Monday, 18 may 2026.
Episode 134: Wartime experiences cause dilemmas for war crime trial lawyers
In Bosnia and Herzegovina, more than 50 war crime trials are currently ongoing. A few hundred more are expected to be held in the future. These cases are in the...
Nine Bosnian Serb Ex-Fighters Face Trial for Mass Killing
The Bosnian court confirmed an indictment charging nine former soldiers and policemen with committing a crime against humanity in the village of Zijemlje near Mostar, where around 100 Bosniaks, including...
Bosnian Serb Ex-Officer Faces Trial for Persecuting Bosniaks
The Bosnian state court confirmed an indictment charging wartime unit commander Miodrag Nikacevic with committing a crime against humanity for his involvement in persecuting Bosniaks in Foca in 1992.
Bosnia Reduces Serb Ex-Soldier’s Sentence for Persecuting Bosniaks
Former Bosnian Serb Army soldier Rade Garic’s sentence for persecuting Bosniaks from the Vlasenica and Srebrenica areas in 1992 and 1995 was reduced on appeal from 20 years to 17...
Bosnian Court Rejects Crimes Against Humanity Indictment Twice
The Bosnian state court has again rejected an indictment accusing wartime Serb official Milenko Stanic of committing crimes against humanity against Bosniak civilians in the Vlasenica area in 1992 and...
Bosnian Serb Ex-Policemen Indicted for Killing 22 Civilians
Eight former police officers in Bosnia’s Serb-dominated Republika Srpska entity have been charged with participating in the killing of 22 Bosniaks, including women and children, near Bijeljina in 1992.
Bosnian Serb War Criminal Gets Ten-Month Sentence Reduction
The UN court in The Hague granted a ten-month sentence reduction to the wartime political leader of Bosnia’s Prijedor municipality, Milomir Stakic, who was convicted of the persecution and extermination...
BIRN Exhibition and Book Tells Stories of War Reporters’ Deaths
The Balkan Investigative Reporting Network is holding an exhibition and publishing a book commemorating journalists and media workers who were killed during and just after the 1990s wars in the...
Bosnia Arrests Seven Serb Ex-Police Officers for Wartime Killings
Seven former Bosnian Serb police officers were arrested on suspicion of involvement in the murder of 22 Bosniak civilians, including women and children, in a village near Bijeljina in 1992.