Some of the remains of people killed in the July 1995 genocide haven’t been unidentified and remain in storage. A new repository is being built at the Srebrenica Memorial Centre to finally give them a dignified resting place.
Affirming the appeals filed by the State Prosecution and the Defence, the Appellate Chamber revokes the first instance verdict under which Suljo Karajic was sentenced to 18 years in prison for crimes committed in Krajina and orders a retrial.
The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina has terminated custody of Zeljko Ivanovic, known as Arkan, who is on trial for genocide committed in Srebrenica, ordering a range of prohibiting measures against him.
Milivoje Cirkovic, a former policeman, has admitted his guilt for participation in crimes against humanity committed in Srebrenica in July 1995.
Cirkovic, a former member of the “Jahorina” Training Center with the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Republika Srpska, MUP RS, admitted he killed a civilian, as per his commander’s order, by shooting him in the back in the vicinity of Kravica Agricultural Cooperative in Bratunac municipality on July 14, 1995.
As per a motion filed by Vinko Kondic’s Defence, the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina has terminated the custody of the indictee, who is charged with crimes committed in the Kljuc area, and separated his case from the case against two other indictees.
Though the trial of Radovan Karadzic is still in the early stages, many in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia have lost interest in the process with some analysts likening it to a circus.
The Appeals Chamber of the Hague Tribunal has terminated the appellate proceedings against Rasim Delic, former Commander of the Main Headquarters of the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, ARBiH, who died on April 16, 2010.
The Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, ICTY, decided that the first instance verdict, sentencing Rasim Delic to three years in prison for crimes committed in Central Bosnia, will be final.
During six months of evidence presentation the Defence of Radomir Vukovic and Zoran Tomic sought to prove that the indictees did not participate in the genocide. The Defence also questioned the number of Srebrenica residents who were killed in Kravica.