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Hrvatsko Zrtvoslovno Drustvo
Croatian Society of Victimology (CSV)
Ilica 36/I
10000 Zagreb
Croatia

President

Dr. Zvonimir Paul Separovic
Phone (+385) 1 298 0890
[email protected]

Vice President

Šimun Penava, ing.
GSN 098 822 114

Secretary-General

Jadranka Lucic
Phone: (+385)  1 2866 037
GSM 099 504 5114
[email protected]

Treasurer
Ivan Debeljak
Phone: (+385) 098 652 338

Executive Committee Members

Mirsad Basic, LLD
Ante Beljo
Dr. med. Ruzica Cavar
Dr. med. Ivo Kujundzic
Dr. sc. Mate Pavkovic
Domagoj Ante Petric, LLD
Dr. med. Ljubomir Radovancevic
Miljenko Romic, artist
Dr. sc. Ante Vukasovic

History

Victimology in Croatia started in Zagreb in early seventees of the last century introduced by Prof. Zvonimir Paul Separovic who brought this new discipline and a new field of research from abroad. He attended all previous international symposia of victimology(Jerusalem 1973, Boston 1976, Muenster 1979 and Tokio 1982) In his capacity as a Vice-president of the World Society of Victimology (established in Muenster 1979, when he served as the chairman of the Steering Committee) he succeeded to bring the Fifth International Symposium of Victimology to Zagreb, Croatia (former Yugoslavia). Soon after the Yugoslav Society of Victimology has been established

The Croatian Society of Victimology was founded in 1990.

Due to the war conditions since 1991.the CSV has been very much involved in studying war victims and human suffering in the war. Since 1992, the CSV has established the Centre for Genocide and War Victims which has been collecting data and evidences on genocide and war victims and has established cooperation with UN Expert Commission for War Crimes in Former Yugoslavia (ITCFY) under chairmanship of Professor Shariff Bassiouni by bringing victims and victim-witnesses to them as a source of information and evidence for their plight.

Conferences and Congresses

CSV has organized series of conferences and workshops on genocide and war victims, with special regards to children, refugees, invalids etc.

Since 1998 CSV is organizing its congresses, the premier event of the Society. Held every three years (1998, 2001, 2004 and 2007) and attended by hundreds of CSV members as well as academics and professionals from a wide variety of related fields. Discussions at these events focus on the many aspects of victimology, including – but not limited to – war victims, victim rights, victim assistance, and the role of the victim in the criminal justice system, victimization surveys, victimization prevention, and victims of abuse of power.

The First Croatian VictimologyCongres held in 1998. in Zagreb opened by Prof. Gerd Ferdinand Kirchhoff, president of the WSV.

The last Forth Criaotian Victimology Congress was held in 2007. in Zagreb under high patronage of Professor john P.J. Dussich, in his capacity as  the current  president of the WSV. In his letter of appreciation, to Prof. Zvonimir Paul Separovic, president of the congress, he wrote: „This event continues  your admirable  pioneering  victimological and humanitarian efforts not only in your own country and your region but also throughout the world.“
The next the Fifth Croatian Victimology Congress will be held in 2010 in Zagreb, Croatia.

Publications

CSV is publishing its journal:  Viktimologija – časopis za pitanja stradanja ljudi“ (Victimology – journal for human suffering), but due to the financial difficultis it does not appear regularly.
Books:

• Documenta Croatica, on Croatian History, its Identity and the War in Croatia (1991, second edition 1992) (in English).
• "Masovna silovanja kao ratni zločin“ (Mass Rape as War Crimes), Zagreb 1993 (in Croatian only)
• Congress proceedings have been published after all four congresses so far.

Membership

CSV has 350 members

Courses

Members of the CSV are developing special courses at the Law School and at the School of Social Work of the University of Zagreb. With special curricula.

Since 1984 Croatian academics and students are participating at the Post graduate course Victimology, Victim Assistance and Criminal Justice, at the Interuniversity Centre, Dubrovnik, Croatia in cooperation with the WSV. The next XXV. Course will be held in 2009, 11.-23. May, in Dubrovnik, Croatia.

International Cooperation

CSV has been actively supporting the establishment of the victimology Society of Bosnia and Hercegovina.

CSV in cooperation wiht Italian Society of Victimology is working on establishment of the Regional Association of the Victimology Societies of Mediterranean Countries recently.

Croatian Society of Victimology Website

http://www.viktimologija.hr/
CSV has its website in Croatian only so far