Tuesday, 11 February 2025.

Lessons From Bosnia Can Inform Ukraine’s Search for a ‘Just Peace’

Mikhail Savchenko witnessed war crimes three decades ago in Bosnia, and again in his native Ukraine. In seeking justice for Russian forces’ violations, rights experts say Ukraine must avoid Bosnia’s mistakes and pursue a comprehensive approach to transitional justice to achieve sustainable peace.

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Srebrenica Memorial Centre Houses Unidentified Genocide Victims’ Remains

A facility was opened at the Srebrenica Memorial Centre to store the remains, personal belongings and clothes of victims of the Srebrenica genocide who haven’t been identified – intended as a place of dignified remembrance.

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In Race for Justice, Ukraine Repeats Bosnia’s Mistakes

In pursuing trial after trial for war crimes committed by Russian forces, Ukraine is failing to put the victims at the heart of a much-needed transitional justice strategy. To see the result of such an approach Kyiv need only look at Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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After Two Years of War, Ukrainians Struggle to Defy Conflict Fatigue

Two years after the start of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, people in Kyiv and the surrounding areas say they feel forgotten by the international public after the global focus shifted towards Gaza. But despite the persistent hardships, they insist they won’t succumb to conflict fatigue.

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Episode 158: After Two Years of War, Ukrainians Struggle to Defy Conflict Fatigue

This month we mark the second anniversary of the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine and our crew has a report from Kyiv about how the local population is struggling to keep morale high and about the consequences of enduring such a long period of terror.

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Episode 157: In Ukraine as in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Fear for the Future and Hope for Justice

In December, our crew visited the capital of Ukraine and some of the execution sites that have become notorious around the world after the crimes committed there by Russian forces. We’ll be talking about Ukrainians’ efforts to seek justice for war crimes, and about parallels with Bosnia and Herzegovina.


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Echoes of Bosnian war in Ukraine: Fear of the future and a longing for justice

On the eve of the second anniversary of the full scale Russian invasion, Ukrainians are experiencing feelings that citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina have long been familiar with: the fear of new escalations and destabilisation, the search for justice and the complicating fact that many perpetrators are out of reach, and the feeling that the world has turned its attention elsewhere.

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Ratko Mladic’s Appeal Against Genocide Conviction Set for August

The UN court will hear the former Bosnian Serb military chief’s appeal next month against the verdict convicting him of genocide and other wartime crimes, after it was postponed for Mladic to have an operation and delayed again because of the pandemic.

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US Judge Approves Extradition of Bosnian War Rape Suspect

A US federal court approved the extradition of former Bosnian Army military policeman Adem Kostjerevac to face trial for allegedly raping a pregnant Serb woman in the Zvornik area during the war in 1992.

The US Federal Court in Missouri on Monday approved an extradition request from Bosnia and Herzegovina for Adem Kostjerevac, who is wanted for trial in Sarajevo on war crimes charges.

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Ratko Mladic Seeks Appeal Delay Over Health Problems

Former Bosnian Serb military chief Ratko Mladic’s defence said he has serious health problems including a potential stroke and asked for his appeal against his conviction for genocide and other wartime crimes to be postponed. Ratko Mladic’s defence lawyers said on Monday that they have asked the Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals in The Hague

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