Lamija Grebo, Author at Detektor

The state court in Sarajevo confirmed the acquittals of Bosnian Serb ex-soldiers Rade Vlasenko, Drago Koncar and Milan Krupljanin of killing Bosniaks in Prijedor in 1992. The Bosnian state court’s appeals chamber on Thursday upheld last year’s verdict finding Rade Vlasenko, Drago Koncar and Milan Krupljanin not guilty of killing two Bosniaks - Rajifa Memic and her mother, Radifa Kurtovic - in the Barakovac neighbourhood in Prijedor in June 1992.

Lawyers say they are trying to locate witnesses, and potential suspects, among the thousands of Syrians who have sought refuge in the Netherlands since the uprising against Bashar al-Assad began in 2011. Lawyers in the Netherlands are discussing how to bring cases before Dutch courts seeking damages on behalf of a number of Syrian citizens for pain and suffering caused during the Syrian war, the latest European bid to bring a measure of justice to a conflict that has killed an estimated 500,000 people.

The former commander of the Bosnian Army’s Fourth Corps, Ramiz Drekovic, was indicted for committing a war crime by ordering artillery attacks on a Serb-populated village in the Konjic area in 1995. The Bosnian state prosecution on Thursday charged Ramiz Drekovic with ordering artillery attacks on the Serb-populated village of Kalinovik near Konjic in 1995.

The chief prosecutor at the Hague war crimes, Serge Brammertz, told the UN Security Council that the Zagreb government is effectively blocking cases against former Croatian Army and Croatian Defence Council fighters.

As Theodor Meron nears the end of his term as president of the Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals, he told BIRN that the UN war crimes court “fundamentally changed how we think about accountability” for the gravest crimes.

Former Bosnian Serb Army soldier Mico Prastalo, who was standing for war crimes in the Kljuc area, was found dead in his car in what officials said was a suspected suicide.

A group of peace activists has been placing memorial signs at unmarked locations where people were detained or killed during the 1992-95 war in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Police arrested Dusan Spasojevic, a former Serb Territoral Defence fighter, who has been charged with committing a war crimes against a Bosniak civilian in the village of Jusici in May 1992 Bosnia’s State Investigation and Protection Agency on Monday arrested Dusan Spasojevic, who is suspected of committing crimes against the civilian population in the Zvornik area in 1992. “He has been charged with committing war crime against a Bosniak victim in the village of Jusici in May 1992 in his capacity as a member of the Territorial Defecse of the Serb Municipality of Zvornik,” the state prosecution said in a statement.

The Bosnian court’s appeals chamber upheld the acquittal of former Bosnian Serb Army serviceman Djordje Simic, clearing him of killing a Bosniak man in the village of Sevarlije in 1992. The Bosnian state court’s appeals chamber on Thursday confirmed the first-instance verdict which acquitted Djordje Simic of crimes against humanity in the village of Sevarlije, […]

The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina in a first-instance verdict has jailed Dragan Janjic for seven years for rape in the Foca area of eastern Bosnia in 1992 – while acquitting him of other charges.

Lamija Grebo

Bosnian Court Upholds Serb Ex-Soldiers’ Acquittals

Lawyers Take Fight for Syrian Reparations to Dutch Courts

Bosnian Army Ex-General Indicted for Attacking Village

Hague Prosecutor: Croatian Govt ‘Blocking’ War Crime Cases

Theodor Meron: Hague Court’s Achievements ‘Extraordinary’

Bosnian Serb War Crimes Defendant Found Dead

Bosnian Peace Activists Mark Wartime Crime Locations

Bosnia Arrests Serb War Crime Suspect in Zvornik

Bosnian Court Clears Serb Soldier of Bosniak’s Murder

Bosnia Court Jails Serb Ex-Policeman for 1992 Rape

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