Savo Štrbac (; born 1949) is a Croatian Serb lawyer and author. He is best-known for reporting on Serbian missing victims of the Croatian War of Independence.
Early life and education Štrbac was born in Raštević, near Benkovac, PR Croatia, which was part of Yugoslavia at the time. He earned a degree in law from the University of Zagreb.
Career From 1977 to 1990, he worked as a judge of the Municipal Court in Benkovac and of the District Court in Zadar. During the Breakup of Yugoslavia, he was involved in the work of the Republic of Serbian Krajina (RSK) Commission for Prisoner Exchanges, at first as a Commission member and from 1993 as its chairman. The same year, he also became Secretary of the RSK.
Since 1994, he worked with the now-former chief prosecutor at the ICTY, Carla del Ponte, in preparing indictments against Croatian generals in the Trial of Gotovina et al.
In 1995, Serbian newspaper reports in Večernje novosti described Štrbac as Secretary to the Government, meeting with UNPROFOR officials on August 4 during Operation Storm, together with Colonel and other representatives of the RSK. In September news reports, he was described as the head of Veritas in the reporting on Croatian war crimes.
Štrbac has been the head of the Serbian NGO "Veritas" since.
In 2012, Štrbac was part of Serbia's legal team before the ICJ in the Croatia–Serbia genocide case.
He contributed to the movie "15 Minutes – Massacre in Dvor" about a 1995 massacre of 10 disabled Serbian civilians, released in 2015 at the Sarajevo Film Festival. The movie was based on statements by Štrbac and Mile Novaković, which led to public criticism in Croatia as well as threats to the production team.
Personal life He has two children and lives in Belgrade.
In 2012, after the convictions of Ante Gotovina and Mladen Markač were reversed, he stated that "Croats gave huge money for generals' freedom".
Works Ravni kotari - Maslenica 1993, Informaciono-dokumentacioni centar „Veritas“ Krvavi spetembar u Lici - 1993, Informaciono-dokumentacioni centar „Veritas“, 1996 Miljevački plato - juni 1992., Informaciono-dokumentacioni centar „Veritas“, 1996 Srpska zapadna Slavonija - maj 1995, Informaciono-dokumentacioni centar „Veritas“, Svetigora, 1997 Srpska Krajina - avgust 1995, Informaciono-dokumentacioni centar „Veritas“, Svetigora, 1997 Nestala lica na području Hrvatske, Informaciono-dokumentacioni centar „Veritas“, Art-print, Banjaluka Sudbine ljudi sa potrežnih lista, Informaciono-dokumentacioni centar „Veritas“, Belgrade, 1999 Zvona Svetog Ćirita, Informaciono-dokumentacioni centar „Veritas“, Banjaluka, 2000 Zvona sudbine, Informaciono-dokumentacioni centar „Veritas“, Banjaluka, 2005
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