Mission survey

OSCE Office in Zagreb

1. Basic Decisions

Establishment:
The OSCE Office in Zagreb was established by Permanent Council Decision No. 836 of 21 December 2007, replacing the OSCE Mission to Croatia.

2. Tasks
In line with the PC decision no. 836 adopted on 21 December 2007 the Office was tasked to:

• monitor the proceedings related to cases referred to Croatia pursuant to Rule 11 bis of the ICTY’s Rules of Procedure and Evidence on behalf of the OSCE as well as on behalf of the Prosecutor of ICTY, in line with the PC Decision no. 673 dated 19 May 2005. The Office will also monitor, as part of the national proceedings followed, all other cases involving ICTY transfers including so-called “Category II” cases as well as all domestic war crimes proceedings initiated at the local level;
• report on the residual aspects of the implementation of the housing programmes in Croatia.

3. Deployment

The Office started working on 1 January 2008, in Zagreb.

4. Duration

The Office was closed on 17 January 2012, as per Permanent Council Decision No. 1026

5. Composition

The Head of the Office is Ambassador Jose-Enrique Horcajada of Spain. Currently, the Office has 5 international and 16 national staff members.

6. Financial Implications

The OSCE Unified Budget for 2011, adopted on 23 December 2010, PC.DEC/981,
established the budget of the OSCE Office in Zagreb at EUR 1,463,600.