Thursday, 18 september 2025.
Bosnia Acquits Wartime Brcko Leader of Persecuting Non-Serbs
Djordje Ristanic, head of the Serb wartime leadership in Brcko in northern Bosnia and Herzegovina, was cleared of participation in a joint criminal enterprise to persecute Bosniaks and Croats.
Bosnian Serb War Criminal Radoslav Brdjanin Released Early
Radoslav Brdjanin, wartime leader of a Serb-run rebel territory called the Autonomous Region of Krajina in Bosnia and Herzegovina, was released after serving two-thirds of his 30-year sentence.
Bosnia Charges Croat Ex-Military Policeman with Beatings, Rape
Former Croatian Defence Council, HVO military policeman Ante Pavic has been charged with committing war crimes against Serb civilians who were detained in Bosanski Brod in 1992.
Bosnian Serb Detention Camp System ‘Inflicted Mass Trauma’, Says Author
The system of detention camps set up by Bosnian Serb forces during the war in 1992 was intended to torment and humiliate entire communities, genocide scholar Hikmet Karcic argues in...
Prosecutions Discontinued in 250 ‘Category A’ War Crime Investigations
Bosnian war victims’ associations say high number of dropped investigations, almost 40 per cent of the total, is a cause for concern – and their names should be published.
Epizode 138: What did Bosnia and Herzegovina’s genocide ban achieve in a year?
At the end of July, exactly one year will have passed since former High Representative Valentin Inzko imposed amendments to the law, banning the denial of genocide and war crimes...
Bosnia’s Genocide Denial Ban Curbs Violations, But No Prosecutions Yet
Public denials of the Srebrenica genocide have decreased significantly in the year since a ban was imposed on denying war crimes and glorifying their perpetrators, although prosecutors have yet to...
Bosnian Serb General’s Plea for Release Denied Again by Hague Court
The Hague-based court denied a request for early release from Bosnian Serb general Radivoje Miletic, who is serving an 18-year sentence for committing crimes against humanity in Srebrenica in 1995.
UN Court Rejects Bosnian Serb War Criminal’s Plea for Release
The UN war crimes court in The Hague rejected an appeal for early release from prison made by Bosnian Serb paramilitary leader Milan Lukic, who is serving a life sentence...