedonia | Albania 43 Is the media presence of the representatives of ICTY sufficient for one to be aware of the work and activities of the ICTY? Is the media presence of the representatives of the Serbian Prosecutor for War Crimes sufficient for one to be aware of the work and activities of his Office?

Ipsos Strategic Puls Serbia | Croatia | Slovenia | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Montenegro | Macedonia | Albania 44 Who do you believe the most when it comes to information on trials for war crimes?

Ipsos Strategic Puls Serbia | Croatia | Slovenia | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Montenegro | Macedonia | Albania 45 To whom do the media grant more attention, i.e. to whom do they focus more – to perpetrators or victims of war crimes? 53%

Ipsos Strategic Puls Serbia | Croatia | Slovenia | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Montenegro | Macedonia | Albania Awareness and attitudes regarding events in the wars of 1992 – 1995

Ipsos Strategic Puls Serbia | Croatia | Slovenia | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Montenegro | Macedonia | Albania 47 Have you heard of the following event? % of citizens who have heard of the event

Ipsos Strategic Puls Serbia | Croatia | Slovenia | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Montenegro | Macedonia | Albania 48 Do you believe that this really happened? % of citizens who believe that it really happened

Ipsos Strategic Puls Serbia | Croatia | Slovenia | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Montenegro | Macedonia | Albania 49 Was the event an inevitability of war or a war crime for which the perpetrators should answer? % of citizens who consider it a war crime

Ipsos Strategic Puls Serbia | Croatia | Slovenia | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Montenegro | Macedonia | Albania THANK YOU!