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...
Former Bosnian Serb parliament speaker and Hague convict Momcilo Krajisnik told BIRN that he has struggled to live with being labelled a war criminal, and wants to clear his name.
The Office of the Disciplinary Prosecutor receives complaints against judges and prosecutors in Bosnia and Herzegovina on a daily basis. Arben Murtezic, the Chief Disciplinary Prosecutor in Bosnia and Herzegovina,...
The European Commission will not release funding for salaries of over 140 judiciary employees unless the Bosnian authorities adopt justice sector reforms, an EC official told BIRN.
Prosecutor Tarik Crnkic, who works for the District Prosecutors Office in Istocno Sarajevo, is currently conducting investigations on 306 persons suspected of committing war crimes. In an interview for BIRN...
The newly-appointed Sarajevo Canton chief prosecutor said she has reopened an investigation into the murder of Hakija Turajlic, wartime Deputy Prime Minister of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
There are a huge number of unresolved wartime sexual violence cases from the conflict in Bosnia and Herzegovina and it is a huge burden for its judiciary, says Richard Rogers,...
Victims of wartime sexual violence should talk about their trauma, but it is also vital for the community to encourage them and ensure assistance, claims neuropsychiatric Amra Delic.
The Hague Tribunals chief prosecutor Serge Brammertz told BIRN that he was disappointed with slow progress in war crimes investigations transferred from the international court for trial in Bosnia.