Case: Lazarevic et al.


9. June 2015.
The appeals chamber of the Bosnian state court reduced sentences against Sreten Lazarevic, Dragan Stanojevic and Slobodan Ostojic, who were found guilty of war crimes in Zvornik. The sentence was reduced based on the criminal code of the former Yugoslavia, which provides more favourable sentencing for perpetrators.

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23. September 2010.
The Appellate Chamber of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina passed down a second instance verdict pronouncing Sreten Lazarevic, Dragan Stanojevic and Slobodan Ostojic guilty and acquitting Mile Markovic of the charges for crimes against civilians committed in Zvornik in 1992. Lazarevic, Stanojevic and Ostojic were pronounced guilty, as reserve policemen with the Public Safety Station, PSS, in Zvornik and guards in the Offence Court and “Novi izvor” buildings in Zvornik, of having treated detained Bosniak civilians in an inhumane manner.

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7. September 2010.
The Defence attorneys for four indictees charged with crimes committed in Zvornik presented their closing arguments at the end of the retrial, contending that the Prosecution of Bosnia and Herzegovina had not proved the charges beyond a reasonable doubt and that their clients should be acquitted of all charges.