Bosnian youth activists took a bus journey through the country, stopping off at former detention camps along the route, in a bid to raise awareness about war crimes.
Bosnia and Herzegovinas Balkan Investigative Reporting Network (BIRN B&H) has launched a series of new projects in 2010, by which it intensified the work on informing the public about the war crimes trials, and thus achieved significant results in the sixth year of its existence
The village of Zecovi, situated near the town of Prijedor, is reachable by unpaved road. Dense forests and meadows dotted with white flocks of sheep and the occasional sound of hammering in the homes of returnees give hope that there is still life in this small hamlet.
After more than two years, the Prosecution of Bosnia and Herzegovina has completed its presentation of evidence at the trial of Vinko Kondic, Bosko Lukic and Marko Adamovic, who are charged with crimes committed in Kljuc.
Emina Kozljak sits at the edge of the couch in her living room. She ties her colourful scarf on her head and looks towards the table which is full of family photos in which everyone is smiling. She sighs heavily and nervously, squeezing a napkin in her hands and begins her story.
Legislation needed to curb the construction of hate-filled monuments, which deny known facts about the conflict and stir up ethnic tension rather than honouring innocent victims.
In 2008 the War Crimes Chamber of the State Court worked intensively on processing war crime indictees, resulting in a number of arrests and indictments and jail sentences totalling more than 600 years.
Survivors of the notorious Serb-run detention centres in north-west Bosnia and their families are continuing their campaign for a memorial centre to record their suffering.