Over the past two decades, the Hague Tribunal has convicted 14 people of genocide and other crimes in Srebrenica the result of investigations by a team led by French police officer Jean-Rene Ruez.
A state prosecution witness testifying at the trial of three former members of Bosniak military and police forces described the structure of the Territorial Defense, military police and detention facilities in Rapatnica and Luka.
Starting with no more than rumours of a colossal atrocity, investigators and prosecutors recall how they put together a convincing case that the Bosniaks of Srebrenica were the victims of genocide.
The chief prosecutor at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, Hassan Jallow, told BIRN about the challenges of investigating and proving that genocide was committed in the African country in 1994.
On the tenth anniversary since the Bosnian state court started prosecuting war crimes cases, renowned lawyers and transitional justice experts gave their comments and judged how satisfied they are with the achievements.
In its closing statement, Oliver Krsmanovics defense called on the court to hand down a verdict of acquittal, claiming that none of the 11 counts charging Krsmanovic with war crimes in Visegrad had been proven.
Presenting its appeal to the Supreme Court of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the defense of Franjo Pravdic said their client had been wrongly found guilty of murder due to mistakes made during the initial investigation.
A witness at the trial of Ekrem Ibracevic, Fikret Smajlovic and Sejdalija Covic said he received threats after giving a statement to the State Investigation and Protection Agency (SIPA).