Despite the obstacles, the Successful Year

During this year, BIRN – Justice Report published more than 3,400 articles, including reports from war crimes trials taking place before all courts in Bosnia and Herzegovina, as well as an analysis on the implementation of transitional justice in Bosnia and Herzegovina and interviews with relevant officials and experts on issues related to dealing with the past.Our website, www.bim.ba was visited by 440,491 people, the majority of whom were from Bosnia and Herzegovina, as opposed to other countries in the region, while there were also visitors from the United States of America, Germany and Austria.We would like to emphasise that our articles were sent to the media in Bosnia and Herzegovina on a daily basis, but also to the media in the region, and because of this, our work was republished 8,000 times. Most often, our journalists and our editor have been invited as expert guests on transitional justice, both on radio and TV shows that are broadcast in Bosnia and Herzegovina, but also on the international media such as BBC Live and Sky News.In addition to daily reports, the weekly magazine, as well as the monthly magazine on war crimes trials, BIRN Bosnia and Herzegovina has launched another magazine, in which the trials held before The Hague Tribunal are covered.The weekly magazine, “The Hague Chronicle”, first saw the light of day in mid-November. In addition to the reports from the trials of Radovan Karadzic and Ratko Mladic, “The Hague Chronicle” allows readers to listen about the work of The Hague Tribunal when it is related to war crimes which were committed in Bosnia and Herzegovina.War Crimes InvestigationsRegarding analyses, BIRN Bosnia and Herzegovina issued a few of these, all of which were very well received by the public. Before the local elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina, we analysed which war crimes indictees and suspects were on electoral lists, while our analysis on sniper shooters in Sarajevo recorded a large number of republications.During the marking of the 17th anniversary of the genocide in Srebrenica, we issued a series of analyses regarding the activities of certain units of the Army of Republika Srpska (VRS) and their involvement in crimes in the protected enclave in July 1995.During this year, TV Justice Team has produced 12 stories about war crimes committed in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and visited ten cities in Bosnia and Herzegovina. We talked with more than 50 people about the importance of processing of war crimes, but we also recorded the trauma that they suffered during the last war.Additionally, in one of the stories we talked with several war crimes convicts, in order to see whether after serving their prison sentences, they repent for what they have done to their neighbours, who had “different” names and surnames.Also, this year we reminded the investigative authorities in Bosnia and Herzegovina on crimes which have still not been prosecuted, such as crimes committed in the village of Babin Potok near Visegrad.We also produced stories regarding crimes in detention camps in Susica and Dretelj, with emphasis on the detainees who survived, and how today they feel disempowered and forgotten by the government. In marking 20 years since crimes committed at Koricanske stijene, the TV Justice Team made the reconstruction of the crime itself, speaking with a man who managed to survive the shooting of about 200 people.Now into its third year of broadcast, for the first time we also recorded a debate as part of a special edition of TV Justice Magazine. The debate was devoted to the anonymisation of indictments and court documents, including second-instance verdicts. Anonymisation means putting the initials instead of names and surnames of convicts of all crimes, including war crimes.Trying to highlight the problem of anonymization, BIRN Bosnia and Herzegovina published a series of articles in our, and well as in the English language, including the analyses of experts and historians. When it comes to the