After a nine-month delay, the Bosnian Council of Ministers has adopted a justice sector reform strategy, which should unblock European funds needed for war crimes investigations and prosecutions.
The trial chamber interrupted the examination of a witness at the trial of Muhamed Sisic, Tarik Sisic, Emir Drakovac and Aziz Susa in order to assign him a legal representative.
Former soldier Zurahid Mujcinovic asked the state-level court to overturn his war crimes conviction for abusing Serb prisoners in Srebrenik in north-west Bosnia because new evidence has emerged.
Former state prosecutor Munib Halilovic said the disciplinary procedure initiated against him was an attack on Bosnias national strategy for processing war crimes. Halilovic is facing the High Judicial and Prosecutorial Councils (HJPC) disciplinary commission on charges of failing to investigate a war crimes case.
Milan Tegeltija has been appointed the new chairman of the supervisory body for monitoring the implementation of the National Strategy for War Crimes Processing.
Veteran Hague Tribunal judge Jean-Claude Antonetti has withdrawn from the chamber making the final decision on Serb paramilitary Milan Lukics bid to overturn his life sentence, arguing that he is not impartial.
State-level prosecutor Mirko Lecic is accused of negligently stalling an investigation into war crimes against Serb civilians in a village near Sarajevo for over four years.