Indictments and verdicts for war crimes and other grave offences should be made public so people can learn the truth about past atrocities, a working group of the Bosnian top judicial body said.
Following the examination of the last witness at Zemir Kovacevics trial for crimes in Bosanski Brod municipality, the Trial Chamber schedules the presentation of closing statements for April this year.
The Trial Chamber sitting at the trial of Zemir Kovacevic, who is charged with the murders of civilians in Sijekovac village, Bosanski Brod municipality, is due next week to examine protected witness M, who previously testified for the Prosecution.
The Hague Tribunal prosecution asked to reopen its case against Bosnian Serb ex-leader Radovan Karadzic to offer new evidence about a recently-discovered mass grave containing hundreds of victims.
The Bosnian prosecutor hasnt made a single plea bargain with a war crimes suspect for two years, sparking debate about whether vital information about wartime burial sites is being missed.
Former Bosnian Serb President Radovan Karadzic asked the Hague Tribunal to order a one-year break in his war crimes trial beause of the complexity of the allegations against him.
A new project aims to create a comprehensive database of all the prison camps and other wartime detention facilities across the country over the next five years.
The OSCE mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina has launched an online map of completed war crimes cases across the country in a bid to enhance public trust in the legal process.
The Bosnian state court said that the increasing number of war crimes prosecutors being employed to tackle a huge case backlog meant that it could need more courtrooms to try suspects.
The State Prosecution and Defence of Zemir Kovacevic complete the presentation of evidence at the trial for crimes in Sijekovac, Bosanski Brod municipality, in 1992.