Monday, 5 may 2025.
Theodor Meron: Hague Court’s Achievements ‘Extraordinary’
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...
Bosnian Serb War Crimes Defendant Found Dead
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...
Bosnian Peace Activists Mark Wartime Crime Locations
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.
Bosnia Arrests Serb War Crime Suspect in Zvornik
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...
Bosnia Court Jails Serb Ex-Policeman for 1992 Rape
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...
Presiding Judge Withdraws from Radovan Karadzic’s Appeal
Theodor Meron, the presiding judge in Radovan Karadzic’s appeal against genocide and war crimes convictions, removed himself from the case after the former Bosnian Serb political leader’s defence accused him...
Defence Challenges Claim that Bosniak Commander Shot Serb
Naser Oric’s defence in his war crimes trial questioned the credibility of a witness who said he saw the Bosnian Army’s former commander in Srebrenica open fire on a Serb...
Bosnian Serb Soldier Convicted of Visegrad Wartime Rape
Former Bosnian Serb soldier Vuk Ratkovic was sentenced to eight years in prison for the repeated rape of a woman in Visegrad during the war in 1992 and 1993. The...