Wednesday, 6 may 2026.
UN Court Documents Reveal ‘Overlooked’ Bosnian War Crime Suspects
Hague Tribunal judgments and evidence files contain names of Bosnian Serb soldiers and policemen who have never been prosecuted for suspected involvement in killings, ethnic cleansing and detention camp abuses...
Episode 116: Can Bosnia try former ISIS fighters for war crimes?
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...
Can Bosnia and Herzegovina Try Islamic State Fighters for War Crimes?
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...
Ratko Mladic Claims ‘Health is Deteriorating’ Ahead of Appeal
Former Bosnian Serb military chief Ratko Mladic told the UN court in The Hague that his health was “very bad and worsening” as his defence argued that his appeal against...
Dreaming of a Hug: Families Still Wait for News of Srebrenica’s Missing
The 25th anniversary of the Srebrenica massacres is a particularly distressing time for people whose loved ones disappeared in July 1995 but whose remains have not yet been found, identified...
Samir Played Guitar: The Life and Death of Srebrenica’s ‘Bowie’
Samir Mehic, a Bosnian guitarist nicknamed Bowie after his musical hero, was the rock’n’roll bard of wartime Srebrenica, but was killed in the July 1995 massacres alongside thousands of other...
Hague Prosecutors Seek Ratko Mladic Appeal Hearing in July
Prosecutors at the UN court in The Hague asked for the appeal against the verdict convicting former Bosnian Serb military chief Ratko Mladic to be rescheduled quickly after it was...
Suspected Genocide Victim’s Skull Found Near Srebrenica
The Bosnian Missing Persons Institute said that the incomplete remains of one Bosniak war victim have been exhumed in Pusmulici in the Srebrenica municipality.
UN Court Urged to Hospitalise Ratko Mladic in The Hague
Ratko Mladic’s defence called for the former Bosnian Serb Army commander to be transferred urgently from the United Nations Detention Unit to a hospital in The Hague because his health...