26. August 2020.
Prosecutors appealed to the UN court to convict former Bosnian Serb military chief Ratko Mladic of committing genocide in five Bosnian municipalities in 1995 as well as the Srebrenica genocide in 1995.
Haris Rovčanin
12. August 2020.
Former Bosnian Serb reservist policeman Predrag Bastah, who is already been serving a sentence for war crimes, was charged with involvement in the killings of 37 Bosniak civilians near Vlasenica.
11. August 2020.
A prosecution witness testifying at the trial of Milarem Berbic, who is accused of terrorism and joining foreign paramilitary groups, said that the defendant travelled to Syria because of his daughter, who went there earlier with her husband and children.
6. August 2020.
Local judicial institutions in Bosnia and Herzegovina are often criticised for imposing low penalties for returnees from foreign battlefields. Several European countries began trying former fighters for terrorism and war crimes, increasing the sentences handed down to them. We have analysed what needs to be done by domestic judicial institutions to start prosecuting such crimes, what needs to be done to collect evidence and why experts consider that the Bosnian judiciary is ready.
6. August 2020.
After several European countries started trying former Islamic State fighters for war crimes as well as terrorism, increasing their potential sentences, BIRN Bosnia and Herzegovina analysed what needs to be done if the domestic judiciary wants to follow suit.
8. July 2020.
The trial of Emir Alisic, who is accused of organising a terrorist group and fighting in Syria, began with the reading of the indictment and the presentation of introductory statements by the prosecution and defence.
8. July 2020.
Despite survivors’ testimonies, official documents and Hague Tribunal verdicts stating that three Bosnian Serb military police units were involved in capturing Bosniaks from Srebrenica and escorting them to mass execution sites, their commanders have never been charged.
6. July 2020.
Evidence in terrorism cases is proving difficult to find, while experts warn that the reintegration and rehabilitation of foreign fighters is an even greater challenge.
22. May 2020.
The Bosnian state court has ordered the extension of custody remands for Milarem Berbic, Hamza Labidi, Emir Alisic, Senad Kasupovic and Jasmin Keserovic, who have been accused of organising terrorist groups and fighting in Syria.
14. May 2020.
The state prosecution has filed an indictment charging Hamza Labidi with unlawfully forming and joining foreign paramilitary or parapolice formations in Syria which operated as part of so-called Islamic State.
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