Serbian Ministry of Justice: EU, KFOR, EULEX, and UNMIK bear responsibility for physical abuse of Serbian children in front of the international public

The Serbian Ministry of Justice and Minister Nenad Vujic strongly condemned today what they called a "shameful and unprovoked attack" by members of the Kosovo police on a Serbian high school graduate in North Mitrovica and called for an urgent and impartial international investigation.

In a statement, the Ministry stressed that what happened yesterday was not an isolated incident but part of a broader pattern of systemic repression and intimidation of the Serbian population in Kosovo.

“There can no longer be — nor must there be — any excuse for this, neither from the provisional institutions in Pristina nor from those who support and oversee them. The international community — primarily the EU, KFOR, EULEX, and UNMIK — bears responsibility for the security and political environment in which Serbian children are physically abused in front of the international public. Their passivity, double standards, and selective justice render meaningless every principle that Europe and international missions claim to uphold,” the statement reads.

Because of this, the Ministry demands an urgent and impartial international investigation by competent bodies, the identification and criminal prosecution of the perpetrators, direct involvement of international representatives in the protection of the rights of the Serbian people, and the suspension of political and logistical support to the Kosovo police until accountability and respect for the fundamental human rights of Serbs are ensured.

The statement also emphasizes that the assaulted Serbian student from North Mitrovica could have been anyone’s child and concludes by stating that the Republic of Serbia will use all legal and political means to ensure such attacks are not repeated and that every assailant — whether in uniform or not — is brought to justice.