Prosecutors at the cantonal or district levels file up to five times more war-crime indictments than their colleagues working with the Prosecution of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
After Europes human rights court ruled that some defendants were tried under the wrong criminal code, Bosnias constitutional court accepted an appeal from a war crimes convict for his verdict to reconsidered.
After Europes human rights court ruled that some defendants were tried under the wrong criminal code, Bosnias constitutional court accepted an appeal from a war crimes convict for his verdict to reconsidered.
The pronouncement of a verdict against Vojislav Seselj, who is charged with war crimes, has been postponed until the issue related to exemption of judge Frederik Harhoff has been resolved.
At the trial of Bosnian Serb fighter Oliver Krsmanovic for atrocities in Visegrad in 1992, war crimes convict Zeljko Lelek testified that he never raped a woman with the defendant.
A statement given by Niko Tomas was read at the trial for crimes in Sijekovac, near Brod. In his statement he said that he saw indictee Zemir Kovacevic in the village on the day when the murders were committed.
The first Defence witnesses in the trial of Oliver Krsmanovics say that they were abused during their detention in Uzamnica military barracks in Visegrad in 1992, but they do not mention the indictee.
The Appeals Chamber of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina reduced the sentences of Dusko Jevic and Mendeljev Djuric to 32 and 28 years respectively for their roles in the Srebrenica genocide.
As announced by the European Union's Delegation in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the implications of a ruling by the European Court for Human Rights concerning appeals by Abduladhim Maktouf and Goran Damjanovic will be discussed within the structural dialogue.