Monday, 5 may 2025.
Parliament Adopts Revisions to Criminal Law
The State Parliament adopted revisions to the criminal law of Bosnia and Herzegovina related to torture, forcible disappearances and wartime rape, harmonizing it with international laws.
Witnesses Describe Being Sent to Detention Camps as Minors at Maric Trial
Prosecution witnesses testifying at the Nikola Maric trial said they were separated from their families and taken to detention camps in the summer of 1993.
Remains of WWII Victims Found in Search for Missing Persons
While searching for the remains of victims of the Bosnian war, it isn’t uncommon to uncover the remains of casualties of World War Two as well, or earlier. The exact...
Witness Describes Prisoner Abuse at Rapatnica Detention Facility
A state prosecution witness who testified at the trial of Ekrem Ibracevic, Faruk Smajlovic and Sejdalija Covic said he found about an attack on a prisoner from guards at the...
Exhumation Near Zvornik Yields Human Remains
The Bosnian Institute for Missing Persons has found the remains of eight individuals in a mass grave near Zvornik.
Bosnia War Legacy Reduces Number of Mixed Marriages
Twenty years after the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the majority of young people don’t want to marry or date someone from a different ethnic group or religion, data suggests.
Bosnian State Prison To Open Next Year
The long awaited Bosnian state prison should be completed by next year, the Bosnian justice ministry told BIRN.
Witnesses Describe Civilian Deaths and Deportation at Maric Trial
Testifying at the Nikola Maric trial, a state prosecution witnesses said Maric ordered men from the village of Donji Visnjani to surrender to Croatian Defense Council forces.
Gojkovic Trial Begins at Sarajevo Cantonal Court
The trial of Milkan Gojkovic, who is accused of war crimes in the Grbavica neighbourhood in Sarajevo, began at the cantonal court of Sarajevo.